windscreens

[Guest]

Hey, I'm a little new to quality audio, so please help me out. I plan to use sennheiser mics on my movie(a narrative drama) and know that you need to put windscreens on them. On a normal day(I live in NYC), are such foam velour winscreens fine? Some people say that the sounds sucks unless you buy an expensive softie/equalizer/blimp? Help me out please.
Also, what reasonable audio setups in general would you guys suggest for a narrative in NYC with a small crew?(I need dialogue in city streets, ambient noise for the environment, and a good deal of nice-sounding narration.
I'm thinkin about Sennheisers(like the ME66,64,62, etc) and what shockmounts? Lavs? Thanks.

[oleg]

depends on the wind you are dilling on locaition
the foam is normaly dont give you any protection on extiriars
not nessasery to buy new , few companie sell used zeppelins in very good condition and mikes
i know that every one here expect that the proportions of investment would be the same like with 50000$ camera *so they are wrong
for good mike setup you need the same amount of money like for hd
so the budget dfor minimum good (usibal ) audio setup can be more then your camera worth
rent
you can have good deal for full sound packeg for your moovie without put 3-5 grand out for minimum packeg

start with this site
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/location_sound.html#link%20four

, read it twice , you have 90% of the unswers -the last 10 % depends on your shooting list
no cheap solutions