A camera setup

[Guest]

Is this good or garbage

 

I currently have a Nikon D5100 (i have it, why buy a new one)

 

And i want to attach to it

SGC-598 Shotgun Mic

Spider Steady (official name)

hot shoe bracket

Bestview 7in monitor (is 1200 x 800)

11" Adjustable Friction Articulating Mental Magic ARm

please dont bring my budget up to 50,000USD because this one sucks thank u

[jamie.k.hofer]

What do you film?

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, jamie.k.hofer said:

What do you film?

normal indie stuff, films for school and videos for cousins and neighbors.

[SeanAngelo]

13 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

Is this good or garbage

 

I currently have a Nikon D5100 (i have it, why buy a new one)

 

And i want to attach to it

SGC-598 Shotgun Mic

Spider Steady (official name)

hot shoe bracket

Bestview 7in monitor (is 1200 x 800)

11" Adjustable Friction Articulating Mental Magic ARm

please dont bring my budget up to 50,000USD because this one sucks thank u

what are you gonna be filming, exactly?

[jamie.k.hofer]

24 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

normal indie stuff, films for school and videos for cousins and neighbors.

Depending on what you film you might want to consider setting yourself up with a Lav mic.

[ALwin]

31 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

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How much are you willing to spend?

• The magic arm and the mounting bracket are OK, you can always find alternatives on eBay if you don't like the design.  The only thing I will say is: you might want to consider not putting too many things on the camera's hotshoe.  See if you can clamp/attach things to the shoulder rig.
• Mic, obviously there are always better alternatives but they tend to cost more.
• Same with the field monitor.
• Shoulder rig, dunno, looks OK enough.

If you're on a really tight budget there's hardly any other suggestions we can make and I'm not going to spend time finding alternatives for you. Looking a the total cost of all the items you listed, at this price point you get what you pay for.