will support an external wireless mic.
Wireless first:
Typically, a small clip-on mic ("lavaliere") connects with a thin wire to a battery powered body pack. The body pack transmits the audio signal to an AC-powered (not too portable) of battery powered (portable, many times camera mounted) base station. The base station connects to the camcorder's audio in connection with a thin wire. UHF is best. I use Sennheiser - but given your camcorder budget, I don't think you'll be interested in them. Check Audio Technica. The "PRO24" I think. Good wireless equipment is not inexpensive.
Now camcorder:
Most consumer grade camcorders in your stated price range do not have an audio in connection. The traditional manufacturers have dropped the connection - for those that do have it (Canon FS200, Kodak Zi8, maybe one of the Sanyo Xacti cams), they do not have manual audio gain control. As far as I know, in the stated price range, the Zoom Q3 or Q3HD and Alesis VideoTrack have an audio-in connector and manual audio gain control.
Sony makes a blue tooth wireless mic/base station system, but it assumes the camcorder has an available Sony proprietary "Active Interface Shoe (AIS).
Hello. The title says it all. I haven't been able to determine which camcorders support a wireless microphone. Do most of them have this capability? I'd like to spend around $300 for a camcorder with this feature, but I suppose I can go higher if necessary.
I don't know how the microphones work, either. I'm assuming I hook the receiver (?) up to the camcorder somehow, and then clip the microphone to my shirt or whatever?
Recommendations of compatible camcorder/microphone combinations would be awesome! Thank you.

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