Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

[Harry Mitchell]

Hi Stuart,

It's not what you asked, I know, but WMUK should consider investing in some
new merchandise - using Wikipedia branding, not the WMUK logo because
nobody has any idea what the latter is, which sort of defeats the point. I
(re-)learnt at Wikimania that hats can be very useful outreach tools.

Harry Mitchell
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On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Rex X  wrote:

> The only thing I can say about microphones is that when I was recording
> bands in
> the 1970s, we mostly used Shure SM57s and SM58s. They were expensive but
> unbelievably rugged. You could use a cheap condenser microphone to mike up
> a
> flute or for "filling in", but the SM57s always sounded better when miking
> up
> acoustic guitars, drums, etc. I never found anything as good as the SM58s
> for
> vocals.
>
> I guess there must be newer, cheaper mikes around now, but I'm out of
> touch with
> modern studio equipment.
>
> --
> Rexx
>
>
> > On 27 July 2016 at 16:01 geni  wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 22 July 2016 at 22:40, Michael Peel  wrote:
> > >
> > > If you want something that can cover the whole range, then Sigma do
> some
> > > quite nice superzoom lenses - I've been using an 18-200mm stabilised
> lens as
> > > my every-day lens on my 60D since 2010. There's a newer (2012-era)
> 18-250mm
> > > lens that looks better:
> > >
> https://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-18-250mm-f-3-5-6-3-dc-macro-os-hsm-lens-review-19470
> > > costing around £200-£280 - but I'm a bit out of date on the newest
> lenses...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mike
> >
> > Well that would certainly solve the problem of providing a decent
> > reach without lens duplication although I'd be surprised if it didn't
> > distort a fair bit at the wider end.
> >
> > And while I'll accept the blame this conversation has been largely
> > about lenses. Anyone got anything to say about microphones?
> >
> > --
> > geni
> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

[Rex X]

The only thing I can say about microphones is that when I was recording bands in
the 1970s, we mostly used Shure SM57s and SM58s. They were expensive but
unbelievably rugged. You could use a cheap condenser microphone to mike up a
flute or for "filling in", but the SM57s always sounded better when miking up
acoustic guitars, drums, etc. I never found anything as good as the SM58s for
vocals.

I guess there must be newer, cheaper mikes around now, but I'm out of touch with
modern studio equipment.

-- 
Rexx


> On 27 July 2016 at 16:01 geni  wrote:
> 
> 
> On 22 July 2016 at 22:40, Michael Peel  wrote:
> >
> > If you want something that can cover the whole range, then Sigma do some
> > quite nice superzoom lenses - I've been using an 18-200mm stabilised lens as
> > my every-day lens on my 60D since 2010. There's a newer (2012-era) 18-250mm
> > lens that looks better:
> > https://www.ephotozine.com/article/sigma-18-250mm-f-3-5-6-3-dc-macro-os-hsm-lens-review-19470
> > costing around £200-£280 - but I'm a bit out of date on the newest lenses...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> 
> Well that would certainly solve the problem of providing a decent
> reach without lens duplication although I'd be surprised if it didn't
> distort a fair bit at the wider end.
> 
> And while I'll accept the blame this conversation has been largely
> about lenses. Anyone got anything to say about microphones?
> 
> -- 
> geni
> 
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