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NX2000 DIY External Mic, Need Help

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Don Melon New Member • Posts: 2
NX2000 DIY External Mic, Need Help

I am trying to find a way of making a random videomic with a normal 3.5mm jack to work on the nx2000. I stayed up 'till 4:30 in the morning searching for info about the shoe mount pins either on the camera or the EM10 mic which may work with this nx but idk for sure because I can't find anything. Does anybody have either an EM10 and is willing to take apart to post some pics of the insides or a pin diagram or a full service manual? Thank you.

Samsung NX2000
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sirflip21NX New Member • Posts: 15
Re: AGC - automátic gain Control curse
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Don Melon wrote:

I am trying to find a way of making a random videomic with a normal 3.5mm jack to work on the nx2000. I stayed up 'till 4:30 in the morning searching for info about the shoe mount pins either on the camera or the EM10 mic which may work with this nx but idk for sure because I can't find anything. Does anybody have either an EM10 and is willing to take apart to post some pics of the insides or a pin diagram or a full service manual? Thank you.

Everybody here understand how i feel you :). For me the nx500 could be the perfect câmera if it allows for a mic input, at least, if it was compatíble with the em10 mic. That Said, the problem with NX câmeras its the absent of a mic input. But the problem is Also the agc, that it Is Impossible to disable. Agc stands for áuto gain Control. It Is always trying to adjust your áudio, and does a terrible work. It introduces a lot of hiss sound. The nx500 does this agc better, but it doesnt have a mic input. If we could somehow connect a USB mic, or make it compatíble with the em10 a great mic, by the way.... As for the nx2000, you can connect the em10, but you Will have the problem Of the agc hissing sound. There is no way of adjusting manual levels on any NX small camera. Maybe we could hack the software, and turn off the agc. Look here::

https://youtu.be/ix4yERxyyTA

armin304 Contributing Member • Posts: 740
Re: NX2000 DIY External Mic, Need Help
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You won't find much, since the EM10 has its own ADC and the hot shoe contacts are only suitable for a digital audio stream, GPS data or communication with a flash.

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