"Roy"
<thinkgreen@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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I'm looking at the Rycote and Lightwave windscreens for a Sennheiser
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ME66 .
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Both offer slip ons with the long synthetic hair, The light wave has a
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mini blimp that covers half the mic and then offers a long haired wind
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screen on top of it. Then of course are the full sized blimps with
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fur.
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How much a difference lies between these 3 basic types.
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The Softies are $125-150, the mini combo about $230 and the full sized
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ones are around $400+. Since I hand hold my camera a lot and money's a
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bit limited I'm shying away from the full sized blimps unless there's
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over whelming reason to get one but I'm still very open if that's
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the path I need to take.
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> I
see the pros always seem to have these huge furry giant sized loaf
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Wonder bread sized things on the ends of their booms and figured
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that's what to shoot for and every thing less is a compromise. I'm
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ready to compromise the big blimp but am wondering if there's a
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benefit to the softie vs mini blimp/fur cover arrangement. I don't
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mind the extra $100 bucks even if there's just a little bit of an
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advantage, I also don't mind saving $100 if the simpler design of the
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softie allows a cost saving with out sacrificing results. I posted
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this to the pro audio group and haven't gotten a responce yet.
A lot
depends on how wind-resistant the mic is without extra aid.
If,
with its normal windscreen, wind is rarely a problem (and/or
you
rarely record in much of a wind), then a simple solution may
be good
enough; if the mic is particularly sensitive to wind, even
the
best solution may be barely adequate. If possible, buy where
you can
exchange easily, and try to judge for yourself the best
starting
point. BTW, replacement air-conditioner foam is cheap,
and you
can wrap several layers around the mic's windscreen
(this
is sometimes fairly effective...).
--
David Ruether
d_ruether@hotmail.com
http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com