[BC] High end equipment...

[Burt I. Weiner]

An expensive camera does not an artist make.  My friend, Stu Landau, 
K6YAZ has an inexpensive digital camera.  Stu is a TV transmission 
engineer. He likes to spend free time taking pictures of mountains, 
sunsets and the like.  Stu is in the wrong business.  He has an 
amazing eye and a great sense of composition.

Burt

At 11:23 PM 10/27/2007, you wrote:
>rom: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Radio stations that buy new equipment...
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>On 10/27/07, Jim Tonne <tonne at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Just because the photographer has an extremely high-end
> > camera surely does not guarantee high-end results.  Mediocre
> > equipment used at its best capability is the way to go, and
> > I am sure there are lots of others on this list that have done
> > such, or are still doing so.
> >
> > -----------
>
>
>That is quite true.  A knowledgeable photographer that knows the limitations
>of a box camera and how to work around them can achieve good results.  But a
>good SLR or medium-format camera with interchangeable lenses can produce
>photographs impossible to achieve with a simple camera.
>
>In the same way, it is possible to create good-sounding audio with semi-pro
>or consumer equipment.  You can decide whether to buy 10 $100-dollar CD
>players or one $1000 unit.  If the pro player has features you absolutely
>cannot live without, get it.  Otherwise you can pitch a cheap player in the
>trash every year for 10 years for the same amount of money.  But, I found
>years ago that an E-V RE15 hooked to a $25 cassette recorder sounded better
>than a $25-dollar mic connnected to a pro recorder.  I would opt for a
>better mic.  And unless you add on an external box to that Behringer, Mackie
>or other music mixer to provide for mic muting, a broadcast board is vastly
>easier to use.  Broadcast Tools, Audioarts, AEQ and Axel Technology make
>broadcast mixers that don't cost a whole lot.

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Broadcast Technical Services
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