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I just bought a Canon Gl2 Video Camera and I'm looking for audio equipment?
Any suggestions on a shotgun microphone and I hear they need some kind of adapter for shotgun microphone to the camera? in addition to any suggestion of a rise of the survey I'm working with a small budget of about $ 300 and any suggestions for a light kit for my budget is also $ 300 Is there a place that could only purchase these things like a kit? Thanks
The Canon GL2 has a 1 / 8 "mic input mini-stereo, so you can not connect professional XLR microphones, unless buy a XLR adapter like the one made by Beachtek, which are about $ 180. Mini-Stereo microphones are not as good as the XLR microphone, but are decent. Unless you buy a XLR adapter, the only value of purchase is VideoMic RODE microphone. It produces excellent sound and comes with an integrated mounting shoe shoe for mounting a video camera or a boompole assembly. The MKE300 Sennheiser and Azden SGM-X is too decent. For boompole. You can buy one at B & H, from $ 90, you can buy one for about $ 60 on eBay, or you can make your own $ 10. All you need is a telescoping painter's pole from Home Depot, one inch 2 3 / 8 "bolt Hangar and two 3 / 8" hex nuts. Only drill em on the pole of a painter, and you got yourself a boompole. http://www.indymogul.com/backyard-fx/post/1498/build-plans-15-telescoping-boom-pole For lighting equipment, if you want to go for, you will need 3.1 650W Fresnel can be from $ 200 to 600 each. Along with that, you'll want a 1 K open light against a light box. Then you'll need a pair of C-stands, SCRIM, diffusion screens, etc. That is quite expensive, no matter where you buy it. If you want to spend that much money, you can get a pair 500W worklamps of Home Depot or wherever. They do not work as good as the professionals, but are a very good place to start. I love to give you links to sites where you could buy, but I could get started Yahoo Answers. You can search for B & H Photo Video, and here is a link that will give links to sites where you can buy Lights: http://scarletuser.com/showthread.php?t=627 Hope that helps.