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Posted by Steven J. Weller on 12/05/06 19:55
David McCall wrote:
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
> news:4tlohqF14cqfrU1@mid.individual.net...
> > "Martin Heffels" wrote ...
> >> "Steven J. Weller" wrote:
> >>>It's not a long blimp
> >>
> >> Just out of curiosity, and to better my knowledge of world-wide terms:
> >> you
> >> really call this a blimp as well? For me, a blimp is the cover, or case,
> >> used to make a film-camera silent. Well I could think that the blimp
> >> silences the wind, but it just sounds so odd to me :-))
> >
> > AFAIK, the sound-absorbing/blocking cover for a camera is called
> > a "barney"? Google for "sound barney". This was the first hit...
> > http://www.customupholsteryproducts.com/html/sound_barneys.html
> > (Reference to the old US comic-strip "Barney Google" is coincidental :-)
> >
> > Although when I Googled for "sound blimp" it returns some hits.
> > But a very casual glance looks more like covers for still cameras
> > than for cine.
> >
> > The shotgun microphone windscreens commonly used look like
> > miniature "blimps" (zeppelins, dirigibles) to me, at least without
> > the "softie"/"dead-cat" fur covers.
> You can only call it Barney if you paint it purple :-)
>
> Barney is a correct term, but I think you will find blimp used as well.
> Perhaps even used as a verb as in "we will need to blimp the camera for this
> shot."
Blimp, in the sense I'm using it, is slang for "zepplin" which is/was a
brand name. A Barney (or blimp) keeps noise in, while a zepp keeps
noise out. Zepplin comes from the shame of the thing, of course.
--
Life Continues, Despite
Evidence to the Contrary
Steven
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