To get the best sound, an extra microphone (mono or stereo) on top of your
camera in the accessory shoe is always the best! BUT the mic is often too close to the
camera and picks up the noise handling on the camera knobs and engine. Capstain drivers
can be very noise, specially in quite areas. The mic needs to be lifted a little and the
best adapter which kills the direct contact noises certainly are those which 'hang up' the
microphones in rubber bands!
Well
we tried them all. The Beyerdynamics Elastic Suspension (left) with shaft of
19-25mm. This one we first liked the best. BUT with longer directional mono-mics we had
problems as its height is too low and the longer the mic the sooner it will show up in
your picture. We had to move the mic backwards. This gave problems at the back,
couldn't look through the viewfinder anymore! The solution was to put it higher up. Tried
adjustable accessories, didn't work really well, makes it a wobbly construction! The
second problem was the adapter which supposed to be fit in the shoemount can't be
tightened! So it slipped of easy. That's terrible! The third problem was when putting it
higher up it needs to be bend down a bit and that's impossible with the Beyerdynamics EA
86 model.
The Sennheiser MZS6 with two rubber bands inbetween, only fits for small
66 Sennheissers and other small pipes. During 'whaleshooting' on our Alakaska Video
Seafari tour with a bit stromger wind the rubbers in between completely bend over.
Sennheiser (the right one on the picture above ) also has a very expensive noise-killer US
$ 200 ! But these elastic bands were too loose; not steady enough and not all mics fit in
the holder also! With a bit of wind, everything start wobbling and took the camera out
position!
Now we found a far better product and tested
it with success! This DVC-Suspension has it all. It can hold with 8
elastic bands, all sizes microphones, even my favorite Sony 959. Here with a special
Rycote Windshield on top of the Sony black windshield.
The only problem we had was to find
the proper flash holder compatible with the shoe fittings on top of the camera. The
manufacturer of these products never heard of videocamera flash-shoe adapters! Inside is
5/8" for microphonepods We had to go to 3/8" and than to 1/4".
But as you see in front we found it all! We gladly succeeded in getting
all the parts one need for a very steady construction. No sliding of
camera-accessory-shoes anymore! Its even possible to hold your camera by this adapter to
lift it out of your camera-case etc. Specially for our GLOBAL-DVC-SITE visitors we
assembled this whole construction and sell the DVC-Suspension for only
$33 and $25 for all extra assamblingparts: Slip-on mount and conversionfrom 5/8" to
1/4". You'll get it all assembled!
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Well
we tried them all. The Beyerdynamics Elastic Suspension (left) with shaft of
19-25mm. This one we first liked the best. BUT with longer directional mono-mics we had
problems as its height is too low and the longer the mic the sooner it will show up in
your picture. We had to move the mic backwards. This gave problems at the back,
couldn't look through the viewfinder anymore! The solution was to put it higher up. Tried
adjustable accessories, didn't work really well, makes it a wobbly construction! The
second problem was the adapter which supposed to be fit in the shoemount can't be
tightened! So it slipped of easy. That's terrible! The third problem was when putting it
higher up it needs to be bend down a bit and that's impossible with the Beyerdynamics EA
86 model.
Now we found a far better product and tested
it with success! This DVC-Suspension has it all. It can hold with 8
elastic bands, all sizes microphones, even my favorite Sony 959. Here with a special
Rycote Windshield on top of the Sony black windshield.
The only problem we had was to find
the proper flash holder compatible with the shoe fittings on top of the camera. The
manufacturer of these products never heard of videocamera flash-shoe adapters! Inside is
5/8" for microphonepods We had to go to 3/8" and than to 1/4".