• Canon Cameras

  XL2 Mic on Boom?

  Posted by Malcolm Neakl on April 25, 2009 at 4:58 pm

  My camera has an on board shotgun mic that I want to use on a boom
  since I haven’t got the money to buy a nice new one.
  The issue is I want to plug it into, ideally, my Zoom H2 sound
  recorder 3.5TRS socket.
  My other option is on my Camera (Canon XL2) in its original socket,
  or the xlrs on the back. But for ease of movement I want separate
  sound.
  The issue is the mic has a plug with two Jacks 1cm apart. one is a
  3.5 TRS the other appears to be a 2.5 TS. On the mic it says
  Electret condenser stereo mic.

  Is one for phantom power? therefore making it impossible to find an
  extension cable and adapter for? or is one stereo and the other mono,
  meaning I can just use a TRS extension cable for my jack of choice.

  also? Do you think I’m going to have sound quality issues doing this?

  My H2 isnt powerful enough to put on a boom, and the xl2s mic is to
  far away when it on the camera.

  sto pro veritate

  Malcolm Neakl replied 17 years ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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