AC90: Purchase Nikon D800 or AC90??

The question I would ask is: why does the OP want to connect a Zoom recorder to the AC-90?

If it's to use as a mic... well, the AC-90 has a built-in mic already.

If it's to record from the AC-90... why? You could deal with that in post.

Maybe I'm missing something.
 
Mike Beckett said:
The question I would ask is: why does the OP want to connect a Zoom recorder to the AC-90?

If it's to use as a mic... well, the AC-90 has a built-in mic already.

If it's to record from the AC-90... why? You could deal with that in post.

Maybe I'm missing something.
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At times I will be interviewing people approx 6ft away and wasn't sure if the AC90 on-board mic can maintain a clean sound.
I currently own a H2N that I use with my Nikon P7700 and my thought process was to connect the H2N directly to the AC90 with an
adapter so I could eliminate the "sync in post process"

I was even considering selling my H2N for the H4N or a $200 compatible shotgun mic.

I'm still new to video and still learning...
 
What would be better for low light AF100, Ac90, or the new Canon G20?
I would like to match the great low light quality of the HMC150.
Thank you
 
bfrazierimages said:
At times I will be interviewing people approx 6ft away and wasn't sure if the AC90 on-board mic can maintain a clean sound.
I currently own a H2N that I use with my Nikon P7700 and my thought process was to connect the H2N directly to the AC90 with an
adapter so I could eliminate the "sync in post process"

I was even considering selling my H2N for the H4N or a $200 compatible shotgun mic.

I'm still new to video and still learning...
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Ah. Got it. So you're not necessarily using the H2N as a recorder, but more as a mic?

Okay, this makes more sense. No, you don't really want to be doing that. What you'd ideally be doing is using some long XLR cables, 10' cables would do, to a high quality hypercardioid microphone on a stand. Don't use the on-camera microphone, you want a mic as close to the subject as reasonably possible.

In super-simple terms, a shotgun is mainly for outdoors, for indoors interviewing what you'd want would be a hypercardioid. The Oktava MK012 is a great mic for low cost and high quality. There may be newer mics on the market that someone might recommend, but if nobody does, I'd say look at the Oktava.
 
ok, I also wasnt sure what you were wanting to do. So everyones experinse is different with mics. I also do interviews musicans, complete bands etc. I use a few different ways, if I have an interviewer with I use a Shure stage mic 98, so it wont pick up external noise much. When alone I use 2 mics, 1 Audio-Technics AT2035 out of frame, and 1 Sony UWP-V1. Then a pair of headphones so I can hear what my mics are picking up. No mater what mic you use, always wear headphones and set your levels.
 
bfrazierimages said:
At times I will be interviewing people approx 6ft away and wasn't sure if the AC90 on-board mic can maintain a clean sound.
I currently own a H2N that I use with my Nikon P7700 and my thought process was to connect the H2N directly to the AC90 with an
adapter so I could eliminate the "sync in post process"

I was even considering selling my H2N for the H4N or a $200 compatible shotgun mic.

I'm still new to video and still learning...
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Aha, it makes sense now. I see a number of options at the cheaper end.

1. Use the Zoom with its built-in mic on a stand of some sort right next to the interviewee, and synch with the AC90's built-in audio in your editing software, using something like PluralEyes. It might be OK, it might not... depends on how good the Zoom mics are.
2. Buy a lav mic and run it direct to the camera using an extension lead.
3. Buy a lav mic and plug it directly into the Zoom, and synch in post

The lav mic could be a $30 Audio-Technica type with 3.5mm connector, or something beefier like the Rode Lav Mic ($200-ish, I think).

#2 is good because you can monitor the audio with headphones and adjust as required
#3 needs extra work in post, and you can't adjust the audio easily

What I'm saying is, you could get acceptable audio using a cheap lav mic plugged into your existing Zoom, and do a bit of synch in post, or run an extension lead, and get pretty good results.

If the interviews are stand-up, news-style, then this might be too much hassle, and a handheld mic as others have described may be more practical. At the budget end, it could be worth going for something like the Rode Reporter: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/904403-REG/Rode_Reporter_Omnidirectional_Interview_Mic.html
 
Barry_Green said:
Ah. Got it. So you're not necessarily using the H2N as a recorder, but more as a mic?

Okay, this makes more sense. No, you don't really want to be doing that. What you'd ideally be doing is using some long XLR cables, 10' cables would do, to a high quality hypercardioid microphone on a stand. Don't use the on-camera microphone, you want a mic as close to the subject as reasonably possible.

In super-simple terms, a shotgun is mainly for outdoors, for indoors interviewing what you'd want would be a hypercardioid. The Oktava MK012 is a great mic for low cost and high quality. There may be newer mics on the market that someone might recommend, but if nobody does, I'd say look at the Oktava.
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Thanks for the advice on mic's.....In the event I wanted to shoot a documentary or even a very short short film would I need to purchase
a separate shotgun microphone to be placed on camera or boom pole or could the Oktava handle the task.
 
Mike Beckett said:
Aha, it makes sense now. I see a number of options at the cheaper end.

1. Use the Zoom with its built-in mic on a stand of some sort right next to the interviewee, and synch with the AC90's built-in audio in your editing software, using something like PluralEyes. It might be OK, it might not... depends on how good the Zoom mics are.
2. Buy a lav mic and run it direct to the camera using an extension lead.
3. Buy a lav mic and plug it directly into the Zoom, and synch in post

The lav mic could be a $30 Audio-Technica type with 3.5mm connector, or something beefier like the Rode Lav Mic ($200-ish, I think).

#2 is good because you can monitor the audio with headphones and adjust as required
#3 needs extra work in post, and you can't adjust the audio easily

What I'm saying is, you could get acceptable audio using a cheap lav mic plugged into your existing Zoom, and do a bit of synch in post, or run an extension lead, and get pretty good results.

If the interviews are stand-up, news-style, then this might be too much hassle, and a handheld mic as others have described may be more practical. At the budget end, it could be worth going for something like the Rode Reporter: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/904403-REG/Rode_Reporter_Omnidirectional_Interview_Mic.html
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Thanks Mike I was considering the Sennheiser MD46 cardiod mic and hopefully add the Sennheiser wireless Lav system in the future to complete the kit
 
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