Alan, thanks for the tip about the hoodman.

About the wide angle lens, I don't have one yet but I know this camera needs one. I heard Sony released a camera called the FX7 thats suppose to be wide angle. That was the next thing I was going to buy, a wide angle lens for my FX1.

Whats a good 5 in 1 reflector? As for the steadying device, I was going to use a steadicam.

I know the microphone issue my be a problem. I was going to put a shotgun mic ontop of my cam and see how that works for now.

Any other ideas?