wind noise, 5d Mark II; any way to minimize it

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Hey, I know the best way to minimize is going to be getting a mic and attaching it to the hot shoe, wired in. But, I'm actually just looking for a down and dirty way to cut down on the noise while I'm away traveling for a week or so. I'm not shooting anything specific, but will be taking travel video as well as photos, so the mic is a bit impractical. So I was wondering, is there anyway to cut down on the wind noise with the internal mic? For instance, has anyone experimented with say a piece of foam, or fabric or something like that? Again, down and dirty...just enough so that when I'm walking around a filming stuff that I don't come home with that obnoxious wind noise ruining what I've shot, at least in terms of audio. Thanks for the help and suggestions!
 
I've wondered about this as well. My tiny Canon Ixus100is takes impressive HD video for a camera smaller than a deck of cards but the wind rumblings are obnoxious. Haven't wondered enough to experiment. However, I'd also like to hear about a quick and dirty way to at least reduce it. No, we're not seeking good audio; just sound without bursts of noise.
 
Yeah, definitely not aiming for pro sound, just cutting down/out that obnoxious noise when the wind kicks up with strong gusts. Maybe I'll experiment with a few things from foam to fabric and see if I can come up with anything. Only problem will be making sure I can catch a windy day to really try it out.
 
You either have to prevent the wind from rumbling across the microphone (by using a wind sock, blimp, Rycote Softie, etc, whatever might fit on your camera) or you can try to fix it in post by chopping out the bass tones, using a graphic equalizer. Use a high-pass filter or low-cut filter and you can get rid of SOME of the rumbling. It won't ever be perfect, like the Softie would make it, but it can be at least improved.

Some cameras have "wind cut" filters in the menus, see if yours offers that option.
 
After about a week of using my camera with a small round band-aid affixed over the microphone hole, I can definitely report an improvement: fewer and less severe wind bursts without any noticeable decline in overall quality. The occasional gust still comes barreling through but even that has been tamed a bit.
 
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