Hi all, I had the pleasure to meet Jonny Goldstein at Beyond Broadcast and shove a camera in his face and interview him -- ... I'm still working on the video ... http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/02/oh_yeah_and_i_s.html I'm still thinking about the comment someone made in the Beyond YouTube Working Group about audio quality and how it makes them shudder that the user-generated content doesn't have good audio. What does that mean? Certainly not everyone can afford to purchase expensive professional level equipment to ensure broadcast quality audio. How can you get acceptable or decent sound quality but use inexpensive equipment?
Jonny Goldstein left me a comment on that post that asks "Acceptable to who?" (http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/02/oh_yeah_and_i_s.html#comments) But, it is a good goal to work towards improving one's production values. Here's my problem. I have a cannon SD800 with built-in mic. It's cheap and easy to use. It captures the video as mpeg on a card that I can easily get into my aging pc laptop with USB thingy and use the free windows editing software to edit. So far, I've learned that I have to get really close to the subject to get passable sound or I have to control the environment - take the subject to a quiet place. Thus, it makes hard to get an interview in a room with a lot of people chit chatting unless I put the camera right in their face and end up getting interesting footage of their nose hairs. Are there other creative workarounds? What are the cheap cameras that allow you to plug in an external mic and capture as mpeg on card? Beth
