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Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/01/05 11:53
"Jack P" wrote ...
> Richard's system is far more elegant --- and it looks like
> it will take a feed from program audio
Yes, it will. And it an be modified in practically infinite
ways to do whatever is needed.
> another cheepo idea is to use a set of those $50 walkie
> talkie sets that are sold everywhere like Costco or Wallmart
>
> have your shooters clip these on their belts and use an
> earphone --- and you're golden!
We tried that. We found three major problems...
1. The noise (mostly hiss, but also some distortion) was pretty
bad and made intelligibility a problem in noisy venues.
2. The VOX mode had enough of a delay that lots of times
the camera number the director was addressing was lost,
and they could never remember to use the manual PTT.
3. In any kind of more populated urban area, it was hard
to find a free channel that could be used reliably for a
long-form (>30 minutes) production.
4. (bonus) The units we found were pretty flimsy and
unreliable. Maybe there are better ones today?
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