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For enthusiasts of early banjo

I just bought this little baby. The Canon Powershot SX150. They're out there now for $150. A GREAT sound for banjos. The compression does not squash the loud notes, it's very natural sounding. Spookily real in fact. Records in stereo. A heck of a banjo camcorder. My old Flip Cam was the version that didn't jive with YouTube so well, it had a swirly underwater outerspace thing in the background and a TON of compression that brought things out of the background that weren't even there. I would even say that you could throw the clips from this camera onto an audio CD and it would sound great. As a still shot camera, it's a killer. A 28 - 300 lens!!! Anyway, the mics and inards are so good you can hear the difference between gut and Nylgut, wound or gut 4th, .. and just by some casual positioning you can really get your banjo's true sound. I'm excited to post something soon.

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Comment by Nicholas A Bechtel on June 1, 2012 at 9:43pm

Hey thanks Terry...I'm guessing you picked up on my talking about having a crappy Camera. That's a pretty reasonable price.

I look forward to hearing it. I am completely aware that the room your in can help or hinder the sound, with mine I'm sure it's the camera. I will give this a look.

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