Hey everyone! If you're a DSLR shooter I want to hear about your audio set up. Do you use a field recorder/lav combo or DSLR mounted shotgun microphone?
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I use a zoom for audio then synch in post.
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shooting narrative, we have a sound-guy almost always. It's always double system with slates, though we often run wireless reference audio to the camera so the audio guy can "slate" as well. their recorders/mixers/mics vary guy to guy/project to project.
Always keep your audio away from the body when shooting DSRL when you can! Body noise is no bueno!
If the actors are near to the camera, you also can use dslr mounted shotgun microphone.
I use a Juiced Linked Riggy Micro. It seems to be one of the best out there for DSLR recorded straight to the camera.
Used a nice mic with boom straight into my T4i, wasn't too bad, not great but pretty clean.
Like Caleb I prefer working with a sound guy or as one when someone else uses the camera. I also record on DSLR mounted shotgun too as backup.
For my recent feature, I disabled the auto gain on my 5D3 and then ran either the receiver for the lav or the shotgun through a Beachtek pre-amp. It has phantom power for the shotgun. I'm pretty meticulous about levels yet found the noise level in the native recordings pushing the edge of acceptability. An external 24-bit uncompressed recorder would be my preference. As stated above Plural Eyes is a great sync tool.
Our sound guy couldn't make it to an important day of filming that couldn't be rescheduled this Saturday and Sunday, so I'm bringing my digital multi-track recorder, a boom mic stand and mic. The cameraguy has a DSLR but I'm bringing my bloggie and camera stand too for a promo video and the blog. Might use the audio recorder in my laptop too as back-up. Do what works.
I use a wireless sennheiser mic and a lapel plus Rode NT2 boom set up with XLR to mini jack.
i use a boom and wireless lav to record to an app on my iPhone that has a built in mixer which I can use to clean up the sound. Easy for a one man operation because I can operate my sound equipment and camera myself
It really depends on what you're shooting. If you're doing run-n-gun, or really anything other than a film I would much rather use in-camera audio. It would be a waste of money to hire a sound guy for many projects. The Juicedlink makes a low-noise pre-amp which has a cleaner signal to noise than a Zoom H4n. Plus, you can just start editing right away and won't have to worry about syncing audio. Also, if you have many small clips, sometimes Plural Eyes doesn't respond correctly, even in the new version. At least that's been my experience with both Version 2 & 3. Check out the comparisons of many options out there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKVeBqhXMvM
I use my 550D with magic lantern and a rode video mic either on-camera or on a boom.
99p Low cost mic option for DSLR's with manual audio control - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnxYXWjvJQU