thanks for the tips, but yeah 800 is pretty far beyond my budget at this time. I don't make a lot and I am still piecing together my light kit at the moment as well. On top of that, I am in a wheelchair and have had to invest some money into a camera mounting rig to attach to my chair. I have been debating on picking up the Rode Videomic. Just wanted to see if anyone was by chance getting rid of something decent in my range. Thanks to the both of you though, i appreciate any advice. I'm just a broke beginner, scraping together what i can to have a little fun with film.