Anybody use one of these?

[Bryan_Knitter]

http://www.thewindcutter.com/shop/

I just ordered the stick-on model for my canon camcorder. I'm curious to see if anyone has tried their products.

Bryan

 

[Skip Talbot]

Let us know how it works, Bryan. I'd probably be interested if they do a good job, especially for those instances with a lot of wind like when the camera is outside on a moving vehicle.

 

[Bryan_Knitter]

They didnt offer their StormChaser version for my application, and that is supposed to handle 30 mph winds. So i guess we'll see how the normal version works when i get it.

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[Bryan_Knitter]

My windcutter arrived the other day. I got a chance to put it on today. It makes the camera look like it has a goatee or soul patch. lol. I haven't done much testing yet other than in front of a fan. There is NO wind noise at all with the camera about 4" away from my fan on high-speed, which according to my kestrel is 12.8 mph. I'll try to get some real tests done in the next couple days or so, but so far, I'm impressed.

I'll update this when I do more testing.

 

[Drew.Gardonia]

may have to get one for the xf300.

 

[Adam Lucio]

I was looking into getting one of these as well. One thing I cannot stand in video is wind noise. Some cameras are way worse than others and there have been times I just had to turn down or even mute the TV when watching chaser DVDs because the wind noise is just too awful. Ill probably order one at the end of this month, for 15 bucks it would be worth it to even have a slight wind noise reduction. My only concern would be the rest of the audio being a little mufled.

 

[Bryan_Knitter]

Adam,

From my (limited) testing so far, normal audio doesn't seem to be affected much at all. It still comes through loud and clear. Please post when you get yours and have a chance to try it out.

 

[Walt VanRheen]

Do these help, YES. Don't expect your wind noise to be eliminated. Storm chasers are in winds stronger than these are designed for. They are made for light winds. Even the "Storm Chaser" model has a point where it just won't do any better. Should you get one, probably - but don't be disappointed to find you still have wind noise.

 

[Bryan_Knitter]

I'm well aware that there's a point where this won't help anymore, but up to that point, it works very well to reduce wind noise. Well worth the $15.