Camcorder Mic Tests – Canon HF200 Rode Stereo Videomic
by Digital Camera Reviews on Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 25 Comments
Various camcorder microphone tests including external microphones. Camcorder audio: 48 khz stereo 256 kbps ac3. Camcorder video: 1920 x 1080i AVCHD H.264. Rendered audio: Uncompressed 48 khz stereo PCM. Rendered video: 1280 x 720 xvid, Quantizer 4.00, HDTV profile. Edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition. All audio and video filters have been disabled. “Danse Macabre” arrangement by Kevin macleod of www.incompetech.com . Sound room by Codell Audio of http . Sound source consists of a Naim CD player and preamp/amplifier, and a pair of Harbeth speakers. The room itself is dead silent. Any hissing sound you hear comes from the camcorder and the microphone.
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Thanks for your advice! Will check those items out…. Cheers!
In that case, get yourself a Behringer UCA-202 USB interface, which has proper RCA inputs on it. I use that along with a Behringer mini mixer and a Shure SM58 microphone to record my narrations. Works great, and doesn’t cost too much.
I used Manual Mic level control with the sensitivity turned almost all the way down…. I say almost maybe not enough
The Instruments seem to be fine its just certain frequencies in the singers voice which seem to be the most disturbing. Bit more experimentation may need to be done before investing in the microphone.
Might be morth worthwhile investing in a laptop and recording off the mixing desk
I haven’t had the chance to try it out yet, so I’m not entirely certain if it will help. The mic does have a -10dB attenuator switch, so that MIGHT help cut down on the distortion at loud concerts.
I say “might” because what if the problem was actually with the venue’s audio gear? A better microphone won’t help.
Also, did you use automatic or manual level control?
Have you recorded any live concert footage with this microphone….
I am considering purchasing this after recording a recent live gig and having horrible distorted audio using the built-in microphone on my HF11.
Prime examples are on a few videos on my account.
Most bands I record will be of a fairly loud nature, in your opinion will this microphone cure my woes with recording this type of music?
Cheers for any advice and help.
Check out my response to GerUpload. It all depends on what you’ll be recording. No single mike can do everything.
Hi Francois
Maybe it is youtube, maybe my connection/computer or maybe it is just my bad hearing
But which one of the RØDE mics gave you the best sound-result?
The Shotgun Videomic or the Stereo Videomic (this video) ?
Would very much like to know, as I am about to purchase one of them, and I was kind of set on the Shotgun mic, but your video here gave me my doubts
Thanks in advance!
Read through the comments. The answer is there.
HELP ME OUT!!!
I just got my canon vixia hf200 in today through mail, along with the Rode stereo videomic shotgun w/ mount AND THEY DON’T FIT! The mount shoe is way too small for the camcorder so how the hell did you get yours to work??
Thank you
If you mean the hissing, that’s from the camcorder itself. The room itself was dead silent, but there might still have been enough electromagnetic interference in the room to affect the camcorder. I’ve yet to encounter any noticeable hissing issues anywhere else I’ve used the camcorder.
nice sound! but I hear a little sound distortion, what is causing that distortion?
look at all that simaudio equipment. I’m so jealous. that stuff is unreal.
The internal mic is pretty decent on this camcorder. A bit sensitive to wind, but more than decent enough for casual recordings. It’s featured in one of my camcorder mic test videos.
i got the hf200 havnt played around with it much but so far its really good
Oh. ha! Awesome. Thanks mate.
You won’t have to look very far. Rode Microphones is an Australian company.
Surprise!
Brilliant.
Mate, just speccing up my HF200 just purchased yesterday.
If you know of any links that sell the mic’s your referring to (that will post to Australia), please comment back – or post in your description.
Cheers
Which speakers works on the video? What is the model of harbeth speakers? Is it SHL5 ?
DM-Accessories has them. The CMS_FLAT adapter should work perfectly with the Stereo Videomic. You can trim the Dead Kitten a bit if the hairs fall in front of the lens a bit too much.
Hi, I have also HF 200, I wanted to buy rode video mic stero but, it does not fit on the camera. How can I solve this problem (is there any other special adaptor or?) ???? thanks!!!
If I’m indoors and I’m interviewing individuals or groups of people, I prefer to use the Rode shotgun Videomic.
If I’m outdoors or I need to either record background sounds or musical performances, then I prefer to use the Rode Stereo Videomic.
The use of the high-pass filter depends entirely on the environment. If there’s a lot of low level background noise or very high winds, I turn it on.
Which setting you like the best?
It is! I was really pleased with the results.
I’ll be recording and posting some ambient sound samples very soon.
O..O impressive