Posted by Ed Anson on 03/25/06 00:24

James wrote:
> What I thought I'd do in addition is run my Sony Digital 8 at another
> vantage point to have a second shot to go to when doing an edit of her
> performance. I'll be using the sound off the Canon obviously since it will
> be right off the board, though if feasible, might mix in some ambient sound
> off the Sony Digital 8 as well.

Several people have correctly advised that you should have no trouble
syncing the video from two cameras in post. But the sound is another
matter. At any point, you can use sound from one camera or the other --
but never both. If you try to mix them, you can be sure to have strange
results due to inevitable timing differences. If you want to mix the
sound from two recorders they need to have synchronized word clocks, and
that's not an option with consumer equipment.

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