I'm getting better at manually focusing, my only problem is the internal mic. It picks up my focus and zoom scrolling to much. Also, my voice way overpowers my subject's too.
I'm looking for a solution that I can mount on top of the body. I want to minimize focus noise and maximize subject recorsing. Anyone used anything for this?
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Is there a good external mic for Canon DSLRs? I fell in love with my T2i and it's video recording.
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I pinged one of my friends at Revision 3 (they've been shooting with a bunch of T2i's!) for a recommendation and he mentioned the Rode VideoMic:
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/363083-REG/Rode_VID...
Via: twitter.com/grahamhancock/statuses/372723522700615...
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/363083-REG/Rode_VID...
Via: twitter.com/grahamhancock/statuses/372723522700615...
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The Rode VideoMic is great for general audio, really picks up the sound well. Only issue with it is that the hardware limiter isn't great for live music, but 9 times out of 10 gets the job done.
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I ended up getting the Audio-Technica Pro-24CM:
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/518701-REG/Audio_Te...
I decided on this mic because the reviews are pretty good, and it's pretty affordable - less than 70 bucks. The Rode VideoMic was my second choice, but it was a bit too big (long) and more expensive.
I've been playing with the Pro 24-CM for the past 10 or 15 minutes. Looks to be a mixed bag.
It's good that now I can record in stereo audio instead of mono. The mic seems to pick up a larger range of frequencies, particularly low bassy sounds. The noise of me manually zooming and focusing has been reduced, but not completely gone. All in all for those aspects I'm pleased.
The downside is that there is a constant hiss on the audio. This is a problem with the T2i when using the external mic from what I have read. I confirmed this by recording a video with the mic turned off and getting nothing but the hiss. Most people say that it is easily taken care of in post editing. I'm sure I can do that fine, but lately I've been just dumping the raw videos onto my file server to be viewed by all my HTPCs.
I'll be playing with it a lot more in a few weeks when I spend Easter with my family.
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/518701-REG/Audio_Te...
I decided on this mic because the reviews are pretty good, and it's pretty affordable - less than 70 bucks. The Rode VideoMic was my second choice, but it was a bit too big (long) and more expensive.
I've been playing with the Pro 24-CM for the past 10 or 15 minutes. Looks to be a mixed bag.
It's good that now I can record in stereo audio instead of mono. The mic seems to pick up a larger range of frequencies, particularly low bassy sounds. The noise of me manually zooming and focusing has been reduced, but not completely gone. All in all for those aspects I'm pleased.
The downside is that there is a constant hiss on the audio. This is a problem with the T2i when using the external mic from what I have read. I confirmed this by recording a video with the mic turned off and getting nothing but the hiss. Most people say that it is easily taken care of in post editing. I'm sure I can do that fine, but lately I've been just dumping the raw videos onto my file server to be viewed by all my HTPCs.
I'll be playing with it a lot more in a few weeks when I spend Easter with my family.
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