Damien Looney

Many thanks Jan and Jacob. It's good to be back

Thank you very much Crew. Much appreciated!

Hello to you all, I just wanted to re-intorduce my self to the group and say hello to everyone again. I was an active member here a few years back but left location sound to work in the photographic industry. I made the move back to sound a few months back and have been quite on the forum as I'm reacquainting myself with the sound experience (and loving it even more that I did when I started!!!). I still spilt my time between sound and photography, but try to tip the balance more towards sound work these day. Anyway, this was just a way to say hello to you all, and I hope to become more active here again as time goes on. Best, Damien

Saw this on-line a few minutes ago http://www.rodemic.com/vmhd Comparing it with the NTG3 and offering internal recording. Possible new player in the on-camera recorder/microphone market? RØDE Videomics seems to pop up a lot anyway so this seems like a very handy way of having a small double system recording solution for DSLR shoots. Rent it to production when they ask for a track for camera.

Work would appear to have gotten in the way of those plans;) Not asking for a job that I'm doing; just trying to help out someone working there with UK purchased equipment. Cheers for the feedback.

Hello to you all, A question about using UK radio Mics in France and Switzerland. Could anybody give me the information about the current and future legal frequency blocks in France and Switzerland and if anyone has used UK radio Mics on block 38 or 69 with any positive or negative results? Thanks for any information you can provide. Damien

Hi David, Probably best to re-post that in the "Want To Buy/Want To Sell" section of the site and say that you're looking to buy in the title of the post. Saying where you're located will help too. All the best, Damien

Balls to the Audio IR software so then! Rado; thanks for the information and advice. I'm going with a big company so I think we should be ok with our transport, but you never know with these things!

Thanks for that Tim. I was actually on the phone to RFS when I saw this so I was happy to pass on the info to them about the use-ability of 38 in those places. Never used that Audio software but will give it a go anyway (here's hoping that it works on Android and with Micron radios)! Cheers!

Last minute job in Bulgaria and no time to rent specifics, so I'm travelling with UK channel 69 and 38 radios. Anyone used them there with any success or trouble? Thank you. Damien

Hi Martjin, I'm heading to the Canon Pro Solutions show in London next week and I'm hoping to get my hands on this camera if they have it at the show. If I get the chance, are there any questions that I could ask the Canon people about audio and time code? Damien

Sorry if this is widely known, but I've only just learned about this. Waterproof VT500 lav. This could have been a good mic to have when I was working outdoors in Ireland. To say that conditions there were "slighty damp" at times is a huge understatement! http://www.voicetechnologies.net/pdf/vt500water.pdf

I just hope that Lion will run on the Mactini and the Mactini Nano

How are you travelling? One of the issues you may face is having to check your luggage if you're flying. The soft skinned bags will keep your gear dry but the padding may not offer much protection in the luggage hold of an airplane. If you're arriving and departing from the same location then how about transporting it in a storm case and breaking it down to a soft bag when you get there. Just leave the hard case there for your return? I have one of these http://www.mountain-equipment.co.uk/the_gear/luggage/wet_and_dry_kit_bag_100l---367/ I picked up one here in the UK for £50. The 100L capacity will certainly take a few zeps and stand-by gear and will keep it dry. I had all my equipment in a Peli and everything else I needed in that. It holds up amazingly well as it was thrown into helicopters and other things and dragged all over the place with no issues only the amount of dust it got covered in. The big issue you'll find with it will be the lack of padding, but you should be able to figure something out with the space that you'll have. If it's too big then there are 70L and 40L versions available.

Hi Mick, Some photographer friends of mine swear by 'Rescue Pro' for file recovery from corrupt discs http://www.lc-tech.com/software/rprodetail.html It's normally supplied free with some of their pro CF cards or you may have to buy a copy. Alternatively, get friendly with people in a photo studio very quickly! I've used this before when I had some troublesome cards. I got everything back but was told that there was a chance that some files may not be recoverable. I was quite lucky I think! Please don't try and re-format the card again or record anything else onto it until after you're run any recovery software as I think that information becomes permanently deleted once new information has been recorded onto the card. Fingers crossed for you! Damien