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Best wireless mics?

captaincrunch
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Sep 29, 2004, 3:04 PM

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I've been trying to read about wireless lav mics for my camera. Looks like the UHF is the best. Now . . . which ones do you recommend?

Shure UP series?
Sennheiser (EW100?)
Azden?
Audio Technica?

Which one do you feel gives the best performance/money ratio? Least expensive is always my first choice, but not if it gives poor performance.

Where can I find a comparison chart for $/features on wireless mics? (or is there one?)

captaincrunch
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Sep 29, 2004, 4:54 PM

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Here's a site that seems to have every possible wireless set up there is:

http://www.fullcompass.com/products/SearchByCatResults.aspx?cat=675

Postal_Boy
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Oct 7, 2004, 3:40 AM

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If you are looking at lower prices, shure is not a cheap one. The Sennheiser is quite popular. I use a Samson diversity system. Look for one that is true diversity (two antennas, two separate receivers - the strongest signal is the one that is used).
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captaincrunch
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Oct 8, 2004, 8:52 AM

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I ended up buying the Sony UWP-C1 for $485. Not real bad. It was only $50 more than the Sennhauser that was not diversity. I think I did OK.

Haven't used it yet. Hope to this next week. The local cable station is pushing us for more episodes. We've done 4 and need 9 more ASAP. This is a lot harder than I thought!

Derek_S
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Oct 8, 2004, 2:02 PM

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What you videoing?

Derek
PD170 & VX2100, G5 & iBook, 23" Cinema Display, FCP & FCE, DVD SP 3, Sennheiser wireless and 2 MD recorders.

captaincrunch
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Oct 8, 2004, 2:22 PM

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I'm working with Charlie Sorrell (www.sorrellgolf.com) to do a Golf show that is running on a local cable (leased access) channel. We hope to perfect it to the point of selling it to a larger station. Starting to get a lot of response from it. I think this may take off!