raising mike away from lens

[realspeed]

I happen to have a very hairy mike muffler for windy days. the problem is/was to get it out of the way of the camcorder lens, Bit of head scratching annd looking what bits and pieces I have lying arouind and initially came up with this

But it looks a right lashup so next idea was this




now getting somewhere but when all tightened up the ball head got locked up as well . the threads fouled it. so a spacer was next . At least it is now high enough to sit onto of the camcorder and clear the lens

I had a spare one of these




So decided to use as a washer. into the workshop and drill out the centre on the bench drill and reduce the thickness on the electric grinder.
Ok now getting somewhere and the now "disc" had bare metal so a quick dip into black hammerite and leave to dry



so this is as far as I have got

. Tomorrow it should be dry enough to assemble it all and post a photo andhopefully look a bit more "professional"

ok looking better

 

[beyond the blue]

Wow, that is an hairy one isn't it? Don't think I've ever said that to anyone before!

 

[cymruchris]

I was wondering who Mike was until I read the thread Mike looks like he's been in lockdown too long!! That's some haircut.

 

[realspeed]

That deadcat is made by a german company called Guttmann. did you see my wind test using it on another camera? if not watch this and make up your own mind how good it is, The second half of the video is using it. toughest test I could devise.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvEkZ_S3V7o