>>>"Neuman - Ruether" <d_ruether@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>>>news:3eb8d927.3624650@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu...

>>>> On Mon, 5 May 2003 19:39:03 +0800, "Charles Darwin"

>>>> <charlie_darwin@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>>> >Thinking of purchasing one of these radio mics for video work.

>>>> >

>>>> >Would appreciate any feedback of people's experiences with them.

>>>> It had numerous unpleasant "percussive" noises

>>>> (as did the cheap Nady set); the Azden WMS-Pro

>>>> set did not have these, but all three had

>>>> "swish" noises from interferrence. The first two

>>>> were unacceptable; the last was barely acceptable

>>>> in this location...

>>>> David Ruether

>>On Tue, 6 May 2003 19:37:41 +0800, "Charles Darwin"

>><charlie_darwin@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>

>>>Thanks David,

>>>

>>>Being relatively new to digital video and hence this newsgroup I appreciate

>>>your comments.

>>>

>>>As it's something I wouldn't use very often, I didn't want to spend heaps of

>>>money on a pro UHF unit. However I guess it's the old story, "You get what

>>>you pay for".

>>>

>>>Is there no "prosumer" unit that fills the gap between Tandy-like toys and

>>>fully professional models?

>>The Azden set is about 1.5 times the price of the

>>Sony here, and it serves fairly well. If you are in

>>an area free of cel-phones and other wireless gear,

>>it may serve well, as it did for me for several years.

>>BTW, Azden also makes a diversity model (2-channel,

>>auto-switching between for best signal).

>>David Ruether

On 08 May 2003 21:26:58 GMT, webpa@aol.com (WEBPA) wrote:

>

>All this is very nice. But...WHY USE A WIRELESS?????

>

>For the price of a single 70% reliable wireless (UHF wide-band, diversity

>receiver, etc.), you can put a stereo miniDisc recorder on each member of a

>whole football team and get perfect, glitch-free audio and no wad-of-wires on

>your camcorder.

>

>Think think think...ask why you need live.

The original poster did ask about wireless sets - though

I and others often add that a mini-disk recorder is an

alternative. It does require additional time to record

to the computer, and additional effort to synchronize

it with the video - especially if the camera is

stop/started multiple times during the recording...