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Re: Lightweight mic stands, and wind shields

Subject: Re: Lightweight mic stands, and wind shields
From: "" =
.uk dhole23
Date: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:33 pm ((PDT))

thats a light stand, looks like a dedo light one. They are nice and
light. Out of interest and you all probaly know they are dolphin ear pro
hydrophones ... sqn mixer-744t

dave

Michael Raphael wrote:
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> Does anyone know what Mr. Watson is using in this video?
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> http://www.chriswatson.net/downloads.html
> <http://www.chriswatson.net/downloads.html>
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> On Apr 13, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
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>  > Justin
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>  > I have used 2 gitzo tripods ( the traveller) for over 4 years and have
>  > never had to worry about weight, breakage or stability. You get what
>  > you pay for in any walks of life. I do not want to trust bad equipment
>  > to the elements, often a recording in Nature is aquired by chance, you
>  > do not want to ruin that opertunity with bad gear. But at the end of
>  > the day it's your call.
>  >
>  > Martyn Stewart
>  > www.naturesound.org
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>  > Sent from my iPhone:
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>  > Please excuse any spelling mistakes I make on this tiny keyboard
>  >
>  > On Apr 13, 2009, at 9:28 AM, "justinasia" <
> <justinasia%40yahoo.com>>
>  > wrote:
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>  > >
>  > > > Any decent photographic tripod should do, it does not have to be
>  > > made of carbon fiber.
>  > >
>  > > I have just found the Feisol CT-3402, which extends to 179cm, weighs
>  > > 1.31kg and can take a load of 9kg, which seems far more than other
>  > > lightweight tripods. It costs $202, which is about half the price of
>  > > the Gitzo I found. It seems to be highly regarded by photographers.
>  > > I am still unclear whether or not it is necessary to send such a lot
>  > > of money though. I read this posted by a photographer:
>  > >
>  > > "I started with a lightweight, relatively inexpensive aluminum
>  > > tripod (for a very small, light SLR), and rapidly gave up in
>  > > disgust, because I was losing a very large fraction of shots because
>  > > the tripod was vibrating so much in even moderate breezes that the
>  > > shots were unacceptably blurry. I replaced it with a carbon fiber
>  > > Gitzo and never looked back."
>  > >
>  > > Do these vibrations pose a similar problem to us as recordists (with
>  > > AT3032)? I am hoping that some of you have experiences to shed light
>  > > on this.
>  > >
>  > > Thank you
>  > > Justin
>  > >
>  > >
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