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Does a hot-shoe shotgun mic really reduce / remove AF noise on video?

Started Dec 2, 2015 | Questions thread
hotdog321
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Re: How effective are these microphones?

They can help since they are somewhat directional, but I think you would still get some noise. Placing a mic on a boom further away from your breathing would work better, but is likely to scare wildlife. Maybe just drop the original sound track entirely and add some music would be my most practical solution.

I shot video of a big bronze statue being moved and the sound was useless because it was nothing but generators and power tools. Music was the solution.

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