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Posted by Rgr on 05/29/06 11:50
peter wrote:
> I'm shooting wedding for a relative.
>
> I want to have interviews on tape, so friends/family can comment on the
> wedding or offer their blessings.
>
> In the past I relied on on-camera mic. The result is always too much
> background noise. I want better result.
>
> TV news crew use a hand held omni mic to do this. One interview mic that
> gets mentioned often is electrovoice 635.
>
> Question is, does it have high enough output so that after a beachtek
> XLR-to-mini conversion, there is enough to be recorded by a camcorder like
> trv900? Or would I need a preamp?
>
> Is it also possible to use a camera mounted short shotgun mic (e.g. AT897)
> to achive similar result? It would be more convenient to not have to lug a
> mic+cable around. What is the pros and cons of the two approaches?
I'm not familiar with the make/models you mention, but I'm familiar with
the fact that interviews will have terrible sound if done with the
built-in mic on the camera. Even a relatively cheap Radio Shack mic
(non-XLR) will sound better than using the built in mic. The degree of
complexity in other solutions can go sky high in cost and skills needed.
Shotgun mics have a place, but not in doing interviews.
Overall, a $30 wired mic from musciansfriend.com with a 1/8" connector
will sound better for this project than a $200 shotgun mic.
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