Tagged with blimp - Personal View Talks http://personal-view.com/talks/discussions/tagged/blimp/feed.rss Fri, 01 Nov 24 01:24:20 +0000 Tagged with blimp - Personal View Talks en-CA DIY Blimp for less than £20 http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/3455/diy-blimp-for-less-than-20 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:55:21 +0000 kronstadt 3455@/talks/discussions After realizing that a good BLIMP is more about the knowledge and theory, rather than the actual construction materials, I'm embarking on a construction of my own blimp for less than £20. This will hold my cheap chinese microphone EM-320E, which is still on its way. My inspiration came from here:
and here
. So whatever advice you can give me on how to improve my design, it would be greatly appreciated, and hopefully will help others later on. These are the materials that I'll be using:

  • Bird feeder (£3) - to make the frame. Length 33cm. Diameter 6cm (the cage is metal, but not too robust. I might replace it with a much tougher mesh from one of those metal mesh bins http://www.ebay.com/itm/190683027361)
  • 2 round tea strainers (£3) for the FRONT and BACK end caps
  • 2 plastic jars with diameter 6cm (£2) - I will cut off the caps so as to make both end caps of the blimp to easily screw onto the frame
  • 300mmX200mm of Ultra fine mesh (£4) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fine-Stainless-Steel-wire-mesh-Insect-Reptile-Vent-Vivarium-/110876648077?_trksid=p3984.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DRIC.CFNPRP%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D110876648077%26ps%3D63#ht_500wt_1077 This will be used predominantly at the front of the construction. Fine mesh will go inside the frame. It will be last layer that the wind will travel through, and hopefully by then it will be completely broken. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE IF THIS FINE MESH WILL AFFECT THE SOUND TRANSPARENCY. I really need your advice here. PLEASE HELP!
  • Micro fiber cloth OR nylon stockings (£1) - this will go inside the birdfeeder, after the fine mesh
  • 6 Rubber bands (£0) - to hold the mic inside the bird feeder in X pattern
  • 2 fluffy faux-fur lady's ankle warmers (£5) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300698800758 hopefully these are good, thick and tight enough fake fur to block most of the wind. I will just saw the ends of these fluffies together, to make them into "bags". They are 40cm long, so should hold the entire blip pretty nicely. If you can find any better material on eBay please post a link.

So what do you think? Will it work?

I'm especially concerned with a small (6cm) diameter of the birdfeeder, but I hope that adding the fine mesh should supplement that like in this video

Or am I wrong?

]]> Rode Blimp http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/3822/rode-blimp Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:44:18 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 3822@/talks/discussions Best affordable mike mount solution for real life.

Get Rode Boompole, get the Blimp, mount your mike and you are set.

I suggest to use ebay, as many sellers sell it for less than retail pricing :-)

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=rode%20blimp&_sacat=0&_clu=2&_fcid=168&_localstpos&_stpos&gbr=1

Like $199 :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rode-BLIMP-Complete-Winscreen-Mounting-System-for-Rode-NTG-Shotgun-Mics-L-K-/251099806564

Despite claims about demo units, usually they are fully packed and never opened. Seems to be method to overcome retail price controls :-)

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