The Sony ECM-CS10 lav mic a good idea for micing the Groom?

[Sithxace]

I got stuck needing a mic lasts second for a wedding tomorrow. I am using dslrs so i am using zooom h1 DVRs. I have a buddy who has a generic and nice sony wireless lav mics. I am definitely worried about wireless and and wanna just have a wired lav go to the recorder in the grooms pocket. The Sony ECM-CS10 is a directional wired lav mic. Does anyone have any experience with this mic or know if the directional lav will pick up both the bride and groom?

Thanks,
Sean

 

[Gregg Juke]

Omni's are usually used for thet sort of thing... If you have to go with a directional mike, try positioning it "center" (somehow getting groom and bride), and make sure you are getting respectable gain.

If you have any kind of post-production software, you can bring the volume of the bride's voice up to match that of the groom, if there are any problems.

GJ

 

[Alex H.]

Anything but omni is going to fail you. Even just on the groom it won't be very good. As soon as he turns his head just a little, he'll be off-axis and his voice will drop off a bit.

Also, there's been a recent discussion on the idea of the lav and pocket recorder as opposed to wireless. You can read that thread HERE. A good wireless system can be rented for a very reasonable day rate, by the way.