Lav microphones are great for closeup vocal recording. Sennheiser lapel mic transmitter and receiver / Unsplash This requires a different setting in the camera but again that’s something we’ll go into in another article. When connecting them to the PCC, there are some lav mics that you can plug directly into the audio jack, on a long cable, or you can plug in a wireless receiver, into either the mini-XLR or the jack, and then the receiver will pick up the signal from the corresponding lav mic on an interview subject. These are microphones that you clip directly to someone. The BMPCC will also accept line level input, so for example a signal from a third party mixer – like if you were at an event. If you wanted to use an external stereo mic in place of the built-in stereo microphone, you can use the 3.5mm input with left and right assigned to the appropriate channels via the audio jack. All in all they’re not the best way to record audio if you want a professional result. They’re okay for scratch audio for synching later if you’re using an external recorder… and that’s about it really. They don’t have much in the way of wind resistance, that can be an issue when you’re filming outside. There’s one on the left channel one on right channel, so they provide a stereo audio image – in effect, a stereo microphone. If you use the inbuilt microphones, they’re actually not too bad for what they are. Film crew in Istanbul using a shotgun microphone on a long boom pole Microphones and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Built-in Mics Let's take a look at how you can choose when to use each of your options. The later BMPCC models have an extra mini-XLR input. When you get a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K there are three microphone options: built in stereo microphones, a 3.5mm jack input, and a mini-XLR input - which can also provide power.

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