Capturing audio with DVX100?

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Hey,

Was talking with my DP and she said she would recommend against capturing audio directly within camera. Has anyone done this successfully?

Or do most here use a field recorder? Also, what about a field mixer? What does one cost?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[SadMax]

You mean, she recommends against "single system" (recording audio tracks to the same mini-dv tape as the video track) and wants to go "double system" (a separate audio recorder recording on its own tapes)?

Worked a DVX shoot a couple years ago where they had a sound recordist with his own mixer and DAT recorder. Sound was lousy (which is not an indictment of double-system recording per se, but why bother?)

Double-system recording means you have to maintain synch between camera and audio recorder, or accept a certain amount of drift which will have to be corrected on your timeline when you post.

Maybe this is more of a matter for your sound recordist to advise on, than your DP.