Hey NS,
Im looking to upgrade my tripod as my current Manfrotto 055XPROB has broken on me. It lasted me a while but now im looking for a more permanent tripod which should hopefully last me a lot longer. Having this tripod though, I have learnt what I need from my new one.
I do a lot of traveling and freelance work on my own and I often found that the 005X was too heavy so I'm looking into Carbon Fiber to drop the weight. I found at events I've had to carry a tripod for long periods of time so a lighter tripod is key. Not too big and clunky as well so I can easily travel with them.
So the two tripods I've been looking into right now have been the Miller Solo DV 2 Stage and Really Right Stuff TVC -33 and 33s.
Looking around both seem to be highly regarded, but im wondering if there are any significant differences I need to know such as if one is better for video than the other, one is more sturdy, etc. The Miller solo is a wee bit larger and heavier but will that be significant? I have the Manfrotto 701 fluid head right now and if I researched correctly should work fine on both until I can upgrade that too.
If anyone has any experience with either or could help my choice that would be great, or are there any other tripods I should maybe look into? Price wise, they are on my limit.
Onto microphones, I really have little experience with them. I've borrowed a Zoom H4n before and than was good. Most my work at the moment is events and I've had to do a few interviews (using borrowed H4n) before and have more coming up, indoor and out. Personal work as well I found that im really lacking good sound to take my work to the next level.
The mics I have looked into, just because ive heard of people using them are the Rode VideoMic Pro, Rode NTG-2 and H4n.
From what I hear the VideoMic pro is good for run and gun but sometimes is better just to use as a B-Roll Mic/ Backup as other mics are far better. As for the other 2, I honestly dont know much other than people recommending them, but I still dont know much. Any other mics that would suit me well?
Sorry thats a lot of info to read but I hope you can help out.
Thanks
