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Posted by Jacques E. Bouchard on 11/28/07 20:34
Mike Kujbida <kujfam@xplornet.com> wrote in
news:2d725698-b997-447e-b422-4c6c0c5dd231@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
> On Nov 28, 1:11 pm, "Pre-Meltdown"
><entropic3.14de...@optonline2.718.net> wrote:
>> Awl--
>>
>> It looks like I'll be going with the canon hv20, and the question is
>> whether to use a Rodes shotgun mike (camera-mounted ROVM/VM) or the
>> Canon DM-50 mic listed as an accessory to the HV20.
>> In a makeshift studio, about 500 sq ft or so.
>>
>> A guy at B&H said that both mics are good, and that he would choose
>> the
>> Canon mic ($149)only because it's less bulky than the Rodes ($119).
>> Any opinions? Other alternatives?
>>
>> Eventually I'll experiment for multiply-placed mics running through a
>> mixer, but right now I just want to avoid the "built-in mic sound".
>> tia.
>> --
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>> Mr. P.V.'d (formerly Droll Troll), Yonkers, NY
>>
>> entropic3.14decay at optonline2.718 dot net; remove pi and e to
>> reply--ie, all d'numbuhs
>
>
>> right now I just want to avoid the "built-in mic sound". <
>
> Then forget the shotgun mic, especially if you plan to be further than
> 3 ft. from your talent.
> Remember the golden rule of microphones: "Cameras zoom. Microphones
> don't!!"
> The human ear has an amazing ability to tune out sounds like (in your
> case) a furnace, an air conditioner, a dishwasher, etc.
> A microphone has no such capability and will record it along with
> every other squeak and rattle in the house.
> At 10 ft. from the camera, a cheap lavalier will always sound better
> than an expensive shotgun.
Mike is right. I got a $15 Chinses knock-off shotgun mic and a $70 boom
mic stand and I get much better sound that any camera-mounted microphone.
jaybee
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