That's what a clapper board is for. There's a great iPad app for that now. :-)
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:04 PM, J.C. O'Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
