speaking of G2

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The material that the costumes are made of can affect the rustling noise.
You’ll need to do some tests under actual conditions.

Be prepared to make some adjustments to mic placement on the actor.
I’ve found that the mic placed near the actor’s neck (where the shoulder meets the neck) but NOT his THROAT (that can make the audio UNINTELLIGIBLE) is a good position.

Is the camcorder going to be HAND-HELD?

If its on a tripod you don’t NEED to mount the receiver(s) ON the camera.

I’ve Gaffer-taped them to the tripod… or to a standard mic floor-stand or C-stand positioned near the camera.

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AND!!!

Wear GOOD over-the-ear HEADPHONES 100% of the time that you are shooting usable audio.

You can immediately fix a problem and re-shoot on-the-spot if you HEAR the problems as you go.

[Will Salley]

You really need a sound person. Trying to capture good, usable dialogue requires the attention of someone OTHER than the person doing the shooting. That’s why in almost every network news shoot or high-end documentary there is at least one soundman on the crew.

If your budget simply will not allow for a professional sound person, you should get someone to setup sound and monitor dialogue. If you plan on operating the camera, you will have your hands full and if something should not go as expected (and it will), you don’t have worry about recording good sound.

Incredibly good-looking interview footage is absolutely useless without usable sound.

[Craig Alan]

Thanks. I will be using a tripod. However I will be moving it for each shot and readjusting the legs to different heights, etc. I will also be doing some panning. It

[Craig Alan]

Yes I have a nice pair of phones.

[Craig Alan]

Noted. I can’t afford a pro for this shoot. But I do have some time to experiment. If I do bring in another person to monitor the sound, I’ll have to show him/her what to do first.

[Peter Perry]

Hi,
It doesn’t really matter where the antennae is pointing.
You shouldn’t velcro them together, sometimes they can cause problems when they are really close together.
Yes, you definitely need to set them at different freq’s.
Peter

[Craig Alan]

Thanks. I stopped by the video supply store and picked up an accessory mount that gives me three mounts for receivers. The G2 has a scan function that auomatically finds the next available freq. So I’ll gve it a try.

[Tom Maloney]

Good luck , the problem I used to have is ecery time yo uhave to adjust you are touching the camera= bmp. Greatest move I ever made was a mixer
best wishes
Tom

[Craig Alan]

YES, I’m running into that already. Forget adjusting the receivers in the middle of a shot. The audio gain can be adjusted using the back knob of the pd-170 and even that needs a steady hand. I have a mixer on order. Where do you mount your mixer in the field?