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    Quick Tip: A Matter of Velcro

    When heading out on that next location shoot make sure to stop at your nearest office supply store and pick up some cable strap Velcro. These are the kind that have a loop at one end with hoops all down one side, and hooks down the other. Yes they are very good for organizing your cables but...
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    QUICK TIP: The On Camera Shotgun

    AUDIO QUICK TIPS The Strapped on Shotgun: For those on a tight budget doing allot of run and gun. I will always recommend any other mic than the one built into the camera. An often overlooked option is the strapped on shotgun. This is a shotgun mic that is attached to the camera facing who...
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    Rental!

    Just for your info I priced a day rental for the Panasonic HVX200 and it came to a reasonable $175/day including a hard drive, (This was from Pro Sound Services in Manhattan, they have a video department). I'm sure prices may vary wherever you are but very affordable if your shooting over a...
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    Camera sound

    Here are the two advantages these days of dropping sound to a DAT machine. 1. You shouldn't just drop to the tape machine! You should send signal to both the camera and the separate deck, thus creating an instant backup of your audio. 2. With a separate setup you don't have to have the...
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    WHY XLR?

    XLR cables are those three pronged connectors you see on pro level microphone systems. Why XLR? Why not quarter inch? Couple of reasons. First, with XLR connectors the ground hot and neutral never touch each other's connection. When plugging in a quarter inch. The tip and sleeve pass...
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    Sample Rates

    Want to post this as I come across it often with videographers. When working with a video camera you usually have two sample rate options, 32k and 48k, (Or 12bit and 16bit). 32k being used for multi track audio recording in your camera which is silly because most cameras only have two inputs...
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    Quick Tip, Flexibility!

    When recording a scene try an have two kinds of mics recording. One boom (left channel) and one lav (right channel). Allows flexibility when you start editing. If it's a two person scene try two lavs into the right channel and one boom in the left. You may need a mixer for this second setup...
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