Mic upgrade

Greg Peters · February 8th, 2010, 09:09 PM

My primary use of my camera is for family videos (kids)
I have wanted to upgrade the on camera mic for some time. So I finally got it ordered.

Canon XHA1
Rode Sm5 to mount to my camera
Rode NGT2
And a dead cat

I bought a short XLR cord to connect to my camera.
This is on Channel 1

My on camera mic used Channels 1 and 2, this mic is 1 only Is this correct?
I was planning on just using this in the auto mode. Is there any compensation I should look at doing?

Richard Crowley · February 9th, 2010, 01:11 AM

"My on camera mic used Channels 1 and 2, this mic is 1 only Is this correct?"

Yes the Rode NTG2 is a monaural microphone. So you would plug it into either the Left or Right mic inputs. Your camera may have independent switching on each channel to use either the built-in mic, or whatever is plugged into the XLR connectors. So you could switch the Left channel to use the NTG2 and the leave the Right channel using the built-in mic.

"I was planning on just using this in the auto mode. Is there any compensation I should look at doing?"

Not sure what "compensation" would be desirable (or possible)?

February 8th, 2010, 09:09 PM	#1
Greg Peters Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 67	Mic upgrade - I want to use it correctly My primary use of my camera is for family videos (kids) I have wanted to upgrade the on camera mic for some time. So I finally got it ordered. Canon XHA1 Rode Sm5 to mount to my camera Rode NGT2 And a dead cat I bought a short XLR cord to connect to my camera. This is on Channel 1 My on camera mic used Channels 1 and 2, this mic is 1 only Is this correct? I was planning on just using this in the auto mode. Is there any compensation I should look at doing?

February 9th, 2010, 01:11 AM	#2
Richard Crowley Trustee Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 1,238	"My on camera mic used Channels 1 and 2, this mic is 1 only Is this correct?" Yes the Rode NTG2 is a monaural microphone. So you would plug it into either the Left or Right mic inputs. Your camera may have independent switching on each channel to use either the built-in mic, or whatever is plugged into the XLR connectors. So you could switch the Left channel to use the NTG2 and the leave the Right channel using the built-in mic. "I was planning on just using this in the auto mode. Is there any compensation I should look at doing?" Not sure what "compensation" would be desirable (or possible)?