Ianscreations
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Tonight I was running a two camera shootof a talk tonight. Both GH3s. Each with it's own mic input.
Everything checked out fine during setup and tests in standby mode.
When the event was about to start, I hit "record" on the cameras. I then took my headphones over to each camera and plugged them in. I COULDNT HEAR anything out of the headphone jack. The audio meter was showing levels, but I couldn't hear a single thing on either camera.
I couldn't stop recording and troubleshoot because of the talk and needed to just trust the levels were indicating audio was working.
After the talk, I immediately stopped recording. I could then hear out of the microphones again. I did a series of tests and realized:
If you hit record FIRST and then plug in your headphones, you won't be able to hear!!!! Very annoying.
In other words, make sure you headphones are always plugged in BEFORE hitting record!
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On a side note, I noticed a quick way to bring up the display without touching the screen or messing with the lens or shutter....Simply rotate the dial (as if you are changing headphone volume). One single rotate will bring up the display. A nice way to bring this up without messing with worrying about changing focus, zoom length, or pressing the shutter to far.
Everything checked out fine during setup and tests in standby mode.
When the event was about to start, I hit "record" on the cameras. I then took my headphones over to each camera and plugged them in. I COULDNT HEAR anything out of the headphone jack. The audio meter was showing levels, but I couldn't hear a single thing on either camera.
I couldn't stop recording and troubleshoot because of the talk and needed to just trust the levels were indicating audio was working.
After the talk, I immediately stopped recording. I could then hear out of the microphones again. I did a series of tests and realized:
If you hit record FIRST and then plug in your headphones, you won't be able to hear!!!! Very annoying.
In other words, make sure you headphones are always plugged in BEFORE hitting record!
----
On a side note, I noticed a quick way to bring up the display without touching the screen or messing with the lens or shutter....Simply rotate the dial (as if you are changing headphone volume). One single rotate will bring up the display. A nice way to bring this up without messing with worrying about changing focus, zoom length, or pressing the shutter to far.
