moleskin-like Lav mic holder ? at DVinfo.net

Ken Beals · June 4th, 2006, 07:51 PM

Somewhere in the forum I stumbled onto a post that recommended a cool little moleskin-like patch that are designed to hold the lav mic and adhere to the talents body.

The item is sold at B&H, as the link they posted was to that website.

Needless to say I saved the link to B&H in my favorites but cannot find it now.

Anyone know the product in question ?

Will be helping on a shoot that has a segment where the camera follows the talent around a grocery store or somewhere similar.

The patch seemed like a good way to secure the lav mic.

thanks,

- K

Steve House · June 4th, 2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken Beals

Somewhere in the forum I stumbled onto a post that recommended a cool little moleskin-like patch that are designed to hold the lav mic and adhere to the talents body.

The item is sold at B&H, as the link they posted was to that website.

Needless to say I saved the link to B&H in my favorites but cannot find it now.

Anyone know the product in question ?

Will be helping on a shoot that has a segment where the camera follows the talent around a grocery store or somewhere similar.

The patch seemed like a good way to secure the lav mic.

thanks,

- K

Are you thinking of Rycote "undercovers" and "stickies"?

http://www.rycote.com/products/mics/index.asp

http://www.rycote.com/products/mics/stickies/index.asp

Ken Beals · June 5th, 2006, 05:31 AM

Yes !

thanks Steve

Matthew de Jongh · June 8th, 2006, 07:40 PM

i have the rycote's both the double sided one and the double sided one with the overcover.

they also have a third one with a small piece of fur almost like a fly fishing fly.

another thing to try is made by garfield and they call it a hush lav.

what is it is something that at first glance looks a LOT like a disposable hearing protector except there is a hold through the middle and it is made out of hypoallergenic makeup sponge material so it won't irritate people's skin.

i haven't used them much but its pretty straight forward, you just poke your lav through there (it is primarily made for the sanken cos-11 but those are what i use) and you just use medical tape and tape the sponge thing to someone's chest.

these are all tools and i like to have all of them in my kit so i have lots of different options.

matthew

June 4th, 2006, 07:51 PM	#1
Ken Beals Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tempe, Az Posts: 170	moleskin-like Lav mic holder ? Somewhere in the forum I stumbled onto a post that recommended a cool little moleskin-like patch that are designed to hold the lav mic and adhere to the talents body. The item is sold at B&H, as the link they posted was to that website. Needless to say I saved the link to B&H in my favorites but cannot find it now. Anyone know the product in question ? Will be helping on a shoot that has a segment where the camera follows the talent around a grocery store or somewhere similar. The patch seemed like a good way to secure the lav mic. thanks, - K __________________ Mediocrity is a disease...

June 5th, 2006, 05:31 AM	#3
Ken Beals Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tempe, Az Posts: 170	Yes ! thanks Steve __________________ Mediocrity is a disease...

June 8th, 2006, 07:40 PM	#4
Matthew de Jongh Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: sounthern maine Posts: 344	i have the rycote's both the double sided one and the double sided one with the overcover. they also have a third one with a small piece of fur almost like a fly fishing fly. another thing to try is made by garfield and they call it a hush lav. what is it is something that at first glance looks a LOT like a disposable hearing protector except there is a hold through the middle and it is made out of hypoallergenic makeup sponge material so it won't irritate people's skin. i haven't used them much but its pretty straight forward, you just poke your lav through there (it is primarily made for the sanken cos-11 but those are what i use) and you just use medical tape and tape the sponge thing to someone's chest. these are all tools and i like to have all of them in my kit so i have lots of different options. matthew