J.R. D asked:
im putting together an equipment list for startup costs(for a wedding and event videography business) and need some guidance on audio equipment, what i will or wont need etc….any help much aprecciated
Jose
im putting together an equipment list for startup costs(for a wedding and event videography business) and need some guidance on audio equipment, what i will or wont need etc….any help much aprecciated
Jose
Kenneth
Believe it or not, I have a friend who is a professional full-service photographer and he’s not using stuff from outer space. He discovered he loved photography early on and learned his trade. He and his mother took over an existing business and added computer sales (in the early days when they were more of a homebrew affair and you added more parts than today). Word of mouth grew and they became quite popular, the computers were dropped but by then my friend was using an Amiga and Video Toaster to produce fashion, senior, wedding and professional videos. The Amiga was retired when Photoshop came out and then his genius perceptional skills and artistic savvy were combined with the arrival of 3D modeling software.
As for audio/video equipment, he started with film cameras and VHS and it took a while for 8MM video and Digital 8 to work in but it’s been there for about 10 years. I’ve never seen a DVD cam work.
He uses much the same stuff you and I might, but he pretty much stays in the background and out of supplying the audio system. He has some average VHS Hi-Fi in the editing room, does most of the editing on the computer, prefers HP printers, scanners and computers out of habit (HP outsells Dell and may be getting better. I prefer DeskJets and ScanJets myself). His stereo gear is stuff you wouldn’t expect from a former dance DJ but it’s good, older Onkyo pre and amp, old DJ mixer and wall speakers somewhere. The huge HDTV wasn’t very reliable, when have they ever been?
When he did dances, he had a Rotel amp and 4 Marantz speakers (one caught its voice coil on fire in the middle of a dance–that was sad), I think he had a Marantz CD player (maybe Yamaha) but it was still records and cassettes in the late 80’s.
From watching them work reliably for so long, I would recommend White Lightning
lighting products.
Marvin
You’ll want some wireless lavs and a handheld mic to conduct interviews. You may also want to get a 4 channel mixer if you are using more mics than you have XLR inputs in your camera.
For lavs, I recommend SENNHEISER EW100ENG-G2. For a nice 4 channel mixer on a budget, I recommend the Rolls MX422. Not sure about the handheld, but there is some great info at DVXUSER.com in their AUDIO section about investing in sound gear.
Good luck!