Jon Fairhurst made an excellent review of various audio devices you can use with the 5D MrkII. While the video are a few weeks old, I just discovered them (shame on me). Fortunately, the timing is perfect since I am looking at a complementary audio solution to my Sennheiser MKE 400
Speaking of this mic, I challenge anyone to find a better shotgun mic at the same price and size. I love it!
The review is divided in six part and I have included them all in this post to save you some clicking time.
The reviewed units are:
Long time blog reader might remember Jon Fairhurst as the creator of the clip ‘The last outpost‘ which we talked about a while ago.
Awesome videos. This really clears up very many questions…
Jonathan Martinez
JMartinezStudios.com
Can you put the 5D mark II on a tripod, with the juicedlink cx 231 attached to the camera? How?
Yes. The product description says:
• Mounts to bottom of camcorder
• Mounts to top of tripod
If we use the JucedLink CX231, do we have to sync the audio, or it goes directly into the camera?
Thank You!
Like the BeachTek, it goes straight into the camera, so no sync issues.
Does anyone here know the specific level of the mic in of the 5D2. I am trying to have a padded cable made to spec to take a Sound Devices line level to the cams mic level, but not sure how much padding is needed.
Mixer is a Mixpre and the intention is to go from line level XLRs to cam – not tape out, which Mixpre also offers.
All best,
David