--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks teaspace, I bought this mike. It really isn't very good. Actually, I > paid $69 for it at B&H a few months ago. On zoom, it helps a wee bit but "shotgun" makes the sound terrible. You are better off not using it at all.
I'm not sure what level of professionalism you are after here, but I have a pair of Radio Shack lapel mikes (about $25 each) that I use for interviews. It's not as good as a wireless mike and you could probably do a better job with a boom mic if you had a boom mic operator, but it's a hell of a lot better than any built in mic and for $25-50 you can't go wrong. These are wired mics, so this would not work if you or the subject were walking around, but for interviews it works OK. I'm pretty sure they make a wireless version too. > > There is another mike that sells (lists) for about $150 and I'm not sure if > that is just more of the "bad" stuff. Maybe, to get good sound, I'll just have to get a 3-chip camera with a mike jack. I don't like them because they are so large. Big cameras are intimidating. This is a slippery slope you're treading here. You can easily spend as much as or more than your camera is worth on sound equipment and there's always a better more expensive way of doing it. People make careers doing just sound, and they use thousands of dollars worth of equipment. > > Randolfe (Randy) Wicker > > Videographer, Writer, Activist > Advisor: The Immortality Institute > Hoboken, NJ > http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ > 201-656-3280 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: teaspace > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:18 PM > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] External camcorder mic suggestions? > > > I have a Sony ECMHS1 mic that simply mounts onto the intelligent hot > shoe on my PC110 camera. You don't need any additional connections, and > the mic pattern even follows the zoom on the camera. > > It gets mixed reviews here, but you could try it or perhaps something > newer if your sony camera has the intelligent shoe: > > http://www.textkit.com/0_B00005T3BZ.html > > > > > Randolfe Wicker wrote: > > > I have a problem insofar as my Sony HC42 mini-dv camera only has a shoe > > on top and two clip on microphones available. > > > > I really need to have some way to get direct mick plug in. Is there > > some sort of wireless of plug in microphone that can be connected via > > the shoe on top of the camera? > > > > It's really ridiculous because the camera cost $800 last March. I > > really thought I had researched everything but I didn't think of the > > audio. I have a wireless mike for my old Hi8 camcorder. Audio is > > really almost 50% of good video. > > > > > > Randolfe (Randy) Wicker > > > > Videographer, Writer, Activist > > Advisor: The Immortality Institute > > Hoboken, NJ > > http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ > > 201-656-3280 > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* bottomunion <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* videoblogging@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com> > > *Sent:* Sunday, December 04, 2005 7:18 AM > > *Subject:* [videoblogging] External camcorder mic suggestions? > > > > I'm in desperate need of an external mic for a small camcorder. > > I've been shopping around > > for one, but haven't found any ones I like. This would have to be > > compact, and fit on a > > handsized camcorder, small enough to keep the whole package > > (camcorder and mic) small. > > Just throwing this out to see if anyone might have suggestions, > > possible solutions. 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