Steve33825
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I have a Canon HV20 camera, Sony MDR 7506 headphones, and a Canon ATR55 Shotgun Mic w/ windshield. I was doing a test shoot with my equipment yesterday and noticed two issues.
1) Buzzing... I think I may have solved this problem but want to make sure. I had my Mic mounted to the top of the camera and plugged into the mic port on the camera, I had my headphones attached to the headphone port on the camera. Each time I attach the mic, I hear buzzing in one ear but not the other, HOWEVER... I can get rid of it by simply going to AV/Phones in the Camera's set-up and switch it from AV to Phones, then the buzzing goes away. No problem. It's just that I have to keep doing this every time I record something with the mic. Mind you, even with the buzzing, this DOESN'T affect my recordings at all for some reason (thank God). I just wanted to check if this was normal, that's all.
2) I can't seem to find a way around this one. The volume in my left headphone is louder than the right. Once again, this doesn't affect the recording at all. I checked the volume on the camera and everything, I can't seem to fix it. I thought it was the headphones but then I plugged the very same headphones into my ipod and both sides work perfectly so I don't get it.
These two problems aside, my test shoot went extremely well. The sound quality was excellent and the issues mentioned above had no effect on the actual recording. We tested it in a living room and in a hallway, my friend had me speak loud, normal, and whisper while standing some 20 feet down the hall from him/the camera. My whisper was picked up nice and clear, it was amazing.
1) Buzzing... I think I may have solved this problem but want to make sure. I had my Mic mounted to the top of the camera and plugged into the mic port on the camera, I had my headphones attached to the headphone port on the camera. Each time I attach the mic, I hear buzzing in one ear but not the other, HOWEVER... I can get rid of it by simply going to AV/Phones in the Camera's set-up and switch it from AV to Phones, then the buzzing goes away. No problem. It's just that I have to keep doing this every time I record something with the mic. Mind you, even with the buzzing, this DOESN'T affect my recordings at all for some reason (thank God). I just wanted to check if this was normal, that's all.
2) I can't seem to find a way around this one. The volume in my left headphone is louder than the right. Once again, this doesn't affect the recording at all. I checked the volume on the camera and everything, I can't seem to fix it. I thought it was the headphones but then I plugged the very same headphones into my ipod and both sides work perfectly so I don't get it.
These two problems aside, my test shoot went extremely well. The sound quality was excellent and the issues mentioned above had no effect on the actual recording. We tested it in a living room and in a hallway, my friend had me speak loud, normal, and whisper while standing some 20 feet down the hall from him/the camera. My whisper was picked up nice and clear, it was amazing.
