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Donald McPherson · April 11th, 2018, 05:11 AM

Commonwealth Games: BBC Breakfast's Mike Bushell slips into pool mid-interview - BBC Sport

Patrick Baldwin · April 11th, 2018, 02:36 PM

I was amazed the audio carried on working.....and....he was still wearing the same shirt later on on pieces to camera! He did handle it well though.

Steven Digges · April 11th, 2018, 09:13 PM

He handled it well. So did the camera op, he stayed on shot. I would like to hear what was said in his IFB before it went dead.

Steve

David Peterson · April 11th, 2018, 11:44 PM

OUCH! Painful to watch.

Should have been using the Aputure Deity ;-) And a Lectro WM series

Christopher Young · April 13th, 2018, 05:33 AM

Will testify to Lectro durability. Some years back we were filming inside a Navy destroyer and were on one of the side top walkway / gantrys in the engine room when one of our Lectro plugins got dropped. We heard it clanging and bouncing down the inside of the steel hull only to be followed by a splash as it hit the bottom of the ship and dropped into the mess of bilge salt water, diesel, oil, and various other lovely fluids.

That's got to be lost I ventured. No that wasn't the case. About 20 minutes later a couple of junior sailors turned up with it having gone on a successful fishing expedition. I thanked them but was all the while thinking it was a waste of time as I thought there was no way the Lectro was going to suffer that massive drop and bilge soaking.

Well I took it back to base then stripped the TX down and dropped the PCB assembly into a cup of methylated spirits. Meth spirits being miscible absorbs water. After five minutes in the spirits I then hit the PCP assy with a hair dryer to evaporate the meth spirits. I then sprayed the PCB assy with some WD40 and then wiped off the excess WD.

Lo and behold it worked. I was so impressed I contacted Lectro in the States and recounted the tale. They posted the story up on their site. They said they weren't overly surprised as they built them to be rugged. The rep I spoke to said a couple of weeks prior someone had dropped one out of a news chopper as it took off. The TX dropped about 30 meters to the concrete chopper pad. He went on to say that the case was pretty badly damaged but the TX still worked.

That Lectro TX continued to work for years. It only went after the government changed all our wireless frequencies which made all our Lectros illegal to use. Great gear!

Chris Young

April 11th, 2018, 05:11 AM	#1
Donald McPherson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Aberdeen Scotland Posts: 815	Don't buy any audio from Mike. Commonwealth Games: BBC Breakfast's Mike Bushell slips into pool mid-interview - BBC Sport __________________ A little knowledge goes a long way but not long enough.

April 11th, 2018, 02:36 PM	#2
Patrick Baldwin Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Bidford on Avon United Kingdom Posts: 79	Re: Don't buy any audio from Mike. I was amazed the audio carried on working.....and....he was still wearing the same shirt later on on pieces to camera! He did handle it well though.

April 11th, 2018, 09:13 PM	#3
Steven Digges Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,828	Re: Don't buy any audio from Mike. He handled it well. So did the camera op, he stayed on shot. I would like to hear what was said in his IFB before it went dead. Steve __________________ www.CorporateShow.com Been at this so long I'm rounding my years of experience down...not up!

April 11th, 2018, 11:44 PM	#4
David Peterson Major Player Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 361	Re: Don't buy any audio from Mike. OUCH! Painful to watch. Should have been using the Aputure Deity ;-) And a Lectro WM series __________________ http://IronFilm.co.nz/Sound/ (Location Sound Recordist based in New Zealand) http://www.YouTube.com/c/SoundSpeeding

April 13th, 2018, 05:33 AM	#5
Christopher Young Trustee Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,571	Re: Don't buy any audio from Mike. Will testify to Lectro durability. Some years back we were filming inside a Navy destroyer and were on one of the side top walkway / gantrys in the engine room when one of our Lectro plugins got dropped. We heard it clanging and bouncing down the inside of the steel hull only to be followed by a splash as it hit the bottom of the ship and dropped into the mess of bilge salt water, diesel, oil, and various other lovely fluids. That's got to be lost I ventured. No that wasn't the case. About 20 minutes later a couple of junior sailors turned up with it having gone on a successful fishing expedition. I thanked them but was all the while thinking it was a waste of time as I thought there was no way the Lectro was going to suffer that massive drop and bilge soaking. Well I took it back to base then stripped the TX down and dropped the PCB assembly into a cup of methylated spirits. Meth spirits being miscible absorbs water. After five minutes in the spirits I then hit the PCP assy with a hair dryer to evaporate the meth spirits. I then sprayed the PCB assy with some WD40 and then wiped off the excess WD. Lo and behold it worked. I was so impressed I contacted Lectro in the States and recounted the tale. They posted the story up on their site. They said they weren't overly surprised as they built them to be rugged. The rep I spoke to said a couple of weeks prior someone had dropped one out of a news chopper as it took off. The TX dropped about 30 meters to the concrete chopper pad. He went on to say that the case was pretty badly damaged but the TX still worked. That Lectro TX continued to work for years. It only went after the government changed all our wireless frequencies which made all our Lectros illegal to use. Great gear! Chris Young