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Posted by Rick Merrill on 09/21/07 16:11
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
> I am trying to help a non-profit find a way of producing better training
> videos.
I founded a 501c3 for local tv.
> They have a Sony DCR-DVD403 camcorder
I use a Sony DCR-DVD camcorder and it is excellent for weekly
productions because we can edit on the fly and do not have to do 'post
production.'
> (already a bad choice,
> IMO, because it has to be used in the lowest video-quality mode to
> record an hour-long session without changing discs),
"Quality" is a matter of personal opinion and depends on many things.
> and the built-in
> microphone picks up far too much extraneous noise. It has no microphone
> input connector other than via the Active Interface Shoe (AIS).
Look on the front behind the little bezel and you should find it.
>
> Sony does list a zoom microphone (ECM-HGZ1) as compatible with that
> camcorder, but it gets pretty bad user reviews. I see that Sony also
> lists a wireless (Bluetooth) microphone (ECM-HW1) that claims
> compatibility with many of the other recent Sony camcorder models and
> gets mostly good user reviews, but the list does not include the
> DCR-DVD403.
I have had good results from the Sony helpline, but I always double check.
> Has anybody used this combination, and how satisfactory is it?
>
The Bluetooth mic is very attractive and I'm thinking of getting one.
> Yes, I could contact Sony and ask, but the one truly negative review of
> the ECM-HW1 is by somebody who called Sony to ask about its
> compatibility with a particular camcorder, was told that it was
> compatible but found that it was not. When he complained to Sony, they
> said, in effect, "Not our problem."
>
> Perce
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