A better stereo mic for the 5D?

[cd_albert]

I have the Rode Stereo Video Mic for the 5D but it has that annoying high noise floor issue. Do you guys know of a better Stereo mic?

I know the new Rode Video Mike Pro has +20db switch to work with the 5D but I need stereo.

Cheers, Chris

 

[bkling]

I have the Rode Stereo Video Mic for the 5D but it has that annoying high noise floor issue. Do you guys know of a better Stereo mic?

I know the new Rode Video Mike Pro has +20db switch to work with the 5D but I need stereo.

Cheers, Chris

Rode has stereo video mic. Good quality and cost around 200+. I owned 2 of them and use it for 5d mk ii. I like it a lot.

 

[tom_wise]

I chose and like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-MK...cal-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1320281991&sr=1-2

 

[mr bill]

I have the Rode Stereo Video Mic for the 5D but it has that annoying high noise floor issue. Do you guys know of a better Stereo mic?

I know the new Rode Video Mike Pro has +20db switch to work with the 5D but I need stereo.

Cheers, Chris

I don't think it's the mic that has the annoying noise floor.

 

[sandisfield]

Just out of curiosity, why does one put a mic on a camera? You can't get dialogue that way (that's what sound guys and their kit is for). Isn't the mic in the camera good enough?

 

[cd_albert]

Mr Bill: I agree it's the camera, but the mic needs to put out a high db signal to help out the 5D's wishy washy pre-amps. The new rode mono mike as a +20db setting for this.

 

[Taky]

RODE Stereo mic is for recording ambiance sound and hi fidelity music. You should consider a mono shot gun mic that reject side and rear noise.

There're also people like to mount a Zoom H4n to record to SD card to sync separately at post.

 

[cd_albert]

The show I shoot for requires stereo, my main problem is the noise floor, a hiss under the audio that is caused by the mic not sending a high enough signal to the 5D I'm told.

 

[sandisfield]

What does the Production Mixer on the show say? Is he cool with their using an on-camera mic (a Rode, no less) to get the audio?

On the shows I mixed for we used on-camera mics but only for B-roll, etc. In any case, I've never heard of a sound guy using a Rode. I think they've become popular largely because camera guys recommend them to each other.

 

[gonzo_entertainment]

Typically you record mono and then "create" the stereo effect in post. I've never seen a stereo mic used on set for any purpose other than (as noted above) ambient sound.

 

[Taky]

what do you mean by the "create the stereo effect" ?

 

[gonzo_entertainment]

Caveat, not an audio guy, I just know what my audio guy does,
Dialogue is basically NEVER recorded in stereo for films. It's always mono. You duplicate the track putting one in each channel (L & R) then you make them sound slightly different with modulation, slight phase shift, something like that. Then if the scene calls for it (one person is way left of frame one is way right of frame) you can slightly pan for each one to make it slightly off center in the direction you need it to be. For TV they may (in g=fact I think they do) do it different. Yu do it that way in film because cutting between different angles and closeups would be totally buggered if the dialogue was moving around left and right out of your control.

 

[Taky]

Thanks for the info. =)