On Tue, 07 Aug 2001 01:10:59 -0700, "stoley" wrote:

>hey you guys,
>o.k., i know i'm probably about to sound kind of lame but i need some help,
>so please don't judge me. i have a trv900 and i just bought a mke 300 and
>everytime i zoom i can hear the zoom in both the headset and in my playback.
>should i raise the mic? if i do will it change the sound? my dream is to
>get a xlr and a mid range shotgun mic but i don't have the cake. please
>help i'm about to shoot a party for grandmother and the family is counting
>on me. it'll be group scenes and interviews. i want to keep everything
>compact so that i don't intimidate the guests. any advice? i can exchange
>the mke 300.

The TRV-900s appear to vary in how much mechanical noise
is transmitted through the case to the shoe (some also
"hum" with the MKE-300 with tape loaded, in record-mode).
For a "cheap" short shotgun, I don't know of a better mic
that is still available (hey, Sony, I want the ECM-Z157s
made again...!). It is hard to isolate the mic physically
from the case, but I suspect that is what you need to do...
If you handle the rig carefully to avoid handling noises,
putting the mic on a still-camera flash bracket attached
to the camera can work...