GH3 GH3 audio features?

Ben_B said:
Ok some news here. I found on the GH3 website references to audio level control and an image that looked a lot like the GH2's level control system (IE: before recording only.)

HOWEVER! I found reference to a silent operation mode (implying that you need it to be quiet because you are recording video) that says that "mic level adjustments" is one of the options that can be moved to the touch screen (as opposed to a dial, button, etc) for silent operation. Now, the only reason you would need silent operation would be while recording video, so this could be a breakthrough here, maybe.

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The sound of the zoom or button operation may be recorded when taking videos. In Silent Operation mode, the zoom*, aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, ISO sensitivity and mic level adjustments are all touch-controlled."


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Lets parse this sentence a bit. Because the sound of the zoom or button operation might be recorded while taking a video, here are the thing that can be placed as touch screen controls. Boom, audio level adjustment and, ISO (if we can change while shooting that's a big deal too!) are on there. So this implies that the camera may be able to change audio levels (and ISO!) while recording since why else would you need silent operation mode to work for these? This, combined with the images showing it does indeed have something somewhat akin to the GH2's audio modes, make me optimistic, but not for sure relieved.


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Just wanna bump this and make sure people got a chance to see it.
 
Of course it's obvious that the headphone jack is a huge improvement. The time lage for the processed audio monitoring is kind of a bummer though. Still it's better than having to monitor my audio from my external Juicedlink box and hoping the sound is actually working right in the camera.

There are conflicting accounts of an XLR adapter for the GH3. In the EOSHD forum yesterday there was an interview with a GH3 engineer who seemed to indicate there was, in fact, no XLR adapter planned. And until we get some actual cameras into our hands we won't really know how well the internal audio preamps work.
 
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