> I am looking for a traditional hand held microphone to use for > man-on-the-street news interviews. Everything I can find is either an XLR mic > or a toy. > I have a Panasonic TM300 which is a nice small camera but has a traditional > 1/4 microphone jack. I know there are XLR converters which would be fine but > all the ones I have seen are super huge and bulky, which kind of defeats the > purpose of the small camera. > So can anyone suggest a decent microphone with the right connector or a small > XLR converter? Thanks.
As Richard suggested, we used to use a 1/4"-XLR adapter since any serious mic seems to be XLR. But I have used http://www.audio-technica.com that had a 1/4" plug. Worked well. Jay -- http://ryanishungry.com http://momentshowing.net http://twitter.com/jaydedman 917 371 6790