Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 09/21/07 22:41

On 9/21/2007, Rick Merrill posted this:
> Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
>> I am trying to help a non-profit find a way of producing better training
>> videos.
>
> I founded a 501c3 for local tv.
>
>> They have a Sony DCR-DVD403 camcorder
>
> I use a Sony DCR-DVD camcorder and it is excellent for weekly productions
> because we can edit on the fly and do not have to do 'post production.'
>
>> (already a bad choice, IMO, because it has to be used in the lowest
>> video-quality mode to record an hour-long session without changing discs),
>
> "Quality" is a matter of personal opinion and depends on many things.
>
>> and the built-in microphone picks up far too much extraneous noise. It has
>> no microphone input connector other than via the Active Interface Shoe
>> (AIS).
>
> Look on the front behind the little bezel and you should find it.

From www.camcorderinfo.com:
"However, Sony has made the foolish mistake of not including a
microphone in jack on the DCR-DVD403 which really limits your audio
recording options"

From sonystyle.com:
"Microphone Input
* Yes (thru Active Interface Shoe)"

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