One of my most trusty companions on any job for the past several years has been my K-Tek KA113CCR Articulated Boom Pole. This specific model of K-Tek boom pole seems to have lived in relative obscurity since its initial release for reasons beyond my comprehension. Most people whom I have spoken to didn’t even know that it existed. This is a tool that no sound … Continue reading REVIEW: K-Tek Articulated Boom Pole KA113CCR
UPDATE: This article has been updated to include a second test performed by Jason Porter on Sept 18th, 2017. The additional test has been added to the bottom of this post. A year ago IKEA came out with a new AA/AAA Rechargeable battery that was sporting some nice stats. A lot of people were skeptical at first but a few people gave them a try. … Continue reading Review: IKEA Rechargeable Batteries
There has been a lot of confusion surrounding the K-Tek Stingray harness. And what’s more is that a lot of people don’t even realize that they’re confused about it. All around the internet, at NAB, and though discussions with colleagues, I’ve seen just how polarizing some of the opinions about this harness can be. I’m willing to bet that most, if not all, of those … Continue reading Setting Up Your K-Tek Stingray Harness!
Most people don’t know this but I help with product development for a few manufactures. One of those was a company looking to explore the idea of making a budget friendly micro TC box that featured simple 1 button operations. We also talked about blink patterns for a single LED, USB rechargeable and featuring auto detect for FPS so that it just worked as simple … Continue reading Review: Ambient NANO Lockit
It’s safe to say this year was the year for timecode boxes. Four new miniature timecode boxes where announced the Thursday before NAB. Now every timecode sync box company makes a sub-$500 miniature product. Here is a quick spec list refresher of whats on the market in this new category of timecode boxes. The buyers guide is below the refresher. Timecode Systems now offers the … Continue reading NAB 2017 Wrap: Miniature TC Box Buyers Guide
I have been meaning for a little while now to do a write-up of my experiences while working in the extreme cold up in northern Quebec. Recently I was hired on a documentary that would be shooting roughly 9 hours north of Montreal. I knew that it would be cold, but rarely is one prepared to work in -40F, so I did my best to … Continue reading Testing Gear in the Super Cold
I’ve had the F-control in my possession for about two months now. I can say first impressions have worn off and I have really settled in to what the F-control really does for my day to day recordings. My first impresses were “neato, oh boy, and now I can build a cart.” But now after two months my thought process has changed to that of … Continue reading Review: Zoom FRC-8 F-Control
So I needed a cheap way of getting a wireless camera return turn back into my audio bag. I went all over Amazon and found this wireless kit. I then price matched it against the rest of the internet and found it for $8. Here is a video of me reviewing them and doing an unboxing. As you can hear in the video I find … Continue reading Review: Monoprice 2.4Ghz Wireless Microphone system
So, I was asked by Andrew Jones to do a writeup of my experiences modding (and trying to mod) my Sennheiser G2 and G3 body packs, as well as my experiences testing the difference between a set with only a modded receiver, and a set with both the transmitter and the receiver modded. Hopefully this can address some common pitfalls in trying to do the … Continue reading Troubleshooting a Sennheiser G3 or G2 mod: With Comparisons Between a Set Having Only the RX Modded, and a Set Having Both the TX & RX Modded.
Last week I tested the Deity short shotgun microphone from Aputure against the Sennheiser MKH 416. This week I found some cool YouTube videos that review the EV-643 Dynamic Shotgun microphone. This microphone was produced in the mid 60’s by Electro Voice and in the manual references a patent for some of the other dynamic unidirectional microphones Electro Voice produced at the time. electro-voice-643-users-manual-539054 Here is … Continue reading Retro Reviews: EV-643 Dynamic Unidirectional Microphone
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