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Re: yeah those are the only two jacks by Fussbett 07/31/2003, 2:57am PDT
FABIO wrote:

It's a VHS camcorder circa '98, so I didnt think it'd be equipped with all the extras.

I agree with FoK here: Look again because an external mic in is not an extra. That's really basic, especially in 1998. Look again. Then, look again. It will probably be miniplug which means walkman-jack style.

No clue what those mike/audio terms mean. Hopefully a few television and video production courses will clear that up.

FoK was trying to impress you. I hope it worked! I disagree with everything he said regarding the lavaliers and the clapboard sound matching. Lavaliers are lapel clip-on late night talkshow mics which is a great solution if you're only filming one person ever.

For recording things at what I imagine are often far distances, you may want to consider an active mic -- a mic with a battery in it. I have an AKG C 1000 and it picks up shocking things from across the room much to my amazement (and often, annoyance). On a still night I can put the mic outside and listen in Ray of Light, working and not watching TV, some 500 kilometers away. But that might be bad for your purposes too, because you don't want to pick up the ambient noise during your location shoots. That particular mic is $300 new, but here's the second important lesson of this post: buy used. Why wouldn't you?

In closing, you haven't provided enough information to make a good mic decision. Go to the music store in your area and tell one of the goofy sales clerks all about your movies and what you need to do. Let him tell you all about the mics, the different types of mics (cardioid, omni, rombus) even the expensive ones, and learn about them. Twenty minutes of your time, and you'll learn more than you could in hours on the internet.
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Home moviemaking question for FoK by FABIO 07/30/2003, 7:53pm PDT NEW
    Re: Home moviemaking question for FoK by Fullofkittens 07/30/2003, 10:02pm PDT NEW
        errrrr.....miniplug? by FABIO 07/30/2003, 11:19pm PDT NEW
            Re: errrrr.....miniplug? by Fullofkittens 07/31/2003, 12:18am PDT NEW
                yeah those are the only two jacks by FABIO 07/31/2003, 1:20am PDT NEW
                    Re: yeah those are the only two jacks by I need clarification 07/31/2003, 2:36am PDT NEW
                        JVC, model NO. GR-AXM210U NT by FABIO 07/31/2003, 3:14am PDT NEW
                            That model has no external mic jack NT by Fussbett 07/31/2003, 4:12am PDT NEW
                    Re: yeah those are the only two jacks by Fussbett 07/31/2003, 2:57am PDT NEW
                        Re: yeah those are the only two jacks by FABIO 07/31/2003, 3:13am PDT NEW
                            thread has gone AIM! feel free to jump in on HAWT HAWT CHAT! NT by FABIO 07/31/2003, 4:06am PDT NEW
                                Re: thread has gone AIM! feel free to jump in on HAWT HAWT CHAT! by Bob Violence 08/01/2003, 11:52pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: thread has gone AIM! feel free to jump in on HAWT HAWT CHAT! by FABIO 08/02/2003, 4:03am PDT NEW
 
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