Location recording to DV camera

[soundguydave]

I mostly do post work, but the company I work for does some location shooting onto DV. I have a Sennheiser 416 and a low end fishpole. Currently I have just been plugging the mic directly into the back of the camera. Obviously the problem is that I cant adjust gain at all during shoots and it always causes some problems. Also, the headphone amp out of the camera is super noisy. Whats a good field mixer under a grand to achieve the same thing? We use a canon XL2 which has both line and mic inputs.
Or is there a better way to do this?

[PlugHead]

Originally Posted by soundguydave

I mostly do post work, but the company I work for does some location shooting onto DV. I have a Sennheiser 416 and a low end fishpole. Currently I have just been plugging the mic directly into the back of the camera. Obviously the problem is that I cant adjust gain at all during shoots and it always causes some problems. Also, the headphone amp out of the camera is super noisy. Whats a good field mixer under a grand to achieve the same thing? We use a canon XL2 which has both line and mic inputs.
Or is there a better way to do this?

What some folks (and I) have used on a tight budget is this:

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/mx2master.htm

Not on the level of Sonosax, etc., but is a rugged, and high quality unit. The pre's are pretty good, and has a lot of the basic location sound recordist's needs.

There are other options out there, but this is a great little unit for what you're looking to do.

Hope this helps. Best with it,

[zoff]

Shure is the (Video/TV) industry standard, but I prefer Sound Devices.

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Produc...o_FP33_content

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/index.html#field

[Barnabas]

Check out the Whirlwind MD-1
http://www.whirlwindusa.com/md1.html

You get variable mic gain, phantom power, headphone amp, and a line-in to mix into the headphones

[Swopes]

Originally Posted by zoff

Shure is the (Video/TV) industry standard, but I prefer Sound Devices.

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Produc...o_FP33_content

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/index.html#field

I second the SD recommendation in fact in my circle the SD442 is the "industry standard" I wouldn't touch an fp33


but really, just rent a mixer and run the boom through that.