I use the sennheiser mke400 mini-shotgun with the same camcorder and same 1/8" input with no problem. The battery power is okay. The mixer is something I've considered. Thanks for the feedback.
Unfamiliar w/ the Azden lavs but, assuming it has an internal power supply, could be as simple as a dying battery. Have you used other non-powered mics w/ this cam w/o a problem? If that's not it, possibly an impedance issue and you might be able ...
I don't know what the problem would be but I suspect it might have something to do with mono plugs in stereo jacks.... or vice versa? The Vixia will take any audio signal and run it hot on auto gain, so the output from a wireless mic should be ple...
I'm shooting with a Vixia HFS100 with the 1/8" external audio port and picking up very little sound when using the Azden 305/35 wireless lavalier. When using the same mic with an xlr connection on my audio recorder the sound is fine. Do I need som...
Hi Mike - Welcome and I hope your experience goes well! Video can be a huge time suck and I hope you start out with small ambitions and work up. If you've been doing SoundSlides, you should do ok. The secret is how you shoot stuff, and not in what...
Where to start....I'm completely new to video, I'm in the market for something compact, but that features decent inputs/outputs for audio. I work at a small paper and our budget is pretty limited at the moment. I will need to be shooting both stil...