XLR to 3.5 mm

[Robbie Carman]

no what you need is a microphone preamp with phantom power. Preamps made by Beachtek and JuicedLink are you’re best bests. Connect the shotgun to the preamp, switch on phantom power, adjust levels and plugin the 3.5mm output into the camera.

Some onboard preamps even allow you to override AGC

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[Noah Kadner]

You’ll do better with an outboard audio recorder like the Zoom. Much better audio quality, better control over levels and more mic input flexibility.

Noah

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[Neil Abeynayake]

James,

Check these video tutorials. There is a lot of information relating to your question/s out of this series. Make sure you watch the entire line of tutorials.

Canon 5D Mark II Audio Exposed – Boom Mic (juicedLink, Zoom H4n, Microtrack II, BeachTek)

https://vimeo.com/5370880

Microphone Patterns – Tutorials

https://www.juicedlink.com/index_files/LC__Intro.htm

Microphones: The Proximity Effect

https://www.vimeo.com/1080128

Good luck,

Neil

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[Noah Kadner]

Also this one is nice:

https://www.callboxlive.com/products/barry-greens-sound-for-film-and-tv

Noah

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[Nakul Sood]

Hi James,

I’m part owner of the company Oomagamma, we make audio gear along with microphones. All the better quality shotgun mics are phantom powered, so you’ll need a source for that. The shotguns with batteries are usually very low output to keep them from being noisy as they use multipliers to pump 1.5v to what the capsule needs.

We’re making some stuff that would do what you’re asking for.

https://www.oomagamma.com

Please take a look at The Phantom Box (TPB18) it provides phantom power to the XLR mics as well as connects to an EP jack for the 550D/t2i.

The Zoom H2 is a great recorder, we’ve modified it to take XLR’s through out phantom powered box.

Let me know if you have any queries,

All the best,
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[James Navarro]

Hi Guys,

Thank you very much for the input, I appreciate it very much. Being new to this is difficult. I don’t know where to start or what to look for. I’ll check all the sites outh Have a good one!

Cheers,

James