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Equipment & Techniques => Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques => Topic started by: Paul Sumi on December 20, 2003, 05:49:04 pm

Title: noise free blimp
Post by: Paul Sumi on December 20, 2003, 05:49:04 pm

There are indeed specialized "blimps" to cut the noise of a camera, e.g., on film or television sound stages.  I was at a taping of a TV show pilot and the network's photographer had his D1X inside a blimp.

Don't know who manufactures them, or how much they cost (likely $$$).  But I bet a large pro photography shop has them for rent.

Title: noise free blimp
Post by: sergio on December 19, 2003, 08:44:08 pm

Has anyone tried to make a camera noiseless? There are situations where your camera´s noise is unacceptable when shooting while there´s sound recording. I think an underwater housing might lower noise levels but they are expensive and are intended for waterproofing not noise proofing. Any suggestions?

Sergio

Title: noise free blimp
Post by: victoraberdeen on December 21, 2003, 04:10:59 am

There is a posting on photo.net for a company in CA - Jacobson Instruments Mark Jacobson 11491 Chandler Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601

Also this site has some interesting conclusions on Leica M4 being noiser than an SLR! Camera sound measured. (http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/sounds.html)

Good luck...