If you record the sound on some other media you still need sync on the audio to match things up with the video...
----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:59 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where,, stillphotography is going... On 28/8/12, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >Even though we used video cameras rather than dslr's, we were taught to >record the audio separately to ensure we got good quality sound. Once >the sound was edited, the video was edited to fit the soundtrack. When you say record the audio separately I presume you mean to use microphones and an audio mixer, but what was the medium for recording the sound? In most video production the sound is recorded by a microphone(s) and routed back to the camera using balanced audio and recorded at the same time as the video, either on tape, optical media, or as is now becoming more common, solid state. The point is, DSLRs come with cheapshit 3.5mm unbalanced audio-in ports. This is totally unsuitable for routing the sound back to the recording media, especially at professional 48 khz level. That's why proper video cameras have balanced XLR inputs to take audio straight from a mic (mic-level) or via a portable mixer (line-level). On broadcast and feature film drama the sound is often recorded totally separately onto digital media, increasingly solid state. For most broadcast applications this is overkill and overly expensive. DSLRs are used more frequently now but have serious limitations re the sound as mentioned above. They also can be awkward when used handheld because they have to 'weight' to them. Smaller 'proper' video cameras suffer this also, being fidgety and jittery in the hand. Of course, this may be desirable and even sought after by the director, in which case it becomes the perfect tool for the job. Very few professional broadcast productions would use a DSLR as a main camera, especially with dialogue being recorded, although there are notable exceptions. More likely to be something like Sony's F-35 for high budget and F-3 for more modest productions. News and documentary is drifting away from DVCam and XDCam to solid state in the form of XDCam EX - namely the PMW-500 hardware. Video journalists carry PMW-EX1 cameras by the dozen. That said, if the subject matter warrants it, they'll take footage from an iPhone if they want and fuck the sound. Just sayin ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
