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Creative setup! But I have to say, from that perspective it looks like a robot wielding a Minigun about to take that girl out, like something out of Terminator hahaha. Pretty cool!

This blasts anyone's home movies out of the water, this is theatre-worthy real or not haha

Thanks for the heads-up Zensteve, that was actually one of the first things I bought with it. I never buy a camera without one, it's the cheapest lens insurance you can get!

It is true that many amateur and indie films are being shot on "HDSLR" cameras, as they're now called. Also true, the built-in mic on an HDSLR is going to be crap, but you should never be using that anyways, even on an XL-2 or any other professional/prosumer camera; that's where external mics...

Thanks Cracker Funk, I actually was looking at getting a 50mm soon since they aren't that expensive. Would a 30mm be a good investment as well?

Thanks Phil_UK, I'll check those links out. Example pics aren't absolutely necessary, always appreciated if you wanna post em! Thanks!

Oh man, I forgot to tell you how much I love paying as much for the lens as I did for the camera and equipment! :P I figured it would be pretty expensive though...I guess I'll just make due with the 18-55 for now, should do fine with what I plan to do...I'm not going to be shooting anything...

Thanks CamVader! Definitely will pick up some ND filters. For the storage card I actually got a class 10 that handles full HD and even 3D film, and it had the highest MB/s rate also, so I'll pick up another one of those too eventually since they are currently on sale. Also, does the stock 18-55...

Did someone say, Macguyver? Sorry. Anyways, just because you don't have a top-of-the-line HD camcorder, doesn't mean you can't shoot great film. Yeah, shooting in full 1080 is awesome, but don't be discouraged. When I had my little Canon Elura100 MiniDV (a far cry from anything like a Canon...

A while back I posted on here with questions pertaining to buying a camcorder to start filmmaking again. I was looking at getting a Canon HD camcorder, but just didn't have any luck finding one, especially one that wouldn't break the bank. Well, long story short, landed a nice paying gig...

I agree with above post, votes/views can easily be manipulated and swayed for anything nowadays. I could just as easily rally a whole forum to vote for one person to sway the votes one way or the other.

Here are some great books that I have picked up over the last few weeks that help a great deal: -Guerilla Filmmaker's Pocketbook -Filmmaking For Teens (breaks down everything in easy-to-understand detail) -Production Assistant: Getting It Done (gives you detailed insight into being a P.A...

Yep, I am always cautious when I'm eBay, it's a great place to buy and sell but it has it's dark side... In other news, I've about given up trying to find the Vixia HF-M30, alot of people seem to like it on here but they have officially discontinued it for a new model coming out. I went back...

Thanks CrackerFunk. I actually took a cruise around Ebay just now and found a good amount of GL1's going for auction from $150-300, and a couple Buy-It-Now's for around $400. I'm kinda weary about the one's that are in the 15-200's just because there are no returns and I'm going off pictures and...

iMovie (now iMovie HD) has always been my personal choice for editing my films. Easy to use interface, simple import/export, and I never even had to read one word on how to use it before I started. Unfortunately yeah it only comes free when you buy a Mac, but for beginners it's a great program.

Thanks for the extra input. This will actually be my 2nd camera, my first was a Canon Elura 100 MiniDV that I had alot of fun with a few years ago. Now I'm looking for something HD so that I can at least get better picture quality, but I'm not to the point, budget-wise or experience-wise, to get...

Thank you for your advice. I'll check the GL1 out asap and I hope it's still available. It seems that every electronics store within a 20 mile radius of me though is sold out of the Canon model I mentioned, and they are all saying a new model is going to be released in March, do you or anyone...

I am going out either today or tomorrow to purchase a new camera to start filmmaking again, and after a few hours of research last night I've narrowed down my choice pretty much to the Canon HF-M30 HD cam. My budget is max $450, and it seems to fit my budget just fine. However if any of you...

Needless to say I'm new here, but not to filmmaking. I've been cruising around here most of the day and decided to join since this is a really awesome and useful site. My name's Dakota, I am currently getting back into filmmaking and actually going out to buy a cam today so I can start asap. I...