Can you tell me how the audio quality for shooting concerts is?
1536445
The audio quality is poor for events such as concerts. The microphone pickups are just too small to allow good sound recording. But, maybe better than nothing.
1536446
image quality, sound quality, video recording quality is very good...I am very satisfied...There are of course much more professional devices...but this product is very good compared to the price...a superior product compared to the product in its class...leica very high quality lens...
2265545
Yes. It does a good job of picking up sound. However, I mainly use this camera for golf swing videos so I can't say I've really a ratified the audio quality.
2177301
Audio recording is okay, not great. I don't use the audio recorded from this camera in what I do. I always replace it with music or audio from an other camera.
1247739
As far as I can tell from some basic tests, pretty good, although I have not yet had a chance to try this mic in a live performance. I had contact with Rodemic about this microphone because of the handling noise and their recommendation was to set the mic to +20db and the recording level of the mic in the camera to low. This way you will prevent noise resulting from the average camera circuitry. Obviously, if you arerecording very loud music, like in a rock concert, you might want to lower the mic input level. Just a matter of experimenting, I guess.
1847924
I think the audio quality is very good. Here is a video where I used the ATR-6550 mic from about 4 feet away (it was on top of the camera): http://youtu.be/oZcjUAOaNYA The sound quality is very good, clear, with a bit of room ambiance (and my refrigerator in the background!). I've shot some other videos using the ATR-6550 but haven't put them on YouTube yet.
2037898
I like it. I filmed a cousin's outdoor wedding from behind the back row, and it picked up the audio better than a lot of the people in the audience were able to hear it. Not much wind noise either. The only bad audio I've gotten from it was when I filmed close to some kind of drain that was moving a fair amount of water off a dock and into the water below, but I'm not sure any built-in mic would've done well with that much din in the background. (To its credit, I can still make out most of the words in that recording.)
1746092
I would say that amplifier will be more than enough for that size of venue. It can get pretty loud if you up the volume.
1924986
It depends on the lighting. I have filmed indoors with decent lighting and when I upload it doesnt look hd either. Although when I am outside, the quality is very good
2260302
In that kind of environment, where you're standing in the dark but the kids on stage are lit, it performs very well. In fact, we had a concert at my church a couple weeks ago and I shot in those precise conditions... and the pictures turned out great! Oh... don't be afraid to bump your ISO, even up to 3200, and you should be fine. ヅ
2094836
I have nothing to add, except I'm also frustrated with the audio quality of the SD700. I thought the first one I bought was defective, but the replacement was actually worse. There's a distorted hiss accompanying all the audio files. I'd be really interested in how much better the audio quality is on the SD800, if anyone can comment.I do, however think that the SD800's pictures are pretty amazing - in good conditions, nearly as good as my SLR.Dana
2152222
I have not tested the audio quality with, and without the Security Box. I will say that I do hear every little step the deer take against the fallen leaves. I'm pleased with the product.
1532751
It's fine for me, good enough to record little demos on. But if you're looking for something that records studio-quality, you'll need to pony up for an LS-10, which records at 24/96 linear PCM. The sensitivity on the DS-30 is only adjustable in 3 settings, though, so if you're thinking about recording rock concerts, it'll probably still clip at the lowest sensitivity.
747240
It is depending on you expectations as was said earlier. If you are shooting the concert itself, I don't think this lens is for you. But if you shooting the lead singer with the band in the background and the lead singer is you subject, this maybe perfect. I say this because you have to keep in mind that the background will be blurred. I'm assuming that this is a small intimate concert where you have the table in the front and center. This will not work too well with a big name concert where you're 100 rows back. BTW I am going on the therory of this lens. I have not tried to use it for a concert myself. But the low light feature will blow you away. Good luck. It is depending on you expectations as was said earlier. If you are shooting the concert itself, I don't think this lens is for you. But if you shooting the lead singer with the band in the background and the lead singer is you subject, this maybe perfect. I say this because you have to keep in mind that the background will be blurred. I'm assuming that this is a small intimate concert where you have the table in the front and center. This will not work too well with a big name concert where you're 100 rows back. BTW I am going on the therory of this lens. I have not tried to use it for a... » Read More It is depending on you expectations as was said earlier. If you are shooting the concert itself, I don't think this lens is for you. But if you shooting the lead singer with the band in the background and the lead singer is you subject, this maybe perfect. I say this because you have to keep in mind that the background will be blurred. I'm assuming that this is a small intimate concert where you have the table in the front and center. This will not work too well with a big name concert where you're 100 rows back. BTW I am going on the therory of this lens. I have not tried to use it for a concert myself. But the low light feature will blow you away. Good luck. « Show Less
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The audio recording of this camera is very good, inside conversations are quite clear as well as radio and music. Although having music too high causes distortion. The sounds outside the vehicle i.e. traffic, horns trucks buses can be heard but muffled slightly which is normal. Any outside conversations close to the vehicle are also muffled but can be made out if close enough. For the price and size this camera does very well in all categories.
1542389
I took it to a concert and recorded Kelly Clarkson doing two cover songs and she sounds almost as good on the recorded footage as she did live. The speakers from the stadium were slightly overpowering so I blame them for their being some "mechanical" sound added, but over it was great and the zoom was perfect. Video quality was amazingly clear on it as well. Haven't tried the wifi on it yet.
251245
Yes, I find the sound quality just fine for my needs with this camera. Voices sound very true-to-life.
818230
Subject: Re: Y. Callewaert commented on your answer to the question "Being a Mac user, will this camera work with my Mac and iMovie program?"if you want a sample from the camera, you can go to facebook's Hot SpringsJazz Society and look at the u-tube videos of our Vocal-Rama event .... all6 or so of the u=tubes were taken by the camera and attached mic. Theacoustics in the Garvan Gardens Chapel aren't the best, but I thought thesounds came through reasonably well....Dave