what to do with $160...

[Andrew Brinkhaus]

I currently have about $160 to spend on some piece of equipment for my DVX or my set-up. At this time, my DVX is only outfitted with a shotgun mic with a shock mount and the rest of the cam is stock. I have an indiFOCUS coming, which I am recieving for free, but I dont have a rail system as of now, is this what I should invest in? I am not quite convinced I should, I would rather have something that makes a noticable difference to my work. Arent FF's mostly for use with 35mm adapters? (which I dont have.) Basically my question is, with $160, what is the next logical purchase I should make?

 

[Jarred Land]

matteblox would be cool, cinetactics.com

varizoom makes some cool things for that price range too.

i assume you have a tripod, but how about bag?

you could buy some filters..

 

[Andrew Brinkhaus]

A soft bag might be a possibility, it is a little tiring carrying around a pelican case everytime I want to shoot something...

 

[Film Crazy]

I second that motion for a set of filters. Good ones to have include grad and UV. Just pop the UV on and leave it to protect your Leica lens.

 

[Sad Max]

I think an FF rig is worthwhile.

I know that I'm using guerilla tricks (read: scribbled paper tape, and lots of it) to get FF with my stock DVX, and an actual FF unit would sure be handy...

 

[NO CA$H]

Get an I-cuff ($50) for your camera and the cinetactics matteblox like Jarred suggested.

 

[MrBirdBoy]

3 stop ND, 2 stop Grad ND, extra Jarred Battery, Soy Latte

 

[Ralph Oshiro]

Forget the UV--get .6 and a .9 ND grads.

 

[NO CA$H]

What the heck is a soy Latte?

 

[galt]

Tripod.
Better (more) mics & cables, to be ready for different situations
headphones (I love my etymotics)
extra DVXuser battery
Polarizing filter
monopod
glidecam or other stabilizer system

 

[Sad Max]

What the heck is a soy Latte?

Somebody doesn't live in Los Angeles...

 

[mystico]

Soy Latte

Soy Latte

Somebody doesn't live in Los Angeles...

or any other large city. How about a grande soy no-whip White Chocolate Mocha. My fav. Starbucks-speak needs to be instituted as an official English dialect.

Hey, send me the $160 and I will figure out (for you of course) what to do with it.

 

[SilverWolf]

Hell screw the DVX spend it on hookers and blow

 

[Rubop]

Hell screw the DVX spend it on hookers and blow

someone lives in los angeles...

 

[stickypod]

make it a stickypod

make it a stickypod

I would rather have something that makes a noticable difference to my work.

Make it a Sticky Pod Nothing says "noticable" like a high speed car chase. Get some stellar moving action with a Sticky Pod ProPak and you'll still have $20 bucks left in your pocket.