Recent content by SteveD

Hello all, I still find myself using my HMC40 and still think it's great. Here's my question: I'll be recording more college student presentations from the back of the auditorium. I've used a shotgun mike the past few years and it's just OK. The AV guy said he could run me a long XLR cable...

Well, I had some fun this weekend since I volunteered to record a music festival at a local pioneer village living museum. This was the first I’ve run-and-gun so much with this little camera. Also remember this is a hobby – I’m no pro and it shows! https://vimeo.com/44304647 What I...

Tomorrow I will be shooting our college senior design presentations, where I teach. It is one single project, but each student speaks for 5-8 minutes regarding their portion of the project. Total time is maybe 60 minutes, followed by a short break, then another 60 minutes. Here's my question...

Hi to all -- great forum here I've learned a lot. I'm no pro, but starting to explore this camera as a serious hobby. My camera is one week old. I can capture clips and play straight from the camera via HDMI cable to our HDTV. The camera has a Panasonic 16GB class 10 SDHC card (maybe...