AF100 audio lag?

[Justyn]

Greetings all....


Yesterday I shot my first series of interviews with the AF100.. Previous to that I'd just been goofing around with it and shooting some candid stuff. Well before beginning we switched the setting to the uncompressed audio and went off to Gainesville... One thing that I noticed right off the bat, and the reason for this posting, is that there is a really signifigant sound lag from what I hear with my ears, and what is playing back through the headphone jack. We were feeding both a boom and a Lav and the quality of the recording is great, but the lag is really really annoying. More so for when I had to speak and then heard myself a half a second later... I know that I can push the phones down and or take them off or whatever, but this is really really annoying. I don't have this lag on my HMC150...

So I'm just wondering if this is a quality of the AF100, if there's a setting to correct it, or if it's cause its on the uncompressed setting vs. the compressed....


Overall, very happy with the functionality and the image, but the audio lag was a real bummer.

 

[Barry_Green]

It's exactly the same on the HMC150, and the fix is exactly the same -- go into the menus, find the HP MODE setting, and change it to "LIVE" instead of "RECORDING".

I don't know if the HMC150 ships with "LIVE" as default, but I know the AF100 ships with "RECORDING" as default, and it's quite annoying, you always will want to change it to "LIVE".

 

[Justyn]

Barry.... thanks so much as always... I will change that immediately. Yes the 150 ships with the Live setup and never corrected it or if I did I forgot... I can see the reason for having the distinction.... I'm sure others will benefit from your wisdom on this...


After shooting a lot with the GH2 it was really refreshing to use the AF100. The ergonomics, the much better LCD and I absolutely love the EFV... The most surprising thing though was the focus with red option. That is absolutely the best thing. I was rack focusing so well and its just a super cool option. I still would like to have the push in focusing, but this is a very very cool tool...

I did also realize that my compact tripod won't work with the AF100 due to its fat bottom.... I might need to bring out my fat bottom tripod next time... Such a lovely camera though and it cuts so well with the GH2... That's a great combo for sure....