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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Perfect Epic scratch track mic?...

Be warned that what you get with a $99 mic is the sound of a cheap mic. "Reference" or not, it sounds like crap.

I continue to be sad by people who use a $40,000 camera and want to know which under-$100 mic to use with it. This is like buying a Ferrari and saying, "hey, what are the cheapest tires I can buy for it? And anybody have a good recommendation for the cheapest possible gas?" Jesus christ... :nonod:
 
Marc

Is your point directed at me?

A £100 mic sitting next to a dragon fan, on the front of the camera, grabbing a scratch track will be bettered by what in the same position...?.

The DPA mic sitting on the talent fed into a Zaxcom wireless system and the 8060 on the boom fed by a cable into a Nomad will stay put... But neither negate my desire to put something on the front ..

Michael L
 
Michael Lindsay said:
Marc

Is your point directed at me?

A £100 mic sitting next to a dragon fan, on the front of the camera, grabbing a scratch track will be bettered by what in the same position...?.

The DPA mic sitting on the talent fed into a Zaxcom wireless system and the 8060 on the boom fed by a cable into a Nomad will stay put... But neither negate my desire to put something on the front ..

Michael L
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Hi Michael,

have you tried the ERX's timecode and audion feed option. I find it works a treat.

Thank you very much

Fury
 
Michael Lindsay said:
A £100 mic sitting next to a dragon fan, on the front of the camera, grabbing a scratch track will be bettered by what in the same position...?.
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It would be bettered by a decent mic in the right position. Let me put it to you this way: would you rather use a 2000mm zoom lens to get a close-up of an actor, or would you rather use a 50mm prime lens and bring the camera closer? It's just a question of using the right tool for the job.

I have no problem with people in dangerous documentary or news situations using a shock-mounted shotgun mic on top of the camera, because that's the only way to get sound in run and gun situations. But pretending that a tiny mic sitting by a fan is useful for anything is silly. Even for slate claps, it's not going to be useful if the camera is too far away. Hiring a decent soundman and feeding a wireless feed into the camera works fine. In fact, if you slave the sound recorder and camera together, you don't even have to worry about the claps -- the timecode will sync everything automatically, done correctly. I would still rather have the clap just to confirm sync is perfect. But even PluralEyes works better when it doesn't have to fight tons of noise in finding a clap signal.

I continue to believe it's very sad to use a $99 lav mic strapped on a $40,000 camera, and it just shows the degree of disrespect sound has by many ignorant camera crews. "Good enough" rarely is, in the grand scheme of things.
 
Marc Wielage said:
Let me put it to you this way: would you rather use a 2000mm zoom lens to get a close-up of an actor, or would you rather use a 50mm prime lens and bring the camera closer? It's just a question of using the right tool for the job.
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That would depend on the situation of the scene, and what I wanted the BG / FG to look like. So yes the super long zoom is sometimes the right tool for the job. Luckily most of my shoots are MOS, and I don't have to deal with sound anymore, other than a scratch track where I leave notes to the editor. (and this mic would work perfectly for that)
 
[Olympus ME 52W] Incredibly light weight (in sound quality too!) - but useful for FCPX software to Sync to.

I am hoping the Weapon up the ante with (half speculation) something built in below the lens mount.

AJ
 
Waiting for some bits to make it work.... I am excited by the possibilities and I am amazed by how forward thinking all the zaxcom stuff is..

I believe there is also some mods to take out the voloume pot and replace is with a Lemo or BNC for TC. I may buy another one and get it moded. Have you used a modded one?

Nick Fury said:
Hi Michael,

have you tried the ERX's timecode and audion feed option. I find it works a treat.

Thank you very much

Fury
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Michael Lindsay said:
Waiting for some bits to make it work.... I am excited by the possibilities and I am amazed by how forward thinking all the zaxcom stuff is..

I believe there is also some mods to take out the voloume pot and replace is with a Lemo or BNC for TC. I may buy another one and get it moded. Have you used a modded one?
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Hi Michael,

I have heard tell that one can do this, but the cost of the split custom cable, being <1/3 of the ERX (minus the mod) just didn't really appeal to me. I have to say that RED and Zaxcom worked well together to allow the 23.98 TC issue that was present a bit (no pun intended) ago to synch up just fine. If you want to try that and need a cable source, PM me. Be sure to set output to 2.0 volts and have current camera firmware and 1.33 for the ERX.

Thank you very much

Fury
 
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