Rode Wireless Lav straight into DSLR

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jrod81

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I currently have a t2i but will soon be purchasing a 7d2 or gh4...
I'm simply wondering if the new RODE filmmaker lav wireless can be put directly into the camera or if i will still need to run it into an audio recorder like the Zoom H1 first???
 
jrod81 said:
I currently have a t2i but will soon be purchasing a 7d2 or gh4...
I'm simply wondering if the new RODE filmmaker lav wireless can be put directly into the camera or if i will still need to run it into an audio recorder like the Zoom H1 first???
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From what I can see online it should be able to go direct to the camera if you wish. The reason for sending audio through a recorder is not because of incompatibilities with the camera input; it's because most DSLRs and similar still/video cameras have POC audio recording, suitable only for a scratch track. The recorder is in the loop to record the actual audio that you use, the split to the camera is to record a sync reference track on the video to use to sync the production audio to the video during post. If your camera's audio otherwise sounds good enough to use as production sound for your purposes you should be able to take the mic direct to the camera external input without first going through a recorder-as-preamp.
 
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It should be noted that straight-to-DSLR more often than not leaves absolutely no confidence monitoring of the recorded sound. So, if you like to fly blindfolded and without a safety net...

Using a dual-system setup gives you the ability to monitor the audio as it records to the external recorder, so even if something gets screwed up in-camera there is still a clean track.
 
Alex H... though maybe not the perfect solution, the 7dii and the gh4 and the a7 (and probably other cameras) finally have a headphone jack for monitoring
 
It's common knowledge, most DSRL's audio quality is pretty awful, even if the source is pristine. Maybe ok for some b-roll though.
 
Hi jrod, I own a rode filmmaker set and a lumix g6, it fits, just put the 3,5mm jack in the microphone/line in and voila. You can adjust the levels in the camera.
Another way around is into zoom, from zoom to camera.
lavalier/filmmaker/zoom/lumix, the zoom has an line out as youknow.
 
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