- Hey there, Caleb Wojcik of DIY Video Guy here
and in this video I'm going to be talking about
how to record high-quality sound
when you're not close to your camera
and I'm gonna take a question here
from Thomas Frank of College Info Geeks
so let's take a listen.
- Hey Caleb, got a question for you.
So, I've got this mic that works well
if I want to hold the camera
but if I wanna get further away from the camera
I'm thinking like a lav mic
but I don't know what's the best option so,
what do you got for me?
- Thanks so much for that question, Thomas.
Remember, you guys can ask me questions on Twitter
using a little selfie video
using the hashtag #AskLeb, A-S-K-L-E-B.
I'll play it back,
do a little video answering your question and
just trying to get more interaction with you guys
and to answer a lot of the questions I get via email
this way so they can help
more than one person at a time.
So, Thomas, you have I think
a Video Mic Pro on top of your camera.
You have the DeadCat windscreen thing
to help cut down on wind noise a little bit
and those mics are great if you're close to the camera
and you know, close to the camera meaning
somewhere between two to six feet roughly.
A couple meters away at most
and it's because the further you get away from a microphone
the more other sound the microphone picks up
and your volume gets lower the further you are away
and so you have to turn up the volume on the camera
and it just starts to get worse and worse sounding
so what I recommend is actually to
get a microphone as close to you as you possibly can.
In this video I'm using a Rode NTG-3
right here just out of frame
and it's picking up sound just right here,
right in front of my face
and I'm not moving around the room and stuff like that.
Now, you don't always have the luxury
of being able to put a microphone on a stand
if you're filming by yourself
or having someone with a boom
moving it around and following you around as you talk.
So, what I recommend in that situation would be
to do a lavalier microphone and hide it if you can
and if it's wired you just wear
the audio pack like on yourself.
If it's not wired you can go wireless
and plug it directly into the camera.
So, the one I recommend right now is the RODELink.
It's from the manufacturer Rode who did this NTG-3,
actually made that Video Mic Pro that
Thomas was showing as well
and for about 400 U.S. dollars
it is both the transmitter, the receiver,
and the microphone, runs off battery power,
syncs up super fast.
There's a full video on my channel
that you can check out right here
where I review it and test it
and you guys can check that out
if you are looking for a wireless kit.
Whether you are doing walk and talk videos
or you're just far away from the camera
and you don't want wires all over
or if you're doing fitness or sports videos
where you're moving around a lot
and you just cannot be wired at all,
that's a good wireless kit that I recommend.
So, my biggest piece of advice is get the microphone
as close to the source of you speaking as possible
which typically means something not on top of the camera
when you're a little bit further away.
So thanks, Thomas, for this question.
Hope my recommendation is helpful.
If you're ever in San Diego again hanging out
you can borrow mine and try it if you want
and that's it for this video.
So remember, ask your questions on Twitter
with the hashtag #AskLeb.
I'll answer them right here
but in like a different video,
not the one you're watching right now
and I'll see you guys in another video.
Take care.
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