Posted by Malcolm Stewart on 06/13/06 08:22

<franklin.sr@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I actually have both.
>
> I have a Sony TRV30 and the noise from the non-faraday cage version
> makes the mike completely useless for a digital video cam.
>
> The D version is better but still nowhere near perfect - still hums. On
> an analog camera though or completely off camera and they're quite
> acceptable.

For my low usage I tried other makes of mikes, and whether they're fitted
with Faraday cages or not, I've no idea, but only found a problem, mains
hum, when filming more or less directly beneath the 25kV overhead lines on
the WCML. Until I mounted them via an anti-vibration mount, I did find that
they picked up motor noise of my MiniDV camera.

What I find very disappointing is that the price of the MKE 300 has risen
sharply over the years, and is now much higher in relation to typical
camcorder prices than about a decade ago. (But that's typical of gear still
manufactured in Europe!)

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm




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