Richard Crowley
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I know a little of what you mean. I am the same age and I traveled to Romania last year. Even though we had 250 people in the group(!), I was still pretty much a one-man-band for the sound equipment (both multi-channel recording and house reinforcement system). And I was the troubleshooter for the video guys, also. It was rather hairy at times, since our tech van never happened and we had to schlep everything in the big buses with the chorus and orchestra. But we would have never made it without a couple of VERY GOOD “fixers” in-country. They were both immigrants from Romania who knew the language and society and customs, and with good contacts, etc.
But for your first question, if you are using incandescent lamps, no there should be no more flicker problem in 50Hz-land than there is in the 60Hz territories.
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I have a Panasonic AW-HS50 on order for my ultra-portable HD production unit. $4000. Great features.
https://www.panasonic.net/pss/broad/product/switcher/aw-hs50/index.html
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We don’t know what “low side” means to you? $100? $1000? How big? 7 inch? What do you want to do with it? A cheaper monitor is OK for general observation (like a director’s monitor) but it takes a more expensive model to have high enough resolution to be useful for judging focus, or color, or exposure.
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I can’t imagine lugging around a heavy transformer just for incandescent lamp loads? Just acquire some 220V equivalent bulbs and some power plug adapters. You can buy three spare sets of bulbs just on what you will save not shipping some heavy transformer around!
Unless I had a knowledgeable friend (“fixer”) at the other end, I would feel more comfortable getting the lamps before the trip so you won’t have to fool around over there. Especially in the former communist areas, availability of goods is not necessarily as convenient as in the west. But I have not been to the former East Germany, so dunno whether West Germany has been able to bring them back up to speed completely?
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https://www.panasonic.net/pss/broad/product/switcher/aw-hs50/index.html
$4000 I have one on order if Panasonic ever gets around to sending it. -
“Why do you prefer wireless lav vs wired? I’ve only worked with wired, and I’m curious to learn more.”
You will learn that the upside of wireless is the flexibility of not having to worry about wires. In a fixed studio situation, not a big deal. But out in the field maybe the only viable option. You will also learn that wireless mic systems (mic, transmitter, receiver) that cost less than around $500 are cheap, fiddly, unreliable, waste of money plastic toys. And even high-price units are never as reliable or easy to use as plain old wire.
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I have over a dozen pair of various headphones mostly MDR-7506 and V-6, and I can’t say that I can tell the difference between them without looking at the label. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the lower-cost V-6 version as a good place to save a few bucks without any significant compromise in performance.
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I haven’t seen anything else even close for that combination of features and price tag. I have one on order and maybe it will come over on the ship from Japan early next month (?)
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No, the connectors cannot be re-used. If they are crimped connectors, they are one-time use and cannot be removed without destroying them. If they are the old-style assembled using wrenches, it is possible to take them off, but as Mr. Zelin says, so cheap they aren’t worth the labor unless you are on a desert island with no other options.
OTOH, some of us are frugal enough that we use those kinds of surplus items to make adapter cables with. We put connectors of some other type on the other end of the cable to make jumper/adapter cables for various miscellaneous uses.
If you have a significant number of them (dozens?) and they are in relatively good shape, it might be worth offering them on Craig’s List or something. (“recycling”) If you are in PDX, I’ll take them off your hands. 🙂
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In addition to Ty’s excellent list and suggestions, I would recommend experimenting with what you already have to see whether it is in good working condition, and to get a feeling for how it works. It is possible that you already have what you need for your modest audio requirements at the moment. Also, you didn’t mention any kind of budget or spending parameters, so we don’t know whether you have a blank check or must meet your requirements from spare change from the vending machine?