Eric, Roy, Hakan, sounds.images, grummyaa, Tim, & Daan:
Thank you all for your informative comments. I have forwarded them all
to my friend.
I think the power and battery issues some of you mentioned are
surmountable, if a nuisance. Time code is not really an issue because
he's mainly capturing off-camera ambiance after the fact, and the
on-camera sounds and some judiciously-added foley effects can be
mixed/steered around as necessary in post.
What a great group!
On 05/03/2013 11:47 AM, Steve Sergeant wrote:
> Asking on behalf of a video producer friend:
>
> Those of you who own the Tascam DR-680, would you recommend it? If yours
> was lost, damaged, or stolen and you had the insurance money, would you
> buy it again? Why or why not?
>
> Background: A friend who has been producing film and now video
> documentaries for two decades, with stereo audio, was just told by his
> distributor that they will no longer accept anything that doesn't have
> at least 5.1 surround sound. So on his latest project, he's scrambling
> to go back and gather location backgrounds from scenes he's already shot
> (with no extra budget). These will (hopefully) serve as convincing
> surround-sound backdrops.
>
> As a lurker on NatureRecordists most of the time, I thank you for all of
> your great discussions and advice.
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