On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:11:18 +1300, moe <email_address_@_is_not_valid_.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:29:10 -0500, "Stankley"

><real@emailaddress-honest.gov> wrote:

>>"Stankley" <me@mine.com> wrote in message

>>news:gXM1a.124$Kb5.122@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com...

>>> The built-in mike on my Canon ZR50 picks up a lot of camera noise so I was

>>> thinking of getting an external mic.

>>>

>>> Canon sells the DM-50 that clips into the hot-shoe: elegant but expensive

>>> ($150). Does anyone have any experience with it to determine whether it's

>>> worth the money.

>>>

>>> Are there cheaper solutions, ideally for a shoe-mounted microphone (I

>>> realize if it's not the DM-50 then I'll need to plug it into the mic

>>> socket).

>>I notice Sony has a universal camcorder mike - ECM-MS908C which can be had

>>for $75. Anyone have any opinions on this?

>Got the ECM-MS908C few months back (also some positive feedback from

>this group).

>

>My opinion: Great - keep in mind this is my first external mic and I

>have owned two camcorders.

>

>It comes with a bracket to extend the mic further away from the cam to

>avoid noise from the cam engine.

>moe

I also like the Sony 908c - but, doesn't it occur to the

buyers of small video cameras that some (but not all...!)

pick up annoying levels of camera noise with the built-in

mic, and that adding a relatively bulky external mic to

cure this problem makes the camera no longer tiny or easy

to pack??? Perhaps having made a selection of the camera

from among the many that do not have this problem would

have been a better aproach... (and, the 908c is essentially

the same mic that is built into several of these cameras).