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Canon DM 50, not the DM 250 !!
screwed up the model number. I have a DM 50. Before I attempt to connect to the hot shoe on my XH-A1, anyone know if the mic is compatable?
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*using the word like "Kleenex" Just read the unanswered post in your previous thread - so you've been using it on a GL1? Sorry about the assumption I made above, I won't delete it, to save my hide and all, I'm not that type of feller - it's always good to have "pump up your audio gear" advice out there, and is a de facto mistake some newer folks make. I'm just going to assume that you know what you're doing, and that you really want to plug the DM-50 in. Only issue I've heard of at all with the hotshoes on nearly all the Canon's was with the hotshoe powered XLR adapter not being able to plug into the HV20. Other than that, I've heard nada. Really though - David, you've got an upscale