So… at long last, I am finally jumping into this podcasting thing. I purchased a Canon 60D Kit and have spent the last month trying to get the thing to work the way I want. I’m having a lot of fun and enjoying the images I am taking.
I’m about to drop some coin on a prosumer tripod and fluid head.
Of course none of this is going to matter much if the audio sux.
The 60D has an internal mic that is unusable (of course). It has a mic input but I read the camera records terrible sound even from good mics.
As such, I hear that I should purchase a preamp. [I LOVE these preamp videos. I want to make loads of these – with better audio and video of course!]
I am confused as to why I need this if I run audio through the Zoom H4n (like the preamp link above shows in the section: Zoom H4n Dual-System Audio with Camera). Am I really spending $200+ just so I can monitor audio through headphones? If so, can’t I simply purchase a “Y” headphone adapter?
And that’s just the recording side! What mics should I use to capture interviews inside an office? I plan to have the subjects 6-12 feet from the camera and separated by about 2-4 feet from each other. Do I want lavalier mics? And if so, should they be wireless?
I feel so very out of my depth :{ Any help given is be greatly appreciated. There must be hundreds of people like me out there wishing for answers to these questions.
Onto lighting. That shouldn’t be too hard right…