Samuel Hiser
November 18th, 2002, 10:27 AM
I currently own a FIRST generation Elura. At the moment, there seems to be no place that carry accessories for this model, such as the docking station to plug in a mic etc. Can someone point me to a place or site that still might have these 'vintage' components? Thank you!
Paul Sedillo
November 18th, 2002, 10:57 AM
You might want to check eBay. Of and on I see things for this camera.
Paul Sedillo
November 18th, 2002, 11:01 AM
<<<-- Originally posted by Paul Sedillo : You might want to check eBay. Off and on I see things for this camera. -->>>
Samuel Hiser
November 18th, 2002, 03:33 PM
I certainly checked E-bay with no results.... It couldn't be THAT long ago that all places have now stopped carrying accessories for such an item. My main concern is finding a way to attach an external mic for better sound. The only way it seems to allow for such an attachment is through the port on the bottom - which appears to be a 'multi' port with no direct MIC pluggin... Any ideas?
Jeff Donald
November 18th, 2002, 04:16 PM
Do you have the Canon part number your looking for?
Jeff
Samuel Hiser
November 18th, 2002, 04:18 PM
DU-200 is the part #
~Docking Unit~
Don Donatello
November 18th, 2002, 04:31 PM
i have a elura with docking station ( 3 years old) .. from my experience YES the docking station will give you better sound then the on board mic BUT IMO it still QUESTIONABLE audio .
i have used it with studio pro 1 XLR box , AT 4073 shotgun , AT 101 wireless, hard wired lav's .... IMO the AGC is NOT as good as the GL 1's .. the elura audio overloads very easy = you get a digital clanking on every word ( which you cannot hear thru headphones) ... the digital clanking can be removed ( its at around 8300hz using parametric equalizer) but removing it affects all audio
out of 4 interviews i have 1 that came out OK. i had to record at very low volume ..then in post i had to apply sonic foundrys NOISE REDUCTION FX ....
i have found better AUDIO using a minidic recorder with the elura.
Samuel Hiser
November 18th, 2002, 04:47 PM
The worst case scenerio happened when I purchased the Elura - my sister had a wedding. SO, I was to film the reception party. Try filming very soft-spoken grandparents in a very loud and musical setting. Next was my trip to Ireland and trying to film Celtic bands in a bar setting. Not gonna happen!!! So I might have to do external audio....we'll see. :(