Posted by Rich Grise, PLainclothes Hippie on 03/25/06 20:16

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:01:10 +0100, Zak wrote:

> Gordon wrote:
>
>> If no one has a solution then could could someone suggest a reasonably
>> priced microphone for filming.
>
> Get a satellite dish, and place a normal directional microphone in the
> spot where the LNB usually sits.
>
> FWIW directional microphones are not that hard to get working - it is hard
> to get them to deliver decent sound quality.
>
> If your sound is too weak, nothing will work - the human ear being very
> sensitive and so on it is easy enough to make a mistake here.
>

I just had a thought - get a couple of satellite dishes like the ones
you're talking about hear, and modify them to fit a little fixture,
so you could mount them like huge mickey mouse ears with the focal
points at your earholes. :-)

Cheers!
Rich
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