need advice for seminar taping

[Alan Lloyd]

What I would suggest is using an 80-minute tape in one camera and a 60-minute in the other, so you have time to cover a tape change with the 20 minutes of overlap. DV cameras do not eject and load quickly, so this will give you time to plan and you won’t be juggling two near-simultaneous changes.

[Chip Thome]

I could see this changing of tapes separately if those cameras can set timecode that can be used to sync the various tapes.

But I thought he said his primary audio is a wireless set up, which I assumed was going to one of the cams. If that would be the case, when tape was switched in that cam, he would be loosing his primary audio source for the duration of the tape change.

To alleviate that, recording audio separately and sync that file in post would work.

What I have done with my GS 500s has been set up one cam locked on the stage, and then firewire that cam into my laptop and out to an external hard drive and just let it go. That would eliminate the tape change on one cam, and keep that audio in sync with the main cam’s footage.

[Gilles Gagnon]

The presentation is quite informal so I will be able to sync the tape change with the Speaker. As mentioned below, my main audio which I can depend on will be from the lav mic, therefore, the cam can’t be changing tapes while the Speaker speaks.

Thanks Chip, I’ll shoot 60i to get the crisp look. This will likely be viewed on computers in the end.

my plan is to use 3 tapes (for each camera) in all.

[Gilles Gagnon]

The presentation is quite informal so I will be able to sync the tape change with the Speaker. As mentioned below, my main audio which I can depend on will be from the lav mic, therefore, the cam can’t be changing tapes while the Speaker speaks.

Thanks Chip, I’ll shoot 60i to get the crisp look. This will likely be viewed on computers in the end.

[Gilles Gagnon]

I don’t know how do sync the 2 using timecode. I’ll look into it if I have time before the gig.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Thanks Alan,

My best audio comes from a lav on one camera. So I can’t have it stopped while the Speaker is speaking. I think I can get away with signaling her before the tapes run out and do a switcheroo.

[Gilles Gagnon]

thanks again Mark,

I’ll take your advice on the Rode on a stand. Hopefully it won’t be too obtrusive. I hadn’t heard about those boundary mics. Just looked it up… very interesting. I’ll have to investigate this later.

It’s a 1/2 day (a long half!) and I don’t have a monitor. so off I go squinting. 🙂

[Gilles Gagnon]

you’re right Chip… main audio off lav mic on one camera, the one I’ll be operating so I can monitor the sound through the headphones.

Interesting idea to record to HD. I’m not at this stage yet, but will definitely keep this in mind for the future.

[Alan Lloyd]

Run that audio to both cameras.

[Gilles Gagnon]

Alan,

I like the idea but pardon my ignorance… how do I do this?