Hello All, Thanks all for your contributions to this. It's been very helpful.
We will take on the feedback and come up with a list of particular equipment we will buying and let the community know in due course. Best Stuart On 29 July 2016 at 06:30, Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 costing around £200-£280 - but I'm a bit out of date on the newest 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- *Stuart Prior* *Project Coordinator* *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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