Is the Beaulieu 4008 noisy?

[hardyorama]

Hello there...does anyone know if the Beaulieu 4008 is a noisy camera? If it is, do you think a barney would cure it, or simply ease the pain a little bit?

[cameraguy]

Yes, no, maybe

[oldasdirt]

All Beaulieu cameras,super 8 and 16mm that I have ever used make a high pitched whine that is very difficult to silence.A soft barney may help if you're shooting outdoors and the camera is a good distance from the mike.Indoors, it gets frustrating,the camera's noise is reverberated and bounced all over the walls.A hard blimp would work,but the last time I saw a decent blimp for that camera was about 1975.Anytime you blimp a noisy camera it's going to make it a real pain in the butt to work with.