A sound blimp is a housing attached to a camera which reduces sounds, such as shutter click on SLR cameras, and motors on motion picture cameras. It is...

A non-rigid airship, commonly called a blimp (/blɪmp/), is an airship (dirigible) without an internal structural framework or a keel. Unlike semi-rigid...

boom, for a similar device but far bigger, on ends of railway tunnels Sound blimp, a device to reduce the noise made by a camera's shutter Colt 635SD De...

fundamental problems caused by the transition to sound were soon solved with new camera casings, known as "blimps", designed to suppress noise and boom microphones...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 British romantic-war film written, produced and directed by the British film-making team of Michael Powell...

process was that the cameras required a special, bulky, large volume sound blimp. Film studios could not purchase Technicolor cameras, only rent them...

measure Blimp, a large, hollow windscreen put on a microphone to cut wind noise Sound blimp, a housing attached to a camera which reduces sounds The Blimp, a...

operated quietly, the Panaflex eliminated the need for a cumbersome sound blimp, and could synchronize handheld work. The Panaflex also included a digital...

without the copyright notice.[needs update] Movie stills photographer Sound blimp Film frame Still frame (film & video) Scott, Ned (1943). "Still Photography...

soundtrack.[citation needed] Typically, this is accomplished using a sound blimp, which is a sound-absorbing, foam-filled metal case in which the still camera...

into a more modern 24 fps system with new 65 mm self-blimped production cameras (Mitchell BFC, "Blimped Fox Camera"), new 65 mm MOS cameras (Mitchell FC,...

The Blimp were a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1998. The group comprised William Rogue (vocals, lead guitar, harmonica), Ray Alexander (Hammond...

divers scoured the depths, troops tromped through nearby salt marshes, and a blimp hovered over the area attempting to spot a hole or crater in the beach or...

35mm camera with multiple magazine mounting positions and an available sound blimp. Proprietary R35 lens mount. Succeeded by the R35R (industry-standard...

guitar on "The Blimp" (uncredited) Arthur Tripp III – drums and percussion on "The Blimp" (uncredited) Don Preston – piano on "The Blimp" (uncredited)...

non-rigid, semi-rigid and rigid airships. Non-rigid airships, often called "blimps", rely solely on internal gas pressure to maintain the envelope shape. Semi-rigid...

their films. The best-known of these are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter...

cinematographer. 48,000 watts of light were used to appear like the moon. A sound blimp was used to muffle the loud IMAX camera. Boom mics could not be used...

and after-school youth center A Place Called Home (APCH) if the Goodyear Blimp would display lyrics from the third verse of "It Was a Good Day". After...

The C-class blimp was a patrol airship developed by the US Navy near the end of World War I, a systematic improvement upon the B-type which was suitable...

apply. Photographers can quieten noisy still cameras on a film set using sound blimps. Reductions in cost of technology have allowed noise control technology...

their ability to record long takes with sound on film. Eventually, they were replaced by lighter, self blimped battery powered reflex cameras such as the...

away from its use. Various microphone covers Two recordings being made—a blimp is being used on the left. An open-cell foam windscreen is being used on...

synchronous motor drive CECO blimp for camera and motor drive Auricon synchronous motor drive for 24fps Auricon sound blimp Electronic shutter release control...

wind-attenuating cover, called a "blimp" or "mic-blimp", is used to enclose the microphone. A blimp covered with sound-absorbing fuzzy fabric is usually...

single, "One Inch Man", as "unrepresentative" of the album's sound. Two of the tracks, "Jumbo Blimp Jumbo" and "Catamaran", were compared favorably to Black...

oddly enough, with film made by either Kodak or Fuji. Loading may not sound like much of a job, but in actuality it is very important. If the wrong...

eventually led to the self-blimped Eclair 16 (also known as the Eclair NPR or Eclair Coutant ), the first successful lightweight sync-sound movie camera. The design...

consistent speed, quiet camera design – allowing sound recorded on-set to be usable without requiring large "blimps" to encase the camera, the invention of more...

coast. A close by naval facility, Naval Air Station Weeksville, served as a blimp base from 1941 to 1957, while another former naval air facility remains...