--- In [email protected], Sune A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have to thank you all for all your advice and your well-put
humour. I
> deserve it all:)
>
> If I were to buy a more expensive camera, does that mean that I
HAVE to
> purchase a light-kit and sound-kit as well, or is it enough with
the
> on-board mic and natural light?
> I know it is quite necessary, but I am uncertain if it is crucial
or not.
It would depend on what you are taping, where, and under what
conditions. I have found that the quality of the DVX is excellent
with natural light, but then I live in southern California (there's a
reason Hollywood set up shop here...). As for audio, the built-in mic
on the DVX is quite good, but it will pick up everything, including
resonance, echo, wind, distant traffic. If you are outdoors
interviewing somebody without too much extraneous noise, it will
probably do, but indoors you will get echo from walls and ceiling. I
find a basic wireless lav mic (mine is less than $200) works for the
sort of stuff I do mostly, or a shotgun mic on a boom for drama or
any other multiple person situation.
For indoor lighting, I have a simple set-up, and I would not like to
work indoors without it - three lights minimum, with good stands. You
don't need expensive ones, and you won'y use all three all the time,
but often enough you won't want to do without one of them. I bought
decent stands and then got the really cheap clip-on lamps from a DIY
place (metal bowls with a clip and a lighht fixture). I use 150 W
halogen lightbulbs. It works, but I plan to get a cheap but more
professional set soon, as I'm outgrowing the existing setup.
It all boils down to the sort of work you do.
Peter
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