Posted by Mike Kujbida on 06/03/06 15:46

Ty Ford wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 21:05:48 -0400, blackburst@aol.com wrote
> (in article <1149296748.287375.299190@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):
>
>>
>> Rick Merrill wrote:
>>> I confess I'm enamored of the "zoom mic" that reads the camera zoom
>>> setting to adjust it's own setting. The perfect application IMHO is
>>> audience interaction of a medium sized room where all the
>>> participants think, "ve don't need no stinking mic".
>>
>> That's about the only application where I might use one!
>>
>
> Um, although I have seen mics that claim to zoom, there is no such
> thing as a zoom mic. If you are even remotely considering purchasing
> one (all the ones I've ever seen are pretty cheap) save your money
> and buy the X-ray sunglasses instead. They are more fun at parties.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ty Ford
>


As one audio engineer friend of mine is fond of saying, cameras zoom,
microphones don't :-)

Mike

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