Many thanks for the responses.
So Bob, (& Ty) do you disagree then with JC Boulay who suggests that ambience with the shot gun mic is, although common, less than ideal?
I think I can get all your points having a bit of experience with post sound. I guess the danger of using separate mics for dialogue & room tone is that it may present some quality inconsistancies for dialogue editing.
Perhaps the ideal would be to mix some quality stereo room tone with the shot gun room tone (and dialogue)
Fair comment, or do you think this is too impractacle to consider as a realistic approach?
I guess I’m pressing this point because the soundtrack for this project is all dialogue and ambience (ie NO MUSIC to pretty things up) So I want the ambience to have a real kick to it.
Regards,
Peter