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 http://enwp.org/User:HJ +44 (0) 7507 536 971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Rex X <freeze...@blueyonder.co.uk> 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 <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 22 July 2016 at 22:40, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> 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 costing around £200-£280 - but I'm a bit out of date on the newest 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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