Okay, Spot, to sweeten the pot I'll throw in a small baggie full of fluff collected from my CPU heatsink, and also an autographed photo of Yours Truly taken on the Prague tour last summer. A real keeper.

I have some belly button lint too.

Riredale? Is that A Canon WD58? If so, didn't you want to put on the "shade"? I love the front and back mic set up . . so obvious! Or is it a spare? - G

pmasters:
You know you could be a millionnaire?
Colonel Sanders used to put this belly button stuff into his "chicken". They used to call it the "11 mystery spices and herbs" in tv spots here... but everyone knew where it came from...
"Unlucky Fried Kittens, seasoned with the own Colonel's secret 11 spices and herbs", they said, or somethin' like that...

DON'T CRACK SPOT - I LIKE SUSPENSE!!!

It's like a movie - If I know I'm going to go see it - I want to know NOTHING about it until I watch - it improves the movie so much. Otherwise I'm wondering where the stuff I saw was going to be, or I've already figured out the ending less than half way through etc... so spot - "NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER"

Dave

At the VASST B&H audio event, I asked somebody about Vegas 6 and if he had heard any rumors, he said he was a beta tester and couldn't say anything, but the look on reminded me of the end of Animal House when Flounder has just released the 10,000 marbles and he's jumping up and down saying, "Isn't this great!"

" pmasters:
You know you could be a millionnaire?
Colonel Sanders used to put this belly button stuff into his "chicken". They used to call it the "11 mystery spices and herbs" in tv spots here... but everyone knew where it came from...
"Unlucky Fried Kittens, seasoned with the own Colonel's secret 11 spices and herbs", they said, or somethin' like that..."

Sadly, I live in the State of Kentucky too. :(

lol !!!
no kidding !

Grazie:

No, it's not a spare--it's for recording the rear stereo pair on the little Sharp Minidisc recorder you can see velcroed to the back of the Sony battery. I've made a promise to myself that every project in the future will be done in Dolby Digital 2/2 surround. The effect is sweet but it's a PITA to edit--every matching audio clip has to be located, synced, trimmed, and balanced.

I don't have a WD-58 shade. There aren't any front threads, so I assume the shade would be a press fit. If they're cheap and don't fall off easily, I'll get one.

Walking around with that rig in Europe inspired more than a few cases of camcorder envy from other tourists. Another thing it did was to really build up my forearm musculature. I now have a handshake you wouldn't believe.

"I don't have a WD-58 shade. There aren't any front threads, so I assume the shade would be a press fit. If they're cheap and don't fall off easily, I'll get one." . . oh . . mine was the WD58 HD - HD stands for Hood. This isn't a press fit, it actually "clamps" around the front edge . . very firm indeed.

Grazie

In response to PossabilityX posting:
I'll offer anyone a bag of Cheetos (fried OR baked) if they can keep the upgrade price below $100.

You may without hesitation pay the difference.

Spot, I'd be willing to provide board and lodging for the duration of the next WomAdelaide! ( http://www.womadelaide.com.au/ )

This thread is making me hungry and since chips are my downfall I will confess. The most unlikely guy to have insider information in Vegas 6 is me, but I have to fess up (because of the food offer) so here goes:

The biggest improvement Vegas 6 has over Vegas 5 is that it will directly interface via firewire to THIS revolutionary new camera.

Hope I don't end up regretting my decision to come clean.

John

I'm waiting for the 24p version to come out. Plus 3 double A batteries!?!? What do they think - I'm made of money!

At least the description reads "video taping the world around them" instead of "filming the world around them :-)

Mike

WHOA - they're really pushing it there with the batteries. I'm not gonna go that big for some time ;-)

Dave

Hey, you're not dissing my boy Elmo are you??? :)

BTW, I have that camera - works GREAT :)

Never fails to get a laugh out of the clients (I pull it out sometimes to remind them not to take things too seriously)

Spot...
If you completed that project you're talking about so much faster, I figured it could be a more expensive version, maybe accompanied by a hardware card of some sort? So that might push the price you think?

I haven't touched it in MANY years, but I own a Fisher Price PXL 2000. Supposedly they're worth $250-$500 on eBay these days. Maybe I should sell it...