Sound blimp

As Blimp or Sound Blimp is called the sound insulating sheath of a film camera, which is used to suppress the interfering sound recordings for running noise of the camera. " Blimp " is an American slang term for " fatso " (actually blimp ) and is here alluding to the - used quite voluminous housing - especially in the early days.

With the proliferation of sound film from 1927, the cameras were first banned in sound recordings in unwieldy soundproof boxes. From 1953 shells were developed from glass fiber reinforced plastic, who adapted themselves in the shape and size of the cameras. These were at first very unwieldy and even disabled the camera crew at work. Only in 1957 was created for the Arriflex 35 Iib a blimp, in which the camera could be installed with a few alterations and allowed the cameramen unimpeded access to all important functions.

Were the first blimps still additional equipment that could be needed to the cameras attached and detached, modern film cameras are mostly selbstgeblimpt, that is, designed so that they are without additional attachments run quietly.

Even for still cameras ( cameras ) there are blimps as accessories that are used when the shutter sound of the camera interferes, eg animal photography and theater.