A website with the memorable name www.Hoboken411.com has been in the news lately. The local school board has put unrealistic and illegal restrictions on the videotaping of public meetings of the school boards in Hoboken, NJ.
There is an interesting legal history regarding this. The NJ Supreme Court has ruled that taping of suc h public meetings can't be prohibited. In Hoboken, City Council meetings are held in a room only holding a couple hundred onlookers. Accoustics are terrible & it is nearly impossible to hear what is being said even by those in the front rows. I've suggested using a shotgun microphone to zero-in on different politicians as they speak and make comments to one another, then broadcasting them on the Internet using www.Hoiboken411.com as a promotional tool. Here's the link to the story: http://hoboken411.com/archives/6244 I was looking at shotgun mikes and the B&H salesperson recommended a Rhode NTG-2 Shotgun Condenser mike for $249.00 Does anyone have any experience with these types of microphones? I have a somewhat directional plug-in mike for doing on casmera interviews but am totally inexperienced when it comes to using a shotgun mike. Think I might get charged with breaking "the gun laws" for walking into Hoboken City Hall with my Sony A1U camera outfitted with a shotgun mike? :-) Vloggingly yours, Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Hoboken, NJ
