Posted by Rick Merrill on 06/03/06 12:53

Richard Crowley wrote:

> blackburst wrote ...
>
>> Rick Merrill wrote:
>>
>>> I confess I'm enamored of the "zoom mic" that reads the camera zoom
>>> setting to adjust it's own setting. The perfect application IMHO is
>>> audience interaction of a medium sized room where all the participants
>>> think, "ve don't need no stinking mic".
>>
>>
>> That's about the only application where I might use one!
>
>
> Sounds like neither of you have actually tried it. You can
> either do the experiment yourself, or take the advice of
> people who have been there, done that, and moved on.
>
> You've never heard anything in a theatre that was miced
> from the camera. And I'd bet that you've never heard an
> on-camera mic on TV, either.

I have done both. We're not disagreeing with you, just talking about a
slightly different subject.

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