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any advice to share on wireless lav mikes?

by frankzxcv Aug 6, 2007 1:25PM PDT

hello all,

i do a fair amount of basic video production with my sony trv 38's and I have decided i need a decent wireless lav mike. preliminary research tells me to get decent sound I should get something with UHF, and some audio technicas i saw here and there on ebay have 8 channels to tune to to avoid interference etc. I am hoping to spend under $200, the AT's I saw were about 160. thoughts? sugestions? where to buy etc etc ? thanks! - fj

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8 channels is nice. Add...

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 6, 2007 9:03PM PDT

If you see the receiver with dual antennas and read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_diversity you see this can help with drop outs and more.

Bob

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Bob's right on the diversity piece -

by boya84 Aug 6, 2007 11:12PM PDT

And you are wise to try andd stay in UHF. I have found that the proximity of the body-pack to the base station makes a big difference, too. If the body pack is within about 10-20 feet of the base station, you should be OK (even without diversity). If you are connecting the base station directly to your camera, there are other pros and cons (as opposed to capturing the audio on a field recorder or portable ProTools set up. I would limit my search to Sennheiser, Shure and Audio-Technica...

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