Me thinks I spotted a fine example of the humor of a British nature
recordist!!!
Martyn Stewart schrieb:
> Ah, the good old days Bernie!! 168lbs in weight to carry was hard on the
> wife's shoulders while I carried the six-pack, I could never
> understand why
> she thought I was a chauvinist?
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> Martyn
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> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Some recording field history
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> In 1987 I went to Rwanda for a month to record mountain gorillas at
> the late Dian Fossey's research site, Karisoke. Anticipating 40 hrs
> of recorded sound I took with me the following:
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> 1 Nagra IVs recorder 20 lbs (w/ carrying case but without
> batteries)
> 8 sets of batteries (the Nagra takes 12 D cells that last about
> 5 hrs) 28 lbs
> 2 pairs of mics (Beyer Dynamic M700s and Schoeps 541) 6 lbs
> 120 7-inch reels of Ampex 457 tape (on reel of 1mil tape lasts 20 min
> at 15ips) 106 lbs
> Misc cables, field repair gear, headphones, etc. 5 lbs.
> Tripod 4 lbs.
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> The total weight of the recording gear for a month in the field in
> 1987 came to 168.5 lbs (76.6kg) plus lots of bulk.
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> Weight today assuming the Sound Devices 722 for 40 hours of recording:
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> SD 722 (40 hrs @ 44.1kHz/24 bit w/ 15 hrs of rechargable batteries) =
> 4 lbs.
> 2 mic systems (Senn. 30/40 combo w/ mounts & windscreens, ECM55 lavs)
> 4.75 lbs
> Headphones .5 lbs
> Tripod 1.7 lbs
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> Total weight of recording gear for a month in the field 2005 comes to
> 10.95 lbs (4.98kg), a 94% reduction in weight over 1987 technology.
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> If carrying the gear long distances is an issue, one would want to
> reduce this even more with smaller MD technologies and even lighter
> mic systems.
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> Bernie Krause
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