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  • MikeSmoke
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    • Nov 2002
    • 3241
    #1

    Photographers - equipment question

    Someone once told me about a "bag" or something similar that you could buy, to put around a camera to muffle the shutter click (for when you're simultaneously shooting video).
    I lost the link - does this sound familiar to anyone?
    Thanks in advance :-)

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    • L-Pink
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      • Mar 2005
      • 39151
      #2
      Nice idea but I don't see it working

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        • After Shock Media
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          • Mar 2001
          • 35299
          #3
          Originally posted by L-Pink
          Nice idea but I don't see it working
          Why not?
          It would be something to muffle the noise, and that does not seem to out of wack. What I do not get is why digital cameras even make a damn noise when you push the button.

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            • L-Pink
              working on my tan
              • Mar 2005
              • 39151
              #4
              It's the shutter making the noise and based on it's location and the amount of dials, knobs, buttons in the immediate area I just don't see how it would work. HOWEVER, if one is made for a Nikon and it works let me know.

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                • johnny o
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                  • Jul 2006
                  • 825
                  #5
                  http://www.soundblimp.com/

                  it's called a sound blimp, used in movie/tv stills
                  Last edited by johnny o; 10-29-2007, 01:42 PM.
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                    • After Shock Media
                      It's coming look busy
                      • Mar 2001
                      • 35299
                      #6
                      Thanks jonny, now I can make sure my shooters get them.
                      Fucking hate hearing clicks in videos.

                      Do not even ask me about flashes, fucking do not know how to light a damn set shooters trying to pass off crap as content mother fuckers.

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                        • Kevin Marx
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                          • Apr 2007
                          • 1888
                          #7
                          you see the size of that damn thing????? I would rather the clicks in the video
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                            • JP-pornshooter
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                              • Sep 2006
                              • 4007
                              #8
                              Originally posted by After Shock Media
                              Why not?
                              It would be something to muffle the noise, and that does not seem to out of wack. What I do not get is why digital cameras even make a damn noise when you push the button.
                              its a fake "click" you can turn on and off on most non SLR point and shoot digital cameras..
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                                • L-Pink
                                  working on my tan
                                  • Mar 2005
                                  • 39151
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by johnny o
                                  http://www.soundblimp.com/

                                  it's called a sound blimp, used in movie/tv stills
                                  Johnny, do you have any first hand experience with it? Really like your work ..... thanks

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                                    • AaronM
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                                      • Oct 2001
                                      • 46923
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                      Thanks jonny, now I can make sure my shooters get them.
                                      Fucking hate hearing clicks in videos.

                                      Do not even ask me about flashes, fucking do not know how to light a damn set shooters trying to pass off crap as content mother fuckers.

                                      Maybe it's time to find shooters who know what they are doing and shoot things correctly instead of taking the cheap way out.

                                      Somebody is being a cheap bastard here....Not sure if it's you or the shooters but there are corners being cut.

                                      You can't cut corners and then bitch about things like this.

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                                        • Jimmy Rock
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                                          • Feb 2005
                                          • 3055
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by MikeSmoke
                                          Someone once told me about a "bag" or something similar that you could buy, to put around a camera to muffle the shutter click (for when you're simultaneously shooting video).
                                          I lost the link - does this sound familiar to anyone?
                                          Thanks in advance :-)
                                          Yes it's called a Blimp, there is one guy who makes them in the Valley and he pretty much services the whole industry. I use them when i shoot stills in films, they work perfect, you cant hear a thing on camera. Each Blimp is made specifically to each camera. The run from about 800$ and up.
                                          I believe someone in this thread gave you the link
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                                            • MaDalton
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                                              • Feb 2004
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                                              #12
                                              i might be an idiot, but we shoot each scene twice - the stills with flashes and the video with video lighting. so - no noise in the video. and no flashes.
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                                                • MikeSmoke
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                                                  • Nov 2002
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                                                  #13
                                                  Thanks folks :-)

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                                                    • DBS.US
                                                      Geo Cities
                                                      • Aug 2003
                                                      • 11843
                                                      #14

                                                      One of our shooters used one that he had installed a small glass window over the LCD screen so he could check out the shots, but now we use a great sound guy with noise cancelling mikes and a boom.
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                                                        • Gary_TLX
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                                                          • Feb 2006
                                                          • 776
                                                          #15
                                                          We shoot everything separate as well. I was experimenting with doing both video and photo simultaneously in the past, but it just doesn't work. You could do it to some extent if you muffle the sound of the stills, but if you aim for lighting the video as well as the photos perfectly and you want to have good quality sound under the vid, there is no way this will work.
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                                                            • MikeSmoke
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                                                              • Nov 2002
                                                              • 3241
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by DBS.US

                                                              One of our shooters used one that he had installed a small glass window over the LCD screen so he could check out the shots, but now we use a great sound guy with noise cancelling mikes and a boom.
                                                              is that homemade...or is that the sound blimp that people have been talking about?

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                                                                • DBS.US
                                                                  Geo Cities
                                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                                  • 11843
                                                                  #17
                                                                  It's from http://www.soundblimp.com/

                                                                  I would try one before you buy one. It's not EZ to use
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                                                                    • MikeSmoke
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                                                                      • Nov 2002
                                                                      • 3241
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by DBS.US
                                                                      It's from http://www.soundblimp.com/

                                                                      I would try one before you buy one. It's not EZ to use
                                                                      Yep, that's the one I was asking about.
                                                                      What makes it hard, just the size making it so unwieldy?

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                                                                        • After Shock Media
                                                                          It's coming look busy
                                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                                          • 35299
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by AaronM
                                                                          Maybe it's time to find shooters who know what they are doing and shoot things correctly instead of taking the cheap way out.

