Mounting my Rode NT3 on my Canon HF10

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larsypojke

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I'm looking to mount my Rode NT3 on my HF10, in the using the "mini advanced shoe". I have done some searching online, but I don't know how to start with this.

Is there a mic clip I can buy that will fit both the NT3 and "Mini advanced shoe" on the HF10?
 
I don't know of any adapters but I'd suggest you not bother going to a lot of effort to kludge something together, I can't imagine the end result would be worth the trouble. The NT3 is a good mic but it's an awfully big mic to mount on the camera, especially on a compact camera like that one. I'd worry about its weight stressing the hot shoe too much. For it to sound right, the NT3 really needs to be a lot closer to the talent than you're usually going to want to place the camera. It'll sound its best when used from around 8 inches to about 18 inches from the mouth - at most camera working distances it's just going to be too far away to sound right. Mounted on the camera about the only thing it would be useful for would be general background ambience, crowd scenes, and maybe some sorts of concert footage. I think you'd be better off looking into a mic-stand that has a boom arm, a suitable cable, and an appropriate mono XLR to stereo mini adapter such as a Juicedlink.
 
If I was going to be doing interviews with this Mic and Camera setup, do you think that the shotgun VideoMic attached to my camera from say 6 feet away would give good enough sound? A noticeable upgrade from the builtin HF10 sound?

And, will the "Mini Advanced Shoe" on the HF10 hold the VideoMic, or do I need to buy an adapter. The VideoMic says its got a "standard hotshoe fitting"... not sure if thats my HF10 or not.
 
larsypojke said:
If I was going to be doing interviews with this Mic and Camera setup, do you think that the shotgun VideoMic attached to my camera from say 6 feet away would give good enough sound? A noticeable upgrade from the builtin HF10 sound?

And, will the "Mini Advanced Shoe" on the HF10 hold the VideoMic, or do I need to buy an adapter. The VideoMic says its got a "standard hotshoe fitting"... not sure if thats my HF10 or not.
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Depends on what your personal definition of "good enough sound" is. 6 feet is very far away for most mics to perform their best. Contrary to popular belief, shotguns DO NOT work like telephoto lenses for sound. 24 to 36 inches is about the farthest you can expect to be from the subject without starting to experience signifigant loss of quality. The exception might be long shotguns like the Sennheiser MKH70 or Neumann MKR82i which can work out to between about 4 to 8 feet but you're getting into a whole different type of microphone than the Videomic and that cost well over ten times the price as well. Would it be better than the built-in mic? Probably but veru likely the result would still be dissappointing.
 
As Steve said, you really want to "be in the face" of the person talking, when relying on an on-camera mic only.
As far as the mini-hotshoe is concerned, I don´t know, but I´m sure there are adapters for converting to a regular shoesize...
 
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