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Re: NEED ADVICE QUICK about video equipment
by Mark Suszko on Apr 15, 2008 at 4:18:35 am

This may sound crazy, but maybe skip the camera light... on the camera, that is.

Frankly, after decades of shooting news and events I have really come to hate the on-camera light in all forms. Its easy to abuse, hard to use with subtlety and control, it's best feature is that it is easy and compact. But for many jobs it would look way better if separated from the top of the camera and moved a foot or two to the side, and more diffused.

Maybe you could do this, holding the Merlin with one hand, the light with the other, powered off a coiled cord and a battery belt? Not the most elegant look, then again, you're already walking around with a camera on a stick... but you gain independent control of the lighting. What you do to hold the mic, well, then you're out of hands:-)


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