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Jon Gilbert

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  1. Not something I'd do now I'm married, but in the past I would have charged at least triple time, and a correspondingly high rate for any overtime.
  2. I was only pondering hassling Karl again about this earlier. I need one, and I need it soon
  3. I'm surprised you didn't hear any of this on your tests before the shoot?
  4. I use wireless Vas, no reason for hard wired in 2014.
  5. I'm very surprised the Orca doesn't have multiple zippers on each pocket. That's a basic thing, and the Stingray has it covered, I can have 2 or 3 cables exiting each side at different points and still be able to open to sides to access cards etc.
  6. I'm using it, and I love it, everything is working well, it's very easy on the eye too.
  7. I love the look of these and I'm very glad to hear you're working on a 411 version, I'll be very interested to see it. Well done for getting them to market.
  8. Wow, a great product, I'll certainly be buying a couple, they'll come in very very handy.
  9. Oh, ever defensive Glen, did I ever say that Rado received Zaxcom kit for free? No. I didn't. You do protest a little too loud though, so maybe the 'preferential service' applies to you. Maybe, just maybe. I have never said that anyone who likes Zaxcom kit must be on the take, all I've said is that I don't like it.
  10. These? This is the first no? And it's hardly an attack, you change your mind a lot. As for my affiliations, I have none. Since you've edited your post, it might seem odd for me to mention Location Sound, but you mentioned them, so I should say, no, I have no affiliation, I live on a different continent to them, why would I be affiliated to them?
  11. It is more than a little bit shit though that criticism (of certain things anyway) is so frowned upon, the concept that if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything belongs in the nursery. Comment, criticism and praise are all equally valuable, if we lose the ability to criticise, we lose the ability to think. Come to think of it, the ability to think independently is something that a lot of Zaxcom users lost a long time ago. (And if you think that's harsh on Zaxcom or their users, substitute Zaxcom with Apple, if you think that's harsh on Apple, well, I don't know what else to say)
  12. Chris, 'one mans meat is another mans poison' is an old saying that means some people like things that other people don't. What exactly is uncalled for about that? As for Rados critiques, they seem to be mainly down to who is giving him free stuff and preferential service at any given time, that boy changes his mind more often than you change your underpants.
  13. UK calling! Mixer hard wired to camera 2 x Professional wireless lavs (Lectro, Wisy, Zax, Senn, Micron Audio Ltd) Boom Boom Mic w Rycote £100 Then for extra a la carte items: Wireless Hop £50 TC Recorder £50 Extra Wireless lav £25 IFB Tx £15 IFB Rx £10 And also NB what if any discounts are you giving for weekly deals? Absolutely none, ever, and I mean ever!
  14. Take kit lists and lots of them, also beware at Sao Paulo airport, it's a hotbed of pick pockets and organised thieves.
  15. Time to move on, if only because the next thing you do might be even more fulfilling. It makes things easier when someone else makes the decision, but change is the one thing I like best in this business. Plus, you won enough gongs on that show, time to win some for another production. Crack open the bottle, enjoy it and think of the future.
  16. I'm with Robert, I've used more or less everything on the market and will always come back to Rycote. My first WS4 is still going strong after 20 years (a Lyre upgrade and a new exterior cover and it's performing better than ever. Rycote innovate and make my life easier.
  17. That's a wide range, not long range. I must admit to being underwhelmed by the Pulse (and irritated by the superfluous colon) It's reliance on the Alexa to get the most out of it seems to put it in a different market to ours, I'm guessing they're trying to get cam ops, DOPs etc on board. I can't see it does anything for me that the previous models did, and I was never impressed with them!
  18. One mans meat is another mans poison I suppose, looks cheap and more than a bit shoddy to me. I'm sure enough people will disagree with me for them to sell plenty.
  19. They couldn't even get all the connectors the same, it's already confusing people. If the outside looks that rough, imagine what the inside will be like, components sourced from wherever they can get them.
  20. Pick one of the following..... It is: 1) Amazing 2) Shocking 3) Startling 4) Utterly predictable That everyones favourite 'Ahhh that'll do' manufacturer releases a product that isn't even finished, normally the hardware is finished, but not the software, this is pushing it, even for them!
  21. Another fan of the Hawk Woods DV-blah-blah here, very good piece of kit, and a good alternative to NP1s
  22. 21 has always done me well in the UAE. And be careful where you wear your bikini.
  23. I'm sure 4 months later the OP will be glad of your help, The UK is a big place, are you able to work as a local anywhere?
  24. First thing to do is to try the CS3e on a different channel, and try something else on channel 1, that will get you closer to knowing where the problem is.
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