Microphone help needed for shooting video

4 years 7 months ago #659208 by rocknife
Hello all, I have to shoot a video on a Canon 550d and Canon 600 (one is for close ups) I have 2 presenters and want to buy lapel mics for them but i have no idea what I need.  The product details all talk about transmitters and receivers but not sure how these figure - does the transmitter sit with the presenter and the receiver is on the camera?  If so will one receiver take the single from 2 transmitters?

Does anyone shoot this sort of video and if so what kit do you use?  I would like one that works wirelessly off the hotshoe but don't know if I can just buy two and they will work off the same hotshoe?  Or will they interfere?

Also do i need a powered mic (it came up in a review that a particular mic "would not work if you needed a powered mic".  so, anyone who shoots on Canon know if these need a powered mic?


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4 years 7 months ago #659261 by effron

Why so serious?
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4 years 7 months ago #659276 by garyrhook
"Powered" depends upon the mic, and has nothing to do with the recording device.

Most lavaliers do not require phantom power (a term you need to be aware of).

Yes, the TX is with the business end, on the person. The receiver is somewhere else, connected to a recording device.

That said, if you have two lavaliers, you're going to need to have two inputs on your recording device, or you're going to have to change out equipment between speakers. In a big room, you have a sound system providing amplification, and you take a feed from the board. If it's a small room, then the lavalier is the way to go, and wireless will be convenient. But you either have two mics, and change connections at your end, or use a mixer, or you move one mic from one speaker to other.

Given that you have two cameras, you can put one mic into each, but you'll lose room noise, which you might want.

Hot shoe... no. Most of these are going to use batteries, because they're not specific to cameras with hot shoes.

You can rent things you need, btw. If you want to buy, you can also consider the Rode Go, a newer, simple solution.


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4 years 7 months ago #659762 by Gammill
+1 Go with the Rode Go.  Got mine and it's super small, easy to set up and use


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