Comments on: Video Cameras

By: greg

greg — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:04:20 +0000

Hi Dave

This is Greg again from LifeInThePhils.com

I bought the Canon 960 from your recommendation because it has an audio input.

I also bought the Azden remote microphone kit that works great as well.

Right now Im learning how to use it all. Next week we are lining up our lady spokes models for our clothing line.
It should be fun selecting them and shooting the video (poolside)

Take care
Greg

By: iGoByDoc

iGoByDoc — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:37:08 +0000

Thanks for the link. Looks like from my research that Sennheiser seems to be pretty high end.

Any recommendations on more entry level wireless mic systems?

Thanks again Dave

Doc

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:24:14 +0000

@iGoByDoc – I cover the microphone I use here…it’s available with both wireless lapel and wireless hand held mics:

http://webvideouniversity.com/podcast/video/2009/01/09/wvu-20-the-equipment-i-use/

By: iGoByDoc

iGoByDoc — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:09:49 +0000

Hello Dave,

AWESOME site! Was just sent your link by a buddy of mine, and I can not wait to dig in!

Just watched your Cannon HF S10 review, and I think that is the camera I want to go with.

Question: What mic wireless mic / system do you recommend for this camera. I plan on using the camera for on location reporting style video podcasts. If it was just me, a lapel mic may work, but I am also looking for a mic I can use during interviews, and it is possible these interviews could be in a noisy situation. So some sort of a directional mic, maybe handheld stick style.

Any recommendations?

Again, awesome site!

Doc

By: John Easton

John Easton — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:17:12 +0000

Dave,

You are one of the few marketers speaking to the novice market about video who is truly giving valuable and useful advice. Thank you for advancing the user community.

A correction regarding TV news crews. You will almost never see a broadcast TV camera crew using a Cannon camera. The preferred lense for an ENG rig is cannon but the cams are typically pro sony or panasonic DVC pro.

A great sony cam for web users is the old Sony DSR TRV 900. It is 3 chip, great lense, manual and auto controls and external mic input/headphone output to moinitor sound all in a small footprint. It has identical image quality to the newer sony prosumer cams but smaller and available at great prices on eBay (built like a tank).

Hope this info helps the community…

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:34:39 +0000

@Todd – All do except the Flips. The only Flip-style camera (currently) that has an auxiliary mic jack is the Kodak Zi-8.

By: Mata

Mata — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:47:32 +0000

Todd,

the s11 have that abillity.

By: Todd Herman

Todd Herman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:02:52 +0000

Hey Dave,

Which of these has the ability to have an external mic (lavaliere)??

Thanks

By: Mata

Mata — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:14:38 +0000

Hi, I am new here and I am from Portugal. I have a new canon s11, and i use a IMac with imovie9.

Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

I am importing with Imovie 9 and my movies are all with trails and jagged lines.

Is it from my camera or from imovie9 ? In fact when I see the movie directly in a tv I don´t see jagged lines.

Does hf s11 have problems with imovie9 or vice versa?
best regards

Miguel Mata

By: Lynn

Lynn — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:27:02 +0000

I was browsing on Amazon and noticed a Sony camera model Sony HVR-HD1000U – price is in the ballpark and it has that big look you might want just for show Scott. I’m not sure what Dave’s take on that model is but I just ran across it and it looks like it could work for tripod and walking.