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Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/01/05 14:07
"Steve L." <emailme@myemail.add> wrote in message
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> "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?
>>
>>
>
> http://www.cobra.com/index.php?page=shop/flypage&product_id=311&id=1
Yeah, thats the kind we found unusable.
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