Banlanced audio for Canon A1

[dimejaguar02]

Ok, here's the the deal........I just purchase my A1 and made the big mistake to buy a cheapo shotgun mic with a 1/4" phone plug. I know, i know...........so I tried pluging it to a female 1/4" phone plug to Male XLR adapter they sell on ebay, right. then I plugged it to a 25' XLR cable and then to my A1 am still getting audio noise. so.............is there any way on earth I can make that 1/4" Mono shotgun mic to give me balanced audio for my A1?????:crybaby: I mean, i know the easiest solution would be to buy a shotgun mic with a XLR connenction, but since I already have this mic......might as well give it a try, right? Please if anybody knows the trick on eliminating audio noise from mono microphones and long cables over 25' !!!

 

[Huy Vu]

Can't, it's the nature of unbalanced cable. Running long cables introduce interferences that the cable doesn's canceled out. The only way is to mount the mic on your camera with a shorter cable.