Posted by Martin Heffels on 12/05/06 20:24

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:28:25 -0800, "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net>
wrote:

>AFAIK, the sound-absorbing/blocking cover for a camera is called
>a "barney"?

Yes, but that is the American name for it. The English and Aussies usually
call it a blimp.

>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.

Indeed, read about them recently as well.

>The shotgun microphone windscreens commonly used look like
>miniature "blimps" (zeppelins, dirigibles) to me, at least without
>the "softie"/"dead-cat" fur covers.

Zeppelin is how I know them.

I'm not saying that Steven Weller is wrong, mind you. I just want to know
how to say to an American soundo that his barney is in shot, and not
confuse him by calling it a blimp :-))

cheers

-martin-
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