Category : Review

NP-50 & BT100 Battery life comparision in Zaxcom ZMT & ZMT-X

I want to share some battery tests I did with the two Zaxcom ZMT transmitters:  ZMT4 and ZMT4-X. The ZMT4 advertises “up to 7h” battery life, and uses NP-50 batteries (same as Lectrosonics SSM).The ZMT4-X advertises “up to 16h” battery life, and uses Motorola BT100 batteries (only used by some unusual Motorola walkies as far […]

A Bluetooth keyboard for the Zaxcom Nova

Rotary knobs suck for entering text. I got pretty fast at using Zaxcom’s on-screen keyboard on my Nomad (and now, my Nova), but it’s not the same as a real keyboard. I have developed the very specific skill of being able to simultaneously walk quickly and write scene notes or track names on my recorder […]

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The Shotgun Shootout: Schoeps CMIT & SuperCMIT, Sanken CS-3e, & Sennheiser MKH-60

For ages, I’ve been frustrated by the lack of real-world information about the very expensive tools we use. Before I got into sound, I used to do reviews of computer hardware, and it was unthinkable to me that I would make a purchase without knowing what I was buying. In film sound … there just […]