Q. Hey. My buddy and I are gonna' start doing a video-podcast, but we don't have a decent camera for it. I'm looking for a decent camcorder that's less than $250 that supports external microphones. We'd also like to know what wireless external camcorder microphones that are under $100 that are good quality.
A. I didnt find any camcorders in your budget, with an external mic, once you get above $300-400 then you will have a small choice. a good mic is going to be around the same price as the camera.
http://www.dvuser.co.uk/audio.php
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/right_mic_brockett.html
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/camcorders/category-question.html?qid=14101
There are a few ideas for you to think about.
RR
http://www.dvuser.co.uk/audio.php
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/right_mic_brockett.html
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/camcorders/category-question.html?qid=14101
There are a few ideas for you to think about.
RR
I can't get my external microphone to work properly with my camcorder?
Q. I have a Canon HF R200 Camcorder and a Sennheiser freePORT presentation wireless microphone system. I connected the camera to the freePORT receiver unit via stereo XLR to 3.5mm jack. The camcorder is picking up sound from the microphone but it sounds muffled and like a robot is talking. I've tried adjusting the gain on the receiver unit, and tried both the line and mic settings on the camcorder. Any suggestions?
Thanks Dennis! I read the "effin" manual and tried both mic and line settings on the camera and had no success. I picked up a 1/4" mono to 3.5mm stereo converter and a 3.5mm stereo to 3.5mm stereo cable and it works like a charm. Not sure if I needed to convert the mono to stereo or if a 1/4" mono to 3.5mm mono would have worked fine. But either way, I'm up and running! Thanks!
Thanks Dennis! I read the "effin" manual and tried both mic and line settings on the camera and had no success. I picked up a 1/4" mono to 3.5mm stereo converter and a 3.5mm stereo to 3.5mm stereo cable and it works like a charm. Not sure if I needed to convert the mono to stereo or if a 1/4" mono to 3.5mm mono would have worked fine. But either way, I'm up and running! Thanks!
A. Hi David:
Fellow Contributor Dave ("Palladini") is on the right track with your problem, but there are a few specific details that might also be causing your problem.
Your Sennheiser wireless receiver has 2 outputs: balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (1/4" phone jack). You are incorrectly calling your XLR to 3.5mm connection a "stereo" cable. XLR is mono, and since the Canon's 3.5mm mic jack is listed as stereo 3-conductor, you could have one of the balanced XLR connections improperly connecting to the camcorder's jack.
Try a simple 1/4" mono (two conductor) male plug to 3.5mm mono (two conductor) male plug cable, commonly found at Radio Shack or other electronics or music stores. Use the unbalanced output jack on the Sennheiser receiver AND turn down the Output Level knob to prevent distortion.
Also, I hate to harp on the old expression "Read your effin' manual", but page 79 of your HF-R200 manual (see my Sources below) labeled "Using other microphones" shows how you can change the Mic jack from Microphone level to Line level [click FUNC. > MENU > MIC Terminal Input > LINE or MIC Option ]. Using the LINE External Input option might give you undistorted wireless sound.
If the unbalanced connection doesn't work, instead of an extra mixer, as Dave suggested, a cheaper 20dB inline XLR pad (signal reducer) with your original patch cable (and adjustment of the Output Level knob) should give a clean mic-level signal to the camcorder, especially if you use the Sennheiser with a model that has no Line Input option.
On the topic of "mixers", a small gadget I keep in my camera bag is the Rolls Corporation DB14 A/V Presenter passive 2ch mixer which will properly take one XLR connection and feed it to a 3-conductor 3.5mm jack (as well as 2 stereo RCA connections). Even though this application is "backwards" from the labeled connection (normally 3.5mm "in" from a laptop to XLR "out"), the fact that it's a passive (no electronics or battery) circuit allows it to operate in either direction. This is exactly what I used last week for a Canon miniDV camcorder shoot. The twin knobs allow "padding" the signal to a proper level. Here's the product page: http://www.rolls.com/product.php?pid=DB14
The other thing that would cause "muffled" audio would be if you have the SK-2 belt pack transmitter, and it's incorrectly switched to "Instrument" instead of "Microphone". (See Sennheiser manual's Troubleshooting Chart on page 25.)
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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Fellow Contributor Dave ("Palladini") is on the right track with your problem, but there are a few specific details that might also be causing your problem.
Your Sennheiser wireless receiver has 2 outputs: balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (1/4" phone jack). You are incorrectly calling your XLR to 3.5mm connection a "stereo" cable. XLR is mono, and since the Canon's 3.5mm mic jack is listed as stereo 3-conductor, you could have one of the balanced XLR connections improperly connecting to the camcorder's jack.
Try a simple 1/4" mono (two conductor) male plug to 3.5mm mono (two conductor) male plug cable, commonly found at Radio Shack or other electronics or music stores. Use the unbalanced output jack on the Sennheiser receiver AND turn down the Output Level knob to prevent distortion.
Also, I hate to harp on the old expression "Read your effin' manual", but page 79 of your HF-R200 manual (see my Sources below) labeled "Using other microphones" shows how you can change the Mic jack from Microphone level to Line level [click FUNC. > MENU > MIC Terminal Input > LINE or MIC Option ]. Using the LINE External Input option might give you undistorted wireless sound.
If the unbalanced connection doesn't work, instead of an extra mixer, as Dave suggested, a cheaper 20dB inline XLR pad (signal reducer) with your original patch cable (and adjustment of the Output Level knob) should give a clean mic-level signal to the camcorder, especially if you use the Sennheiser with a model that has no Line Input option.
On the topic of "mixers", a small gadget I keep in my camera bag is the Rolls Corporation DB14 A/V Presenter passive 2ch mixer which will properly take one XLR connection and feed it to a 3-conductor 3.5mm jack (as well as 2 stereo RCA connections). Even though this application is "backwards" from the labeled connection (normally 3.5mm "in" from a laptop to XLR "out"), the fact that it's a passive (no electronics or battery) circuit allows it to operate in either direction. This is exactly what I used last week for a Canon miniDV camcorder shoot. The twin knobs allow "padding" the signal to a proper level. Here's the product page: http://www.rolls.com/product.php?pid=DB14
The other thing that would cause "muffled" audio would be if you have the SK-2 belt pack transmitter, and it's incorrectly switched to "Instrument" instead of "Microphone". (See Sennheiser manual's Troubleshooting Chart on page 25.)
hope this helps,
--Dennis C.
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