Chris J Martin
May 17th, 2005, 06:39 AM
Hello everyone,
I am a complete novice who has purchased an xl1s, and have to shoot a documentary piece for community television. If anyone can help with the following points concerning audio set up, I would be gratefull.
1. The on board standard mic seems quite reasonable so I was going to buy cables to extend the mic input and power in so that I can take it off its mount and use it hand held for interviews. Would this be ok?
2. I need to use a tie clip mic. So where can I hook up another mic input ? Should I buy a cable to convert the tie clip phono jack to rca connection and plug it in to audio 1 in the handle. If so should it be split to have the 2 ends input into the camera IE: left and right ? What settings should I then activate on the camera to get the audio from the on board mic and the tie clip ? (I cannot afford to buy an ma100 or 200 so have to go an alternative route)
3. Can you set the levels manually for each of the mics ? and how do you decide which one is active to monitor in the lcd display ?
4. I was considering purchasing a used sennheiser mke300 directional mic to replace the on board one, getting an extension cable to convert the mke300 phone jack to the cannon input mini phone jack. I think the mic has on board power so this is the only cable I need. Would this work ?
I know its a lot of questions but all or any help will be a big advantage for me in these early stages. There is not a lot of back up here in Belfast N.Ireland
Thankyou
I am a complete novice who has purchased an xl1s, and have to shoot a documentary piece for community television. If anyone can help with the following points concerning audio set up, I would be gratefull.
1. The on board standard mic seems quite reasonable so I was going to buy cables to extend the mic input and power in so that I can take it off its mount and use it hand held for interviews. Would this be ok?
2. I need to use a tie clip mic. So where can I hook up another mic input ? Should I buy a cable to convert the tie clip phono jack to rca connection and plug it in to audio 1 in the handle. If so should it be split to have the 2 ends input into the camera IE: left and right ? What settings should I then activate on the camera to get the audio from the on board mic and the tie clip ? (I cannot afford to buy an ma100 or 200 so have to go an alternative route)
3. Can you set the levels manually for each of the mics ? and how do you decide which one is active to monitor in the lcd display ?
4. I was considering purchasing a used sennheiser mke300 directional mic to replace the on board one, getting an extension cable to convert the mke300 phone jack to the cannon input mini phone jack. I think the mic has on board power so this is the only cable I need. Would this work ?
I know its a lot of questions but all or any help will be a big advantage for me in these early stages. There is not a lot of back up here in Belfast N.Ireland
Thankyou