Posted by Richard Crowley on 06/11/06 14:31

"Steve Guidry" wrote ...
> In my experience, all that a "zoom" mic does is turn
> up the gain when you zoom in, resulting in more of the
> same annoying buzz and off-camera chatter that you
> already have.
>
> Audio gurus - - please correct me if I'm wrong, but
> that's what i think I'm hearing . . .

Concur. "Zoom mics" are misleading marketing gimmicks.
They have not found a way to work around the long-standing
laws of physics/acoustics.

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