Hi!
First post - first question: I want to record my daughter playing piano and the sound quality could be better. So I wanted to connect my microphone to the Canon HF100 camcorder in order to improve that. However, the camcorder doesnt record any sounds then. I have tried two external microphones so far:
Sennheiser e935
Rode NT1-A
They are usually made to record singing and they are then connected to a mixer.
I bought myself an XLR female to mini-cinch cable to connect the microphone to the camcorder.
Where is my error? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Alex
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Yes i checked that. The Rode could need that. However the Sennheiser should work without phantom power...
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johnmeyer is right.
the hf100 can only use self powered external mics or the canon shoe attachment mic. xlr type mics aren't going to work.--
"a lot of people are better dead" - prisoner KSC2-303 -
does the sennheiser have it's own battery? i don't think so, but i've been wrong before.
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The Rode does need phantom power. Be mindful of what kind of connection is expected - balanced/unbalanced, mono/stereo, input/output/io, as the pinouts on cams use them in a variety of ways. That's why there is diff between ts/trs/trrs.
Note: nature of phantom power REQUIRES balanced input. So if you are adapting bal->unbal it won't work for true condensers.
Suggestion: optimal postioning for cam is often NOT optimal positioning for mic. Keep them separate. In fact, just do double system (use a zoom h2/h4n or something) and marry them in post.
Scott
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