What you suggest is the technique (called DOUBLE ENDED VIDEO SHOOTING) recommended by David Tames http://kino-eye.com/ who presented at PODCAMPBOSTON2 this past weekend.
To hear David's presentation: http://n1jdu.org/temp/Double_Ended_Video_Shooting_1.mp3 Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renat Zarbailov >I read the article and went to research further on reliability of lavalier > mikes. According to a comment of a customer on B&H site (under one of the > Sennheiser mike's in $599 category), all wireless mikes, even the most > expensive one costing around $3,000 will have drop-outs of signal when > used > on the streets of busy cities like NYC and such. So then I thought to > myself, what would be the most reliable approach to capture high quality > audio when it comes to interviewing people on the streets? The idea popped > quickly. Use a Samson Zoom H2 connected to Electrovoice unidirectional > mike. > Although H2 itself has multiple condenser mikes inside (even surround > sound), none of them are unidirectional. So with this set up there's more > work in post to sync the H2's audio with on-camera mike, but you get > crystal-clear reliable audio without any RF interference or drop-outs. I > haven't yet tested this work flow but I think this hits home. >
