Re: Microphones by Chris Bryan on Apr 23, 2008 at 3:58:01 am
I'm on a tight budget, so $300 for both would be great. I'm just trying to get a general idea here, and maybe some brand names so that I at least have a starting point for when I am shopping around. Right now it's all chinese to me.
Re: Microphones by Robert Pyke on Apr 26, 2008 at 9:10:49 pm
I'm even newer. My AG-DVX100B has not yet arrived! But I can already tell that I want a handheld wireless mic and a (spot)light for shooting interviews on location without control over the noise and lighting conditions. I am willing to go up to around $500 for each. Any suggestions? Also, by chance I am going to be in New York City this Friday. Which if any of the big stores do you recommend for having a decent range of choices?
Re: Microphones by Chris Bryan on May 1, 2008 at 1:54:29 pm
Thanks for all the help. I was buying a camera and B&H yesterday and I stopped by their audio department. Here's what I found out. Apparently the iRiver that everyone on this forum raves about for audio recording no longer exists. iRiver no longer makes a product with a built in mic input.
Griffin and Belkin make attachment for the iPod with a mic input. However on a 30g iPod with a fully charged battery, you only get about 1.5 hours of recording time before the battery dies.
The salesperson at B&H pointed out the Olympus line of digital audio recorders which all have mic inputs. The cheapest one was $47. The most expensive was a prosumer model around $190.
Re: Microphones by Steve Eisen on May 7, 2008 at 2:23:27 am
Now that you know about iRiver, what does that tell you? Reading all your posts across the forums, I can see that you are looking for the Cheap alternative. Unfortunately, cheap is not the way to go in video production. Get yourself a loan and buy or rent some decent equipment.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
Re: Microphones by Chris Bryan on May 7, 2008 at 3:41:21 am
It tells me that the iRiver is no longer a viable option, however there are other devices that will do the trick. I posted them here, so that other people in a similar situation to myself will not waste time looking for an iRiver that no longer exists.
Throwing money at a problem is not the best course of action when there are other viable solutions. Your financial advice was not asked for nor needed.
If you don't have any constructive advice please don't respond to posts. It's a waste of everyone's time and does not make this forum any more useful.
Re: Microphones by Robert Pyke on May 7, 2008 at 3:59:22 pm
Just to close the loop on my question, I ended up getting an Electro-Voice RE50/B with a Sennheiser SKP100 plug-on transmitter. I think that this is a pretty standard set-up. Anyway, used it in New York City last weekend and it worked great. I discovered that a good way to find out what other people are using, apart from hanging out at B&H, is to hang out in Times Square. Ran into two other little crews. Off the subject of this thread but I am still looking for lighting suggestions. I bought a Litepanels LP-Micro, which is relatively expensive but very light in weight, which is great for indoor and/or close in stuff, but what's a good choice for a moderate cost options that is more like a spot, with a greater throw, but not a humongeous battery pack?
