Microphones: lav or shotgun?

[Brent Dunn]

I use the Sony Lav’s. We did a side by side comparison with other lav’s and the sound quality was better.

I also did a shoot with over 12 wireless mic’s running in a hotel conference center with no interference or issues.

Wireless into the Zoom and into the camera.

Or as a backup, shotgun on camera, wireless to Zoom.

If you are doing run and gun interviews, hand held wireless mic being held by the interviewer. It looks cheesy to have subject hold their own mic’s, but you have to do whatever you’re budgeted for.

Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.net

Sony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut Studio

HP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite

[Andrew Lanier]

Thank you for your input. As i stated, I am just getting started in filming. How exactly do you go about running a lav setup through a mixer or the camera itself?