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So after browsing some of the DIY stuff here and examining other people's designs, as well as quite a few production products, I bought some materials and put together the first draft of my DSLR shoulder mount. It's already functional, and significantly more stable than simply hand-held, but...

That appears to be a great price. Understand that my position is not to move into anything 'professional' so to speak, as I'm only exploring this as a hobby. Basically, I want to put together some shorts to test my abilities and learn some things. I'll also have some business applications which...

I was looking at that one actually. Let me expand. I bought an Rode NGT-2 condenser mic. Right now I'm just plugging it into the H1's input. Would it be an improvement to go with the DR-100?

Decent is a super relative term. When you say decent, do you mean decent for indie-filmmakers with their sights set on Hollywood, or do you mean decent for the total beginner who wants to do the best he can with his Handycam?

So, I did some research and I bought myself a shotgun condenser mic, which reviewers seemed to agree would probably be a good, lower cost place to start for improving audio. But from just about everything else I read, I understand that it would also make a big difference, in terms of workflow...

*sigh* Hours of google and various forum searches seems to prove this point. It probably is kind of a conspiracy, though probably not a grand one. For example, when developing the standard within the industry, they could have simply gone with sizes that are widely available in hardware stores...

I've been scouring the internet for some good DIY information about building the rail system (you know, the things that all the extra gear attaches to). Virtually all of them are woefully incomplete for someone in my position, so I've been attempting to analyze the different elements of a...

Well said. It's funny because this kind of movie really invokes that kind of response. Whether people liked it or not, it was really rich in a lot of ways. Not the least of which was the "eye-candy". I think of it a little like pop music. There is pop music that's simply carefully produced...

Thanks for the helpful responses so far, especially this one ^ ! I did search Google, and found some things. But I wanted to ask here because I figured it might help me graze the slightly less technical terms for things that people use all the time. Apparently I'm vain and don't want to be the...

I'm new at this. I have all the language to talk about photography, but almost none of it to talk about filmmaking. I would like to make/build as much of my basic gear as possible, but I'm finding it very difficult to search for those things that I may need because I don't have the language to...

Thanks! I'm looking foreword to learning a lot! :) Does anyone know if there is a master list somewhere of common equipment and equipment terminology?

Richmond isn't too far from here. About an hour and a half. I love the downtown Richmond area. It has a lot of visual character. Sort of like Annapolis, or Old Town Alexandria, but with just enough dereliction to make it feel real and honest, unlike the aforementioned locations, which feel...

Thanks for the reminder. I'm a member on a lot of forums of varying topics, and that's a pretty standard request, which I try to honor as best I can. The only time I sometimes trip up is when I don't have the language to search successfully, or if the forums use a slew of slang and abbreviations...

Hey folks, I'm looking foreword to getting involved! I'm a wedding and portrait photographer from the washington, DC area. I have a lot of history in photography, but filmmaking has always been my unexplored passion. After a recent catastrophe with one of my 5D camera bodies, I needed to...