Don't let the high prices sway you away. If you buy used, you can generall=
y sell the stuff for what you paid for it. And with pending hyper inflatio=
n and current economic woes, that's probably a better deal than your 401k o=
r Stocks.
If you want some sticker shock, take a look at the Arri Alexa for video. A=
nice piece of kit. And there's more expensive ones than that. Audio is c=
heap in comparison.
You can always rent the gear if you happen to live near a rental house. Re=
ntal rates are about 1% to 10% the value of the gear being rented. Which y=
ou might want to do initially anyway so you're not stuck with something you=
don't like. Or something way more than you need.
- James
--- On Mon, 10/25/10, Mark Phinney <> wrote:
> From: Mark Phinney <>
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Question About SP-BMC-20 and Similar
> To:
> Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 3:56 PM
> Don't let the high price of the best
> gear keep you from jumping into nature
> recording. Some people can afford it, most can't. Besides,
> it wasn't that
> long ago that people were lugging around reel-to-reel or
> cassette tape
> recorders, and making good recordings. Check the FAQ, as
> Vicki said, but
> you'll probably be pleasantly surprised by the recording
> quality of fairly
> low-priced gear. As a hobby, it's really all about what you
> think about your
> recordings, not what others think. If you have
> 'perfectionist' tendencies,
> then you may want to start saving money...but I have an old
> MD recorder,
> Core Sound binaural mocs, an AT shotgun and a Zoom H2, and
> I'm very
> satisfied with many of the recordings I've made.
>
> Mark Phinney
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:13 PM, benjamesjohnson
> <>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Wow, with all those constraints, it sure gets tough to
> get an affordable
> > mic. I believe the max SPL of 106 dB is with the
> recorder's PIP only; it
> > goes up to 121 dB with a 9V battery module, and 131 db
> with phantom power.
> >
> > 15dB self-noise? Wow I can't afford anything that
> low.
> >
> > The AT4022 sure is a nice mic, with great specs, but
> way too expensive for
> > me.
> >
> > Maybe I need to rethink this recording hobby. In world
> of photography one
> > can still make a decent go in the hobby without having
> to buy Leica cameras
> > and lenses, but in audio recording, I guess there is
> no compromise?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via
> Bernie Krause.
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