Recording footage with the Panasonic HC-v720's built-in mic in auto mode: when you play it back, is there ANY audible noise from the auto focus motor?
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I never heard the auto focus motor that I am aware of. You are gonna hear noise from the zoom every time you use it . You may not have that problem if you use a plug in mike, but I don't know the answer to that one. As I said, "may". If I had to do it again, I would just buy the Fulifilm SL1000 superzoom camera . Easy to download the vids and photos from the SD card onto Picasa. You could probably buy the Fujifilm SL1000 (50X zoom) for $260 if you watch the sales on Amazon. Save a lot of dough. Unless you are a nerd or you know a 10 year old, save a lot of anger getting your vids onto simple Picasa so you can put them onto Facebook. (speaking for my experience of course) I never heard the auto focus motor that I am aware of. You are gonna hear noise from the zoom every time you use it . You may not have that problem if you use a plug in mike, but I don't know the answer to that one. As I said, "may". If I had to do it again, I would just buy the Fulifilm SL1000 superzoom camera . Easy to download the vids and photos from the SD card onto Picasa. You could probably buy the Fujifilm SL1000 (50X zoom) for $260 if you watch the sales on Amazon. Save a lot of dough. Unless you are a nerd or you know a 10 year old, save a lot of anger getting your vids... » Read More I never heard the auto focus motor that I am aware of. You are gonna hear noise from the zoom every time you use it . You may not have that problem if you use a plug in mike, but I don't know the answer to that one. As I said, "may". If I had to do it again, I would just buy the Fulifilm SL1000 superzoom camera . Easy to download the vids and photos from the SD card onto Picasa. You could probably buy the Fujifilm SL1000 (50X zoom) for $260 if you watch the sales on Amazon. Save a lot of dough. Unless you are a nerd or you know a 10 year old, save a lot of anger getting your vids onto simple Picasa so you can put them onto Facebook. (speaking for my experience of course) « Show Less
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I've had nothing but good luck with this camera. I've had no problem with the built in mic. I thought it worked greast. I haven't noticed any noise. You may have a defective camera. I'd contact Panasonic.
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It seems that it does, or at least reduces it. I never seem to notice any interfering noises with the audio mic recording on my video clips. But the mic works much better than one would think. I`m satisfied with the mic while the AF is active. Being outboard of the Camera`s housing, it seems to avoid internal adjustment noises and picks up the ambient sound you desire. But it is a great stereo mic for editing the sound quality for playback. Just give it a try, I`m sure you`ll be pleased.
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This could be due to what Scene Selection macro you have chosen. Go to Menu/ Camera-Mic/ and scroll down to Scene Selection. At the bottom of the screen are multiple selections for various scene situations. The Auto function is a normal selection, but if you are wanting to emphasize other effects, select one of these. Don't forget to go back to this menu for other subsequent scenes. NOTE: Whatever you select here also applies to any Still shots at this selection, so go back to this menu and select something else.
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If you are recording your voice, turn the second switch with the lines to the straight line, and the first switch turned to 0 to reduce background noise. If that doesn't work I would simply try recording in a quieter, smaller space.
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The noise of the shutter of the A77 is not as high as that of a camera with normal mirror, but the movement of the translucent mirror is audible and depending on the distance of the microphone from the video camera, the noise can be captured. But if you use a cover like "Outex" in A77, (made ​​of rubber) maybe this problem does not happen.
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I've never noticed mine to make any noise at all. When I checked again just now, I put my ear right up to the camera and could barely hear a little hum.
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mine is ok,but if you hear a noise when you have it on autofocus mode,that noise is normal(its like ka,ka,ka)
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It does make an audible motor sound, however, in my experience it's what I would characterize as fairly quiet. In a silent room, it's certainly noticeable, but it's still less volume than the shutter of the camera. If it's grinding, that's not normal, but the sound of the parts moving is not unusual.
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If your camcorder has audio settings, most pro cameras do, change the audio levels from automatic to manual and lower it until the white noise (the "sssshhhh'ing") goes away. Inside the unit's battery bay are DIP switches you can use to lower the DB to help that if you camera doesn't have audio settings.
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haven't used it yet, but my other Canons (also power shots little different model) do record sound on the video. We'll try it tomorrow and let you know! It should if consistent with all other power shots I've used.
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Hi Samuel Why would you NOT pick the Zoom Q3? Because the Q3 doesn't have a proper manual level setting. It offers you Low, High and Auto. "Low" is 24 dB lower than "High", that's a big jump. "Auto" lowers the recording level when it needs to, but never raises it. Unfortunately, it doesn't put markers in the file to tell you when it lowered or how much it lowered, which makes it a bitch to correct the audio file for level changes. And if the applause after your first number is louder than your second number's going to be, you have to turn off the Q3 and start over. The Q3 can use the same wall-plug power unit as the H mics, but it's not included in the nice price. If none of this bugs you. its a really great machine.
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I don't use the video function a lot. But, what I have done with it was satisfactory for my purposes. I take the short video clips and include them in my slide shows made with windows moive maker software. So, I haven't found the mic to be a short coming at all. It does pick up the wind noise but it seems like all cameras do that. Hope this helps.
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I didn't notice any noise problem with mine. It is a pretty good recorder for the price
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No problems with volume, it records as loud as you speak, if you whisper when you record it will whisper back, if you speak loudly it will sound loud.
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This could be due to what Scene Selection macro you have chosen. Go to Menu/ Camera-Mic/ and scroll down to Scene Selection. At the bottom of the screen are multiple selections for various scene situations. The Auto function is a normal selection, but if you are wanting to emphasize other effects, select one of these. Don't forget to go back to this menu for other subsequent scenes.NOTE: Whatever you select here also applies to any Still shots at this selection, so go back to this menu and select something else.
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yes that noise happens when you zoom! It's the sound of the motor running. I haven't seen how to stop it.
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I haven't seen that happen at the start of a shoot, however, I've seen it with a busy natural background and people in the foreground. Sometimes the zoom gets antsy and refocuses. I've learned to shut down the autofocus to take care of that problem. One thing I did notice, however, is that the zoom aprature is a bit noisy and can be picked up in quiet environments very audibly. That drives me crazy, so I went w an external low-pass mic to solve that issue. Beautiful camera, though.