                                                                          Somebody is being a cheap bastard here....Not sure if it's you or the shooters but there are corners being cut.

                                                                          You can't cut corners and then bitch about things like this.
                                                                          I stopped allowing this long long ago. Just bitching now about it.

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                                                                            • AaronM
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                                                                              • Oct 2001
                                                                              • 46923
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by MaDalton
                                                                              i might be an idiot, but we shoot each scene twice - the stills with flashes and the video with video lighting. so - no noise in the video. and no flashes.

                                                                              And that would be the right way to do it....Well....One of the right ways.

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                                                                                • AaronM
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                                                                                  • Oct 2001
                                                                                  • 46923
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                                                                  I stopped allowing this long long ago. Just bitching now about it.

                                                                                  Is it helping?

                                                                                  LOL.....I know whatcha mean.

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                                                                                    • L-Pink
                                                                                      working on my tan
                                                                                      • Mar 2005
                                                                                      • 39151
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      The photo with it actually being used vs the ad photo sure give different perspectives on it's size.

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                                                                                        • MikeSmoke
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                                                                                          • Nov 2002
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                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          I talked to my photog...and he says that's not the one that someone showed us a picture of earlier this year....anyone know of a softer, lighter one that's somewhat similar?

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                                                                                            • Red Ezra
                                                                                              redezra.com
                                                                                              • May 2004
                                                                                              • 4680
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              I have a blimp and it is great for dialogue - I rarely use it for sex scenes - I always try to shoot it apart from the video so i have the quality of strobe lighting - usually before the scene so model is right out of make-up.

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                                                                                                • johnny o
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                                                                                                  • Jul 2006
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                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by L-Pink
                                                                                                  Johnny, do you have any first hand experience with it? Really like your work ..... thanks
                                                                                                  no, i haven't used one yet. plan to this year though, they rent them down at PRS on highland, just south of santa monica blvd though. seems like it would be a bit bulky to get used to. thanks for the kind words about my work
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                                                                                                    • johnny o
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                                                                                                      • Jul 2006
                                                                                                      • 825
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by MikeSmoke
                                                                                                      I talked to my photog...and he says that's not the one that someone showed us a picture of earlier this year....anyone know of a softer, lighter one that's somewhat similar?
                                                                                                      that's the only one on the market, anything else was probably some kinda rig someone thought up, doubt it would work as well as the original though.
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                                                                                                        • DWB
                                                                                                          Registered User
                                                                                                          • Jul 2003
                                                                                                          • 31779
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by AaronM
                                                                                                          Maybe it's time to find shooters who know what they are doing and shoot things correctly instead of taking the cheap way out.

                                                                                                          Somebody is being a cheap bastard here....Not sure if it's you or the shooters but there are corners being cut.

                                                                                                          You can't cut corners and then bitch about things like this.
                                                                                                          Took the words right out of my mouth.

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                                                                                                            • DWB
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                                                                                                              • Jul 2003
                                                                                                              • 31779
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by Red Ezra
                                                                                                              I always try to shoot it apart from the video so i have the quality of strobe lighting - usually before the scene so model is right out of make-up.
                                                                                                              I think that is the best way to do it. Any other was is just cutting corners.

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                                                                                                                • JP-pornshooter
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                                                                                                                  • Sep 2006
                                                                                                                  • 4007
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  sometimes you are shooting something where you cannot do stills first then the video and must shoot stills and video simultaneously. i have tried to shoot the stills without flash, but you need a lot of light to get in at iso800 and the flash helps to freeze the action. i use special daylight balanced video lights which match the flash color temp for clean colors, you can always tell which shooters use hot tungsten video lights, the pics have an orange hue.. but i would gess the best way to really get around this would be to edit out the frame where the flash goes off and also take out the sound ?
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                                                                                                                    • MikeSmoke
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                                                                                                                      • Nov 2002
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                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      A bump for anyone who's seen another option....

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                                                                                                                        • Jim_Gunn
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                                                                                                                          • Feb 2003
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                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          I didn't think anyone used those blimps anymore. The photogs in my crews used to use those back on the old days in the early 90s to take pics with 35mm slide film cameras. Those blimps are awkward and hard to use.

                                                                                                                          Most shooters do what I do which is take photos before the video shoot with the existing video lights or strobes. Or they take pics with a flash enabled digital camera between the position changes of a sex scene and after the cumshot.

                                                                                                                          Like JP alluded to, it helps if you are filming with daylight balanced bulbs in Kino-Flo lights so that the typical on camera flash matches and any daylight streaming into the room from windows or skylights matches in color temperature.

                                                                                                                          Leaving flashes and audible pops from a movie is a horrible idea, and even worse, editing out frames with flash and pops would be both unnecessary and time consuming and look bad anyway!
                                                                                                                          Last edited by Jim_Gunn; 10-30-2007, 01:18 PM.

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                                                                                                                            • sinclair
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                                                                                                                              • Aug 2004
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                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Mike, I hit your guy with the link to the best option earlier today (its not the soundblimp). If you need it let me know. The best option is the one I sent him. It's a lot smaller and a lot cheaper. Doesn't muffle all the noise but pretty close. It could certainly be an option for your shoots with flash bulbs not being an option.

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                                                                                                                                • MikeSmoke
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                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by sinclair
                                                                                                                                  Mike, I hit your guy with the link to the best option earlier today (its not the soundblimp). If you need it let me know. The best option is the one I sent him. It's a lot smaller and a lot cheaper. Doesn't muffle all the noise but pretty close. It could certainly be an option for your shoots with flash bulbs not being an option.

                                                                                                                                  Sinclair
                                                                                                                                  cool, thanks...i'll check in with him on it. :-)

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