Posted by riclanders on 11/04/04 11:53

Bob Ford wrote:
> On 21 Jul 2006 22:36:12 -0700, riclanders@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >
> >William Davis wrote:
> >> In article <1153493202.410834.326570@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> >> riclanders@gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ty Ford wrote:
> >> > > On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:31:52 -0400, riclanders@gmail.com wrote
> >> > > (in article <1153485112.655687.178680@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>):
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > riclanders@gmail.com wrote:
> >> > > >> I'm hearing the Senneiser 300 is a great mike except for its delicate
> >> > > >> cable which is prone to go bad if stretched.
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> Is there a similar quality mike with a more durable cable for under
> >> > > >> $200?
> >> > > >>
> >> > > >> ric
> >> > > >
> >> > > > May be able to answer my own question here. The Rode video mic at $149.
> >> > > > seems to be a much better deal and the RODE NT3-HYPER CARDIOID at $199.
> >> > > > seems to be better yet.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ric
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > > If you do a lot of run and gun shooting, the VideoMic will wiggle audibly.
> >> > > If
> >> > > shooting on a tripod or slow handheld, it's very nice.
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > >
> >> > > Ty Ford
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > What about the RODE NT3-HYPER CARDIOID?
> >> >
> >> > ric
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > -- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
> >> > > stuff are at www.tyford.com
> >>
> >> ric
> >>
> >> We're all trying to be gentle and kind here, but it's difficult because
> >> you keep trying to get us to validate something we're just not
> >> comfortable validating.
> >>
> >> In my seminars, one typical audience ³light bulb moment is when I do the
> >> following exercise.
> >>
> >> I'd get the audience to close their eyes - then I'd announce ³Hi, my
> >> name is Bill Davis and I've been making video professionally for more
> >> than 15 years.
> >>
> >> Then I'd ask them to open their eyes and I'd silently mouth the words ³I
> >> live in Scottsdale, Arizona on an old horse property the barn of which
> >> I've converted into a purpose-built video production studio
> >>
> >> Then I'd ask them to tell me which ³presentation mode they got the most
> >> information out of. AUDIO without VIDEO or VIDEO without AUDIO.
> >>
> >> The point is that in most typical videos the AUDIO track actually does
> >> more of the communications ³heavy lifting than does the VIDEO.
> >>
> >> If you want to rest that component of your work on an inexpensive mic
> >> with a suspect cable, hey man, you go right ahead.
> >>
> >> Its simply that most of us would NEVER consider any mic that didn't have
> >> a long, solid, verifiable track record of performance in actual field
> >> conditions in these circumstances.
> >>
> >> Maybe the RODE gizmo is the next great field production mic and we just
> >> don't know about it. Or maybe it's a fragile gizmo with a 100% margin,
> >> lots of marketing bucks, and no place in any videographers bag. We don't
> >> know, because we haven't used it and likely NEVER WILL use it. Because
> >> our time and work is too important for trial and error and there are
> >> already time tested products that we KNOW work correctly.
> >>
> >> You want to try it out. Go right ahead. If you and a couple of dozen
> >> other guys start raving about it, it MIGHT earn a place in our bags -
> >> provided one of our EV-635s or Beyer M-58s or Sony 672s or one of the
> >> other couple of dozen mics that we've all had knocking around in our
> >> bags and that are still working flawlessly after 15 or 20 years without
> >> a failure gets run over by a road grader or something.
> >>
> >> Nothing wrong with asking these kind of questions.
> >>
> >> Nothing wrong with not taking the answers and doing it your own way,
> >> either.
> >>
> >> You want to learn though your own trial and error - have at it.
> >>
> >> Most of us had to at some point.
> >>
> >> Welcome to the club.
> >
> >Not to put too fine a point on on it, but the people at Dvcreators.net
> >have now think the
> >RODE Videomic at $149 offers more value than the Senneiser 300 at
> >$199. They, in fact, no longer recommend the Senneiser 300.
> >
> >Is your point I should ignore this and select the Senneiser 300 over
> >the Rode anyway?
> >
> >ric
>
> My Gawd man, how many different people and how many different ways
> does someone have to say it to you.
> If you have your heart set on it, buy it.....
> >
> Bob Ford
> Images In Motion
> www.imagesinmotion.com


When question, Bob: Are you off your medication again or is it just
that time of the month?

ric

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