Wireless system under $750
Just starting up an HD video production program for a college. We'll be doing primarily documentary/promotional videos for the college. I've decided on a Sennheiser ME66/K6 shotgun and now I need a good wireless system. Budget constraints have put me at around $750 (I might be able to push it as high as $1k.
Right now I'm looking very favorably at the Audio Technica 1813D kit from BH. It's an omni lav with bodyback transmitter, camera mounted receiver, and an XLR transmitter for adapting a standard microphone to wireless. That'd be nice for interviews, etc. It's coming in at $697 which is perfect for my budget. But, I've never had any experience with Audio Technica outside of their pro studio mics (which I really like). Anyone got any experience with Audio Technica wireless systems? Any experience with that particular mic? Finally, if you had $750 to spend on a wireless system (must include at least a lav, bodypack transmitter, and camera-receiver and it'd be nice to also have the XLR adapter), what would you buy? I'll probably be shooting with the HVX200A. |
I've been using the AT1800 series with 2 body paks and a plugin (dual channel receiver) for quite a while now and love it. I can run both channels and monitor them both.
I really like the AT stuff. Good solid performance for a decent price. Don |
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If so, how large is the receiver,a s it looks rather large. |
Yes, I;ve been running it since January this year. I love the thing. As for size the receiver is; approx 1 1/4" thick, 5" high not including the antennas of course and 3 1/4" wide.
It comes in a slip in soft case with a belt clip and is powered off of 6 AA batteries. Probably weighs in about 1.2 pounds. Fits nicely on the back of a DVMultirig and for tripod work I fashioned a piece of aluminum about 5 inches long and 3/4 inch wide, drilled a hole and plced in in between the pan handle of my tripod. Doesn't affect the operation of the tripod and fits nicely towards the rear of the camera so everything is accessible. Don |
The 1800 receiver is kinda large, especially compared to the Sennheiser G2, but it is well made, and having diversity is definitely worth it for me. It's tough too. Mine slipped out of the soft case and dropped from a height of about three and a half feet to a concrete floor a couple of weeks ago. It landed right on a corner too. Ouch! Barely made a scratch and everything works perfectly.
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How was the floor?
Ty Ford |
...One thing you might want to consider is that most of the kit lav mics are pretty bad. You might want to budget for a TRAM 50 wired up for your wireless system.
I've been very happy with my Sennheiser G2 100 kit once I added a TRAM 50 and a Sanken COS-11x lav mics to it. ( the kit mic was junk ) The TRAM 50 is for noisy environments, and the Sanken is for quiet environments. ( the Sanken sounds a lot like a HQ condenser mic, but it prone to picking up environmental sound, the TRAM is great at eliminating room noise ) |
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Good mics make for good long term investments. Don |
Ditto here. The included mics stink. At the very least get the AT899cw. Big step up for a reasonable price.
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If you are talking about single channel there is of course Lectrosonics and Zaxcom. Both will set you back a lot more than 2 AT dual channel units with upgraded mics. Don |
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You could always use the 1800 on a beltpack (that's actually what comes with it). I guess if you want smaller though, there's the Sennheiser g2, but it's non-diversity single channel.
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O|O \__/ Don |
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