Wind howl! You've seen news reporters with big fuzzy microphones? That fuzz scatters direct wind pressure, lessening that trembling wind howl. For gentle breezes, a simple foam cover will do. For vocals in the studio, a net screen in front of the mic will stop the deep PUH PUHP sounds. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 (TZ7) has a built in Wind Cut feature, but it doesn't work that well. So I scoured the net for "camera hacks." One person uses a bandaid...the gauze acting as the fuzz. I tried it in stiff winds, and it did not work. I then rolled up some bandage gauze into a pinkie size roll and just held it over the mic holes. That worked fairly well. I finally settled on using a chunk of foam from a mic wind screen I bought at Radio Shack. Again, I simply held it down on top of the two stereo mic holes, which are located handily on top of the ZS3. Your mic holes may be in another location and you may have to tape the foam on. The videos (obviously I hardly looked at what I was filming!) are shot at Lakeside Cafe at Shoreline Park in Mtn. View, CA. It's always windy there at the side of the lake. The music snippet is from the wonderful puzzle/physics video game called World of Goo. The two creators actually give away download of the album. So hope that using a snippet here and there will get people interested in the game. You can download "Chapter One" as demo at www.worldofgoo.com. There are plenty of clips on YouTube showing people playing the game, but do yourself a favor ...
Keywords: Wind, howl, screen, Lumix, DMC-ZS3, TZ7, Audio, recording, microphones, mics, Shoreline, Park, Mountain, View
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