"Although the T2i offers the same picture size/quality for half the price, this solid beast of metal shows its worth in durability, reliability, and butt kicking good performance"
"I did a one hour round trip to the nearest store that had one of these, I've been told by people smarter than me that professional sounding audio takes second only to video when putting together your gear."
"I bought this originally as my primary microphone, just read the reviews, that many people can't be wrong. I now plan to use it as reference audio (for syncing audio in post)."
"Gets you around 11 minutes recording time in 1080p 24 and 30 frames/sec on a 7d. Just bring an external hard drive or a computer to your set for offloading data."
"Don't settle for anything less than shielded. This is the same brand as my mics, notice you are not paying an inflated price for some "special" cable. I use it with the stereomic for awesome results."
"The ntg-2 offers little more than a battery slot for its own powering. The zoom h4n that I have offers its own phantom powering, therefore I can save the money on the lighter ntg-1."
"This is the thing that you put on the end of the boom pole, the microphone goes in through the rubber bands. Made by Rode, haven't been in the business long enough to know if its the best brand; however, it works and works well."
"Never assume you can save money by DIY'ing something that looks simple. It may be a bit pricey for something that resembles a furry sock, but trusted performance makes this worth the money. Again, I'm a walking sandwich board for Rode."
"When buying a tripod for making movies, a fluid head is essential - these enable you to easily and gracefully point the camera. When buying a budget tripod for movie making, there are two rules to follow: 1. buy manfrotto 2. buy the head separate from the tripod."
"This case is durable, and has slots for 4 lenses, five if you have one on the camera. Also has many side bags for cords, lens cleaning apparatus, filters, etc."
"It's expensive because it is good. But for those with thinner wallets, try Sony Vegas 10 or Adobe Premier. They're easy to learn like Windows Movie Maker, but unlike WMM, it doesn't give you hundreds of issues."
"Brand name doesnt matter, just make sure you have one. It is essential that the director has the ability to tell the joker guffawing with a group of PA's to "SHUT THE F**K UP OR I WILL THROW YOU OFF THIS SET""
"The canon 7d HDSLR has a mini HDMI port, viewing your footage can be made very simple if you have a TV featuring an HDMI input. Also if you have a very high end field monitor, in that case you would already know this stuff."
"The indie film scene is all about this kind of expensive stuff. You could go on without one, but once you had one you would be happy about dropping the cash."
