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Gear / Technical Help => Photo / Video Recording => Topic started by: mblindsey on February 17, 2009, 10:41:16 AM

Title: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: mblindsey on February 17, 2009, 10:41:16 AM: Given a media pass, and one of these setups, stealthing would go unnoticed...I bet.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Sweet-Sounds-of-HD.jsp

--Michael
Title: Re: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: Petrus on February 22, 2009, 03:56:02 AM: 5D mkII has only autogain audio. Not good for any critical recording, no matter which mics are attached.
Title: Re: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: rastasean on February 25, 2009, 12:46:34 PM: This tells me it will be shitty:

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but the audio is recorded with a tiny built-in mono microphone

How many of you would be a recorder made by Nikon or Canon? I probably would NOT.
Title: Re: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: beefstew on February 25, 2009, 10:35:45 PM: Quote from: rastasean on February 25, 2009, 12:46:34 PM
This tells me it will be shitty:

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but the audio is recorded with a tiny built-in mono microphone

it has a 1/8" input jack for any mics...
Title: Re: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: sunjan on February 26, 2009, 08:22:24 AM: Quote from: beefstew on February 25, 2009, 10:35:45 PM
it has a 1/8" input jack for any mics...

Neat find! I'd go for the dead kitten option:
(http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/CanonMarkII-Audio-5.jpg)

Imagine the dumbfounded security guys... ;D
Title: Re: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: Nixoo on February 27, 2009, 04:03:01 AM: Cool stuff. I'd prefer to have my mics at a bit of a distance of the lens. Don't want to record the zooming in and out audio. And beware of filming kitty hairs of the dead kitten in front of the lens :)
Title: Re: Who here has pimped out their camera?
Post by: BayTaynt3d on February 28, 2009, 06:11:16 PM: I have a 5D2, and as a taper I can tell you unequivocally that the audio section is terrible. :)

Let's see, what do you get when you combine mono audio (stereo with external mini), a crappy a/d, a cheap preamp, non-defeatable autogain, no control of levels whatsoever, no meters, no monitoring, easily brickwall-able audio section? Basically, audio that sucks as bad as it can be. OK, I've seen worse, but just saying... LOL.

Now that we have that taken care of, it's worth mentioning that the camera is awesome despite some of its shortcomings. I just put up my first multimedia piece since purchasing the camera, it's a mashup of audio, video, and stills of the jazz variety (see sig).

So, amazing camera, just not for audio. The video capability has many drawbacks, and is definitely not a replacement for a real videocam for most situations. However, if you can leverage what it can do, especially in a low light environment, it can put out stunning video images.