Hi

If you're looking for the best performing budget mic then I highly recommend this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/PVM1000-Condenser-Shotgun-Microphone-Cameras/dp/...

It is a lot cheaper than most of the popular mics but I have used this mic on 2 projects and it easily competes with rode video mics, you could even compare it to a ntg 2.

One thing to consider is that whatever mic you get, if you plug it straight into your t4i without any kind of amp it will sound horrible. If you want to avoid all the hiss that you get from DSLR audio then any recorder from zoom or tascam will be great. Please really consider an external recorder if you are going to be making short films. You have to sync it all up in post but it is defiantly worth it for the improved audio quality.

Ben

Hi
We are two students who run a production company and we are always looking for an opportunity to expand our network. We have shot many short films and specialise in directing and cinematography and we have a range of technical skills as well.

We have a lot of equipment including a black magic pocket, 2 DSLRs, various camera supports and a wide range of lighting. One of the videos we have done recently: https://vimeo.com/127883646

Ben and Angus

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I'm assuming your refering to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_8EYQ-2RA
Proving your laptop has a spare pci conection, as the guy in the video said you may have to remove your network card, so no internet unless you get a wireless dongle (pretty cheap).

However you also need to factor in the cost for the card and the power supply and of course the better the gpu you get the more power your power supply will need to deliver (more expensive)

And finally this video demonstrates the gaming potential of this setup. Video editing is an entirely differnet matter. With gaming if you have a high end gpu you can just about get away with a low end cpu. But video editing is way more cpu intesnive, and there is nothing a gpu can do to fix that. Quite a lot of things in video editing programs can be accelerated by a gpu but if your cpu is too slow its not really going to make much difference. And the chances of you editing 4K are very low. Personally I wouldn't go near anything with less than 4 threads for video editing, and I'm much more comftable with the 8 I get from my xeon E3 1230.

So finally I recommend that you build a new pc as this is the most cost effective way of getting a new computer. I currently use a hackintosh for editing and VFX and I love it. For about £400 you could get something capable of 1080p editing. Bearing in mind how compressed GH4 4k is you could maybe get away with that to.

Hope that helps, sorry for the essay, if you want any advice on computers or a recommended build just ask. I have built two hackintoshes and I have a render farm so I'm relitively confident in answering most harware questions :)

Ben