You're welcome Carlos, If you are in NYC, I suggest you pay a visit to Sam Ash store in Times Square. I had an XLR to 1/8" cable custom-made there using the highest quality cabling and plug. They solder the whole thing in front of you to your own cable length spects. One caveat though, when they first soldered it I discovered that the mike started playing only one channel (either left or right, i forget). So I went back and asked to to wire the cable so that both channels go into the camcorder. After some experimenting we achieved it.
cheers Renat --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Carlos" <car...@...> wrote: > > thanks for the info on hosa products, renat! > > i just googled the cable & that's what came up. guess i should have done a > little more research. > > i usually use neutriks but don't know if they have xlr to 1/8" cables. here's > a list of xlr to mini on the b&h site, > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Mini-to-XLR-Cables/ci/4172/N/4294549271 > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "pageflex2001" <innomind@> wrote: > > > > The Hosa XVM 101F is of very inferior quality. > > It works but the cable will break at connection points within a year. I had > > two of these, both broke at the same rate. > > I would even go further, avoid HOSA products altogether since this is a > > company that builtds its products from inferior materials. > > > > best > > > > Renat > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@> wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Cris Thomas" > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > I *seriously* doubt your camcorder has a "1/4 mic jack" ... most likely > > > it's a 1/8" jack. How about something like this for an adaptor.. > > > > > > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/158476-REG/Hosa_Technology_XVM_101F_Mini_Stereo_Male_to.html > > > > > > (search for Hosa XVM 101F at bhphotovideo.com if link is broken) You'd > > > need > > > to add a regular XLR mic cable to reach from your subject to the camera > > > and > > > you'd need to use a dynamic mic or a condensor mic with a built-in > > > battery > > > since you won't have phantom power with this setup. > > > > > > Richard Amirault > > > Boston, MA, USA > > > http://n1jdu.org > > > http://bostonfandom.org > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ > > > > > > > > > > > > >
