Steve Crow
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So there isn’t going to be an AV person there to do the house audio? If so, you could get a feed from their mixing board and send that to your Zoom.
Steve Crow
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I found this interesting little device that has more of the form factor I am looking for. It’s advertised as a portable headphone amplifier but I think the concept is right – it boosts the audio signal…well they say volume and I’m really talking about signal level (mic to line level) but isn’t that the same thing????
“Boostaroo Revolution R234-2 (R2342) Portable Headphone Amplifier and Splitter” from Sonic Electronics
https://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_30366_Boostaroo-Revolution-R234-2-R2342-Portable-Headphone-Amplifier-and-Splitter.htmlI like the form factor but I’m not sure this “booster” is actually doing the same thing as the Radio Shack device. What it does have going for it is the form factor which is a very simple tube like the iRig or Blue Microphone’s Icicle
Steve Crow
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Hi Eric,
I checked out this mini amp online and it does indeed look like what I need, thanks!
I don’t really need the speaker part of it and overall I wish it was smaller but for what it is, the price is great and is probably the direction I will go unless someone else chimes in with a better alternative.
https://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062620
It was interesting to read a comment on the product page left by a TV news photographer about how they use this all the time to raise their audio signal level high enough to broadcast
Steve Crow
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This isn’t going to be my pro solution by any means, for that I have a variety of XLR and Lav Mics at my disposal.
Bottom line, my new Plantronics headset has two minijack 3.5mm plugs as output (one to get sound from the computer to the headset and the other to send audio from the headset mic to the computer)
The mic portion doesn’t work my 2006 Macbook Pro because its Audio Line In jack requires a “line level microphone or digital audio equipment”
So what I’m trying to get to is finding the most simple, inexpensive, solution to pump up my headset microphone’s output signal to the required line level.
Also I don’t want to simply convert my headset microphone from minijack to a USB connection which is possible with a special adapter.
Steve Crow
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When you push the shutter half way down the camera is trying to auto focus the camera for you…in video mode this looks a little strange so most people don’t use the camera this way in video mode…the camera is not adjusting the ISO at all.
The first thing you need to learn about is white balance, this is why the image looks so orange. You can select different white balance options like daylight, a cloudy day, and the indoor setting which is what you needed for this shot.
There are many articles on the Internet about shooting video with your camera in manual mode, this is how you will get the best looking video but it does take some time to learn! 🙂 Your English is much better than my Hungarian by the way.
Steve Crow
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Just as a test I would transcode these videos to ProRes or a PC equavalent to see if it makes any difference…wondering if what you are seeing are compression artifacts vs true noise.
Steve Crow
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To me this looks more like a compression problem…are you recompressing the file that comes out of the camera or is this just how the camera shot it? It’s not normal thats for sure….this kind of rippling and warping of the image shouldn’t be there.
Steve Crow
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Is there any chance that Premiere Pro CC on a PC will be able to import/open project files from Final Cut Pro 6 on a mac? If so then maybe the whole issue is not really one after all?
Steve Crow
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Thanks for the welcome!
No this isn’t live, I’d be getting the pre-recorded audio files in some sort of digital format.
I took a quick look at the iZotope RX3 software and it looks great but I can’t afford the $300 price tag, basically I’m stuck with whatever tools I have on hand which isn’t much: Audacity and Final Cut Pro 6’s built in audio tools
Steve Crow
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Yes I’d agree with Chris that you should invest in sound gear – perhaps an external recorder like the Zoom H4N or H6N. Do you had a Fader style ND filter that gives you multiple stops of light reduction (as much as 8-10 on some models)? That’s very important for the shallow depth of field look in bright situations.
Lenses are always a good investment too, at $500 perhaps the 50mm 1.4 from Canon which is much easier to work with than the 1.8 you currently have. But overall I’d invest in sound.
Steve Crow