mainly for Bruce
Having just got this microphone it is not one for camcorders. Tried it out on mine and was more like a stereo microphone than supposedly a directional one. It picked up every sound from side behind and front, mainly due to the camcorder is my guess, but it is designed for cameras not camcorders
I have not tried it on a camera as it is raining hard at the moment. The “deadcat” fits the Pana stereo VW-VMS10 microphone perfectly as well.
I still have to find anything better than the Azden MX-30v. Ok it is a lot more expensive £250? but what a microphone. I think one would be hard pushed to find anything better.
Bruce it all depends on how the recording sounds on playback. Yes you can get cheap ones but the sound quality leaves a lot to be desired.
Azden SMX30- v sound
here is an example, no hiss – no stray unwanted noise- perfect sound .
also you might say expensive but it is 2 microphone in one and via a dial can be stereo through to directional.
Many small microphone to audio cable can;t be detached, so if damaged bye bye
how would you microphone playback sound under these conditions?
believe me I have 2 other small microphones and done a side by side test. Then you notice the difference
Azden without muffler. power 2xAA batteries or camcorder/camera
+20dB gain booster alleviates noise produced by low-quality camera preamps
-10dB pad for loud sound environments
Auto power mode turns microphone on/off with camera
Low-cut filter selectable at 60 Hz, 3 dB/octave
Shown on Panasonic camcorder handle so can use 2 XLR inputs from one microphone. Also seperate controls for each output
You can’t do this with a small microphone
carrying on from this using a tripod. I have a buetooth dongle which plugs into the camcorder audio output socket. So when using bluetooth headphones I can do my own sound test for distance.stereo etc without being attached to the camcorder.
The only downside is sound lag .
yes possibly use a lavalier microphone but not having one I can’t comment
