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Posted by Steve L. on 11/01/05 14:44
"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> just HAD to give an opinion in
news:11melp3jr2lmkab@corp.supernews.com:
> "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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Steve L.
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