[Ryan Stille]

That worked great, thanks for your help.

[Ryan Stille]

I think it turned out pretty good. Here’s a sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKLyN8m7RtU

I think this is a good solution for someone who can’t afford a wireless mic, but it does take some additional workto sync up the audio in post.

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[Ryan Stille]

I thought I would follow up. I pursued used Sennheiser G3 systems on Ebay for a while, but they are just out of my price range.

So I ended up buying a Tascam DR-05 and an Olympus ME-15 lavalier microphone. I will place the Tascam either on the presentation table, or perhaps even strap it to the presenter so they can walk around. This frees me up to place the camera anywhere, and then I will join the audio in post.

I do have a question about the settings on the Tascam, but I’ll post a separate thread about that. Thanks again for your input.

[Ryan Stille]

Hello Ty. Yes it’s a mono mic but it outputs that signal on both channels of a stereo plug. So my camera was recording the audio on both L & R channels.

I’m a ham radio operator, so I know static when I hear it. 🙂 This wasn’t microphone noise, it was the signal dropping out.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will keep an eye on Ebay and see if I can get some older, better equipment in my price range.

[Ryan Stille]

John that worked perfect, thanks for you help!

[Ryan Stille]

Mark, thanks for your comments. I agree, trying to capture the presenter and the slides in the same shot is not the way to do it. I volunteer work basically (but on my own accord), so the only money I have to throw at it is my own extra $$. Hence the single, older camera.

I like the idea of mixing in the slides in post, although I think that makes a lot more work for me. But most of these presentations are of a technical nature, often without slides. Usually just showing code in an editor and web pages. I agree with what you are saying about capturing the human body language is much more interesting than just the slides, thats why I’ve resisted suggestions to just do a “screencast” of these presentations.

I think for some of the presentations I may ask the presenter to record their screen, and then blend in that feed later in post. That would work even if they are not using slides.

Thanks!

[Ryan Stille]

I’ve found that rendering it at 60i makes it as clear as the original video recording and as clear as it is inside Sony Vegas. But this makes my exported file very large.

Is there any way to get it clear at 29.97 fps?

I thought my camera did 1080p, but when I look at the source file properties in Vegas it says this:
Video: 00:10:37.570, 29.970 fps interlaced, 1920x1080x12, AVC