Tim Dewell
August 20th, 2004, 04:17 PM
What a week! I recieved a Light Wave System Isolator for my XL1s. The weight redistribution is excellent, but I am not keen on the stress it puts on the evf cable, thus making it unusable. A couple of days ago, I wrote to Canon and Light Wave for suggestions, with no replies so far. An extender of some sort (cable or turnaround) would be nice. I've seen some posts here, but nothing specific.
I recieved a Samson Micro 32 wireless kit ($475, diversity, UHF, 32 channels, with lav and hand-held mic) from a well-known New York dealer. (Incidentally, you can't use both mics at the same time.) However, the only thing inside the box that was truly sealed was the lav mic. The XLR audio cable plastic bag was stapled once. Everything else was in open plastic sleeves. And despite an excellent packing job and no damage to the UPS delivery box, the bottom right corner of the non-shrink wrapped product box is slightly crushed, like it was dropped. (Thankfully the gear was in a plastic carrying case.) I have not yet had a chance to test the equipment. Last night, I wrote to the dealer and Samson to see if it's normal to have mostly non-sealed components and no shrink wrapping. (Making it an open box, return, or demo unit, as opposed to new?) You guessed it, no replies so far...
I recieved a Samson Micro 32 wireless kit ($475, diversity, UHF, 32 channels, with lav and hand-held mic) from a well-known New York dealer. (Incidentally, you can't use both mics at the same time.) However, the only thing inside the box that was truly sealed was the lav mic. The XLR audio cable plastic bag was stapled once. Everything else was in open plastic sleeves. And despite an excellent packing job and no damage to the UPS delivery box, the bottom right corner of the non-shrink wrapped product box is slightly crushed, like it was dropped. (Thankfully the gear was in a plastic carrying case.) I have not yet had a chance to test the equipment. Last night, I wrote to the dealer and Samson to see if it's normal to have mostly non-sealed components and no shrink wrapping. (Making it an open box, return, or demo unit, as opposed to new?) You guessed it, no replies so far...