[videoblogging] Non-XLR hand held Microphone

2010-01-28 Thread 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

[videoblogging] Non-XLR hand held Microphone

2010-01-28 Thread Anthony Quintano
Zoom h4n Sent from my iPhone

[videoblogging] Re: 2010 the year of the tablet?

2010-01-28 Thread elbowsofdeath
Well as it turns out there is nothing for video creators/editors to get excited about from the iPad at this stage. Even for consumption of video its a mixed bag because it isnt HD or widescreen, though the pixels per inch isnt too bad so it should actually turn out to be quite nice for watching

[videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread loretabirkus
Thanks everyone for advice. Yes, the hum sound is steady and it's through the whole filming (silent and voice), but it's just the level of volume of it that bothered me. I usually film 5-10 sec of quiet room ambient sound so that I can use it for cleaning the sound during editing, but this

Re: [videoblogging] Non-XLR hand held Microphone

2010-01-28 Thread Richard Amirault
- 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

[videoblogging] camera features

2010-01-28 Thread Tom Dolan
Hey Group-folk, In preparation for a visit to the photo shop next week, I'd like to run some features by you and pleze comment if you can. I'll be shooting for the web, to put in web sites, mine and maybe others. I'll edit in iMovie'09 on an intel iMac. I've been thinking future=Flash

Re: [videoblogging] camera features

2010-01-28 Thread Rupert Howe
A good quality camera shouldn't have too much problem with tape noise. An in-store test isn't going to help you because of the background noise.Better to google. But even if there's no real hum from the tape mechanism, the on-board mic is going to be pretty poor quality anyway

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread Jay dedman
I have a question about lavaliere. For interviews, is it better to use this type of mic.? Does it pick up less ambient sound. What about if I film outside with it..what noises does it pick up? If I filmed outside with a lavaliere and if it didn't pick up enough outside noise, maybe it

Re: [videoblogging] Re: 2010 the year of the tablet?

2010-01-28 Thread Jay dedman
I've been shooting video and editing it or broadcasting it live from my HP Compaq TC1100 tablet for nearly 4 years. A lot of my shooting is on building construction and restoration sites, so the highly portable tablet form factor is extraordinarily useful. Shoot in the morning, edit over

Re: [videoblogging] Non-XLR hand held Microphone

2010-01-28 Thread Jay dedman
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

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread David Jones
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:03 AM, loretabirkus loretabir...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, the hum sound is steady and it's through the whole filming (silent and voice), but it's just the level of volume of it that bothered me. I usually film 5-10 sec of quiet room ambient sound so that I can use it

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread Jay dedman
I've been practicing a lot with the camera over these past days to try to figure out where the problem may be and I think that it's camera that makes this noise. I tried mic mounted on it, further from it-on a tripod..it still gave that hum sound. Even when the mic was off, I could

Re: [videoblogging] camera features

2010-01-28 Thread David Jones
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Tom Dolan tomjdo...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Group-folk, In preparation for a visit to the photo shop next week, I'd like to run some features by you and pleze comment if you can. I'll be shooting for the web, to put in web sites, mine and maybe others. I'll edit

[videoblogging] Zoom H4N Audio Recorder

2010-01-28 Thread Rupert Howe
Further to our discussions about sound, I saw a Zoom H4N audio recorder in action on a Canon 5D Mk2 shoot a couple of weeks ago, and I'm going to get one for myself. It's a portable audio recorder with XLR inputs and on board mics. There's a video about using it with DSLRs here (including

[videoblogging] Re: Zoom H4N Audio Recorder

2010-01-28 Thread stanhirson
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert Howe rup...@... wrote: Further to our discussions about sound, I saw a Zoom H4N audio recorder in action on a Canon 5D Mk2 shoot a couple of weeks ago, and I'm going to get one for myself. It's a portable audio recorder with XLR inputs

RE: [videoblogging] Zoom H4N Audio Recorder

2010-01-28 Thread Roger Conant
Hi: The Zoom H4N is a great tool. it records good sound with an nice on board adjustable mic. But, as you mentioned, it also takes XLR inputs at mic or line level. It also does lots of other cool things --making it a kind of audio Swiss army knife. For instance, it acts as a USB interface