On 4 Mar 2003 05:22:10 -0800, yanipoo@yahoo.com (Nailvarnish) wrote:

>I own a Sony PD 100ap and been filming without an external mike. I was

>on holiday and do not own one, so I thought I could do without it. The

>A:S ratio was horrible whenever it was in a quiet room, the hum of my

>camera distracted from what people were saying. I am wondering if I

>have to just throw all the footage out. I am really concerned with

>this. Is there a way to over come this problem if I don't have an

>eternal mike? It's a known problem with the camera so does anyone who

>own it found a work around?

This sounds like a defect - Sony DV cameras at all

price levels sold in the last several years have been

essentially free of motor-noise pick-up (they use

noise-cancelling). As for removing what is there,

you may be successful with a good WAV editor with

a noise-reduction module (it samples the noise in a

quiet part of the tape and then reduces that particular

noise overall). Best inexpensive one I know of (this

is WONDERFUL software!!!) is Cool Edit - look for it

at www.syntrillium.com.