Posted by Rick Merrill on 09/21/07 23:26

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> 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)"
>

I use a zoom mic (also has gun and off positions) in the
interface shoe and find it to be remarkably effective.

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