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Panasonic G7 Video Help for Work!

Started Jul 25, 2018 | Discussions thread
Mark Kaprielian
Mark Kaprielian Regular Member • Posts: 400
Re: Panasonic G7 Video Help for Work!

I know you said you wanted to keep costs down but I've heard it said and I'm now a believer in:

  • If the sound is no good it doesn't matter how nice your video looks

Thoughts and recommendtions:

  • A Lavalier mic on the speakers are going to give  you the best possibility of the best sound possible.
    • It is still going to be very sensitive to room noise so you still need a quiet "set" to shoot in
  • A mic on the lapel recording into something is going to be, in my opinion, much better than any open-air mic you'll be able to come up with for price and logistics (are you really going to suspend a mic out of frame from above !?).
  • I found recording into the camera perfectly fine.

After trying few things during home testing I bit the bullet and went with a wireless system and record into the camera.  I'm very happy with the results of the audio.  Once you have the units set up you plug them in, turn them on and  you are done.

I went with Sarmonic as they got decent reviews and the they have a dual Rx unit that is compact and fits on the camera hot shoe if you want.  They were also very reasonably priced compared to the "higher" quality units.

Mark

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