C300: C300III C500II C200 Microphone Mount
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Jim Feeley
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Not sure these will do what you want, but I like Rycote's InVision/Lyre mounts. If you want to drop the mic below the handle, maybe you could take one of these mounts and flip it upside down. I think it's worth looking into.
https://rycote.com/microphone-windshield-shock-mount/camera-mic-shock-mounts/
Interested in seeing what others suggest and what ends up working for you.
https://rycote.com/microphone-windshield-shock-mount/camera-mic-shock-mounts/
Interested in seeing what others suggest and what ends up working for you.
Run&Gun
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If you have a cage or a 1/4-20 threaded hole, Sony still makes an awesome mic mount that they originally designed for side mounting mics on the bodies of ENG cams and triax handheld bodies. Just take the plate off the post and it’s 1/4-20 threaded. I have one on my F55 for the nat mic.
cyvideo
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+1 Run&Gun took the words out of my mouth. The Sony CAC 12 is very versatile.
I've used them on a number of cameras included mounting them on the side of cheeseplates. Swivel angle, close or further from the body. I've also used 25mm x 3mm alloy strip with four holes drilled through it to mount the CAC-12 unit further back to avoid WA lens issues. Two screws to hold the plate to the camera and two bolt-through holes to mount the CAC-12 further back along the strip. From memory, the holes in the mount are M4 or M5 size. I also seem to recall the center-to-center of the holes is 28mm. To mount them on a cheeseplate I just drilled them out to 1/4" to take 1/4" screws to mount the holder. It lined up perfectly so I assume this 28mm center-to-center must be some kind of standard? What I also did was use slightly longer screws and inserted two rubber grommets between the CAC-12 mounting plate and the camera/viewfinder body or cheeseplate when mounted that way. Got them from my local DIY store. This adds a little more vibration isolation plus the flexibility of the grommets gives the whole mount a bit more 'bump' resistance when moving around. Here is a pic of one I found mounted towards the rear of a cheeseplate. Though in all my cases I have had the CAC-12 pointing downwards to keep the microphone and wooly dog below the top of the camera. Helps the looking around line-of-sight issue over the top of the camera plus it allows to the camera in the case of my FS7 to fit into a lower profile case when the CAC-12 is folded down.
Chris Young
I've used them on a number of cameras included mounting them on the side of cheeseplates. Swivel angle, close or further from the body. I've also used 25mm x 3mm alloy strip with four holes drilled through it to mount the CAC-12 unit further back to avoid WA lens issues. Two screws to hold the plate to the camera and two bolt-through holes to mount the CAC-12 further back along the strip. From memory, the holes in the mount are M4 or M5 size. I also seem to recall the center-to-center of the holes is 28mm. To mount them on a cheeseplate I just drilled them out to 1/4" to take 1/4" screws to mount the holder. It lined up perfectly so I assume this 28mm center-to-center must be some kind of standard? What I also did was use slightly longer screws and inserted two rubber grommets between the CAC-12 mounting plate and the camera/viewfinder body or cheeseplate when mounted that way. Got them from my local DIY store. This adds a little more vibration isolation plus the flexibility of the grommets gives the whole mount a bit more 'bump' resistance when moving around. Here is a pic of one I found mounted towards the rear of a cheeseplate. Though in all my cases I have had the CAC-12 pointing downwards to keep the microphone and wooly dog below the top of the camera. Helps the looking around line-of-sight issue over the top of the camera plus it allows to the camera in the case of my FS7 to fit into a lower profile case when the CAC-12 is folded down.
Chris Young
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Run&Gun
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Thanks for posting the model #, Chris. I meant to post the B&H page link, too, but only posted the pic.
Here is the link, btw.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/49117-REG/Sony_CAC12_CAC_12_Camera_Microphone_Holder.html?sts=pi&pim=Y
But you may wanna check with your regular dealer, too(presuming it’s not B&H) to see if they have them in-stock. When I needed one, mine actually had one sitting in their desk in their office and something like 10 or 20 more in the company.
Here is the link, btw.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/49117-REG/Sony_CAC12_CAC_12_Camera_Microphone_Holder.html?sts=pi&pim=Y
But you may wanna check with your regular dealer, too(presuming it’s not B&H) to see if they have them in-stock. When I needed one, mine actually had one sitting in their desk in their office and something like 10 or 20 more in the company.
puredrifting
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Chris:
Off topic but I love that Aussies refer to the furry windscreen as a "wooly dog". So much more animal friendly
than the gallows humor "dead cat" that we call it here. And I'm a cat lover, but I still find it funny that we call it
something you see when poor kitty doesn't know how to dodge cars in traffic.
Off topic but I love that Aussies refer to the furry windscreen as a "wooly dog". So much more animal friendly
than the gallows humor "dead cat" that we call it here. And I'm a cat lover, but I still find it funny that we call it
something you see when poor kitty doesn't know how to dodge cars in traffic.
Run&Gun
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Continuing down the bath into the dark woods...
And I’m surprised in today’s overly(overly, overly, overly, etc.) sensitive society someone hasn’t started a campaign to stop using colloquial terminology like that. Much like the person in our industry that started a change.org petition a few years ago to stop referring to connectors as ‘male’ and ‘female’.
puredrifting
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Don't get me started. I've never believed in PC colloquialisms, they annoy me beyond belief. If something is truly offensive to a group of people,
because it is dergatory to them, than I would not use that term but when people get so PC as to be annoying and petty, I ignore them and use whatever adjective I like.
cyvideo
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LOL! Woolly dog is a common name for a Dead Cat mic windsock down here. Sometimes you even hear them referred to as a "Dead Possum". We have Possums running around at night quite often during the summer. They run along the fence tops. Drives our cat berserk. Especially if one gets in the roof. The cat runs around totally frustrated going from room to room looking at the ceiling. Quite funny actually
I think wooly windshields look more like Quokkas than a Possum. BTW my wife reckons the cat lets us live in HIS house. She's not far wrong!Chris Young
Possum
Quokka
