There are some wonderful starter light sets available on Amazon. I bought this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AJB80/102-4970784-2736168 For the price, it's amazing. 1250W is great for many applications. If you want to see us using the new light kit to make the "endless white void" background, you can see our Vloggy acceptance speech video at http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime/?p=22 As for mics, my cheap ones came from eBay...they're all off-brand. YMMV. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime Ben Zelevansky wrote: >Hey guys-- > >Any thoughts on a good (and cheap) lav mic and light kit for a new >video blog? Just lighting and mic'ing one stationary person, and >looking to keep it in the $200 range, if at all possible. It'd be >great to be able to plug the mic right into the mini-jack on my dv >camera, without having to mess with an additional mixer. > >You know, I never had to worry about this stuff working with cartoon >animals... > >Thanks! > >Ben > > >
