Posted by David McCall on 12/05/06 19:40

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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> "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."

David

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