Lou, Are you able to supply a CD or tape of the concert? I'd love to hear it on my system. regards, Ken fritz. On Dec 19, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Lou Judson wrote: > As a live sound mixer who is often called pon to provide a sound > feed to performers' cameras, any cmera with no LINE level input is > a toy to me. I refuse to carry the extra gear it would take to send > mic level to a video - if they don't bring professional gear just > use your own mic! > > A mic level input on a minijack is a poor source to use in my > opinion. But then, I have no desire to see talking heads at a > conference anywa, even less poerpoint, all I need is a good speaker > talking intelligently! But that is taste maybe. > > Here's an example of a live music two-camera shoot with my stereo > line feed to one of the cameras: > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuaq_-hl0HE&feature=player_embedded#!> > > pardon me for bragging, even if you don't like the music. But mic > inputs only are inadequate. > > <L> > > On Dec 19, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Michael Biel wrote: > > Unless you can sync the zoom's audio to the video, the use of a > camera without external mics is useless to record a conference > presentation or anything else where you must get the microphones up > close to the speaker or performers. A camera without mic imputs is > useless except for home movies of the kids or sighseeing. You > don't make a video of a speech to see the speaker, you do it to > HEAR him, and maybe also SECONDARILY to see him. > > Check out the new line of Canon cameras, some of which have mic > inputs. Anything that doesn't have mic inputs is a toy. > > Mike Biel [log in to unmask]