Mic On DVX100B - Is It As Bad As I Think It Is ?

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vittoriostoraro

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I am a new DVX100B user.

Is it just me or is the mic on the camera just terrible ....

Hollow sounding with an odd very slight echo...

Joseph
 
mine never woked...audio levels register fine and normal...but actual sound recording sound HOT and DISTORTED ARGGGG....i just conected a shot gun mile and forgot about the problem
 
I love the internal mic on my dvx. I don't understand why everyone insists on buying additional mics to attach to the cam when there is one built in!:laugh:

JK. The internal mic sucks monkey balls. Then those same monkeys scratch you in the face and smear their monkey poop in the open wound. It's really, almost exactly like that.
 
I think its quite good for a built in mic IMO. Sure beats the mics on other cameras that i have owned. even though i rarely use it.
 
It really depends on what you're trying to record. No mic will work best in all situations. If you trying to record dialog, for example, proximity to the sound source is crucial. A mediocre mic that is properly placed will likely get better results than the best mic mounted on a camera across the room. In most cases, a built-in mic represents a significant compromise. I suggest that you visit the audio forum and read through the "Top Ten" sticky.
-Dan
 
As said above, the DVX actually has a fairly good built-in mic (as far as built-in mics go). For any real work, you're going to want to use something else, however.
 
The mic itself is fine for what it is.

Problem is, what it is (an omnidirectional on-camera mic) is rarely ever what you want.

Try recording audio with the mic two inches away from the subject, and you'll find that it sounds just fine. All mics work best closer to the source.

And no mic of any type works best ten or fifteen or thirty feet away from the source. All on-camera mics are lousy from that perspective -- not that the mics themselves are bad, but in that it's very difficult to perform decently when so far away from the source of the sound. And being an omnidirectional mic makes it even worse because it will pick up reverb and echo.

So -- in short -- don't use any type of on-camera mic if you want quality audio.
 
The guys who did Undercut, a short film that got nominated for a MTV Movie Award, used the on camera mic, and it sounded allright. Much better than I thought the onboard mic would sound.

But it was good enough and clear enough so that it didn't stop them from being one of two filmmakers in college that were considered for the award.

Great film by the way. Check it out at http://www.thestuntpeople.com

Steve Reedy is a crazy cinematographer/director for fight scenes. We're always talking about good stabilizers, tripods, dollys, big audio, and he's making wonderful stuff with just a DVX and imagination (and a jib for like, three shots)
 
Well in my own experience...my mic really blows....not even for a run and gun or family event recording were the audio is not that important. I found 3 other guys in this forum with the same problem and we never figured out what was wrong other than we just have a sucky batch of mics.

Panasonic recommended that I send back the cam for testing...but I truly can't afford to be without it...plus there is no exact timeframe as to when I would have it back. I alredy had horrible expericences with Sony and JVC sending my cams for repair and then waiting forever to get it back. I have never dealt with Panasonic...but I do not beieve in "the 3rd time is the charm"
 
oh yeah i forgot..the problem is.......
i can record a guy 1 to 5 feet away with the onbiard mic.....the levels read normal but the audio records as if the talent was covering the mic with the palms of his hands and screamng bloody murder.......

truly weird.......
 
I'd only use the onboard mic in a pinch. It picks up everything -- hand movement on the camera, the sound of you clicking the ND filter. Fuggetabout using it. You will have to pop for a decent on camera shotgun, then get really close to your subject. I use the much-debated, sometimes hated Sennheiser ME66 and it works good enough for stuff that I get broadcast on major cable TV channels. I tend to zoom the lens wide, then get really close to my subject (not the most flattering portrait situation, but it gets you within 3 feet) and it does a great job. You WILL have to buy some mics.
 
Is everyone on this thread crazy? I love the onboard mic, someone said it's omnidirectional(wrong) which would mean that both sides would pick up the same thing which defeats the purpose of stereo. I find it GREAT for recording ambience and for run and gun in some situations where you won't be clicking the ND filter and your really close to the subject. I recorded a full band set and the sound came out much better than I thought it would, actually better than a mix straight out of the soundboard(I was stationary dead center behind the crowd).
 
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