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INDEXCan anybody recommend a recent guide to using audio with a DSLR?
8 years, 6 months ago - sheila hayman
I've found a couple in Creative Cow etc but they are several years old and I suspect things have moved on since then. I've been shooting with my own PMW camcorder and external mics which gives me timecode, but the lens isn't as good as I'd get with a DSLR, hence wanting to explore that option. All advice welcome.
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8 years, 6 months ago - Alwyne Kennedy
Youtube will be full of advice videos.
To get good audio with a DSLR, record to an external recorder, or use a pre-amp if recording audio in-camera , such as a Beachtek. Juiced Link or (my fave) Sound Devices. Here's a Sound Devices advice vid -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td11bn54aEo&t=92s
Cameras usually have very poor pre-amps, hence the need for an external one. The general rule is to set your camera to Manual audio level control and have your camera gain levels set as low as possible to reduced the amount of pre-amping the camera is doing - let the external pre-amp handle the gain.
The Sound Devices Mix-Pre D shown in that vid is quite expensive. If you don't want to fork out that amount, I have a top-end Beachtek for sale. I also have some Sennheiser G3 radio mics for sale.
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8 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Some DSLR's only have auto-gain for the audio, and this is the enemy of good audio. Separate recording is the most robust way to go
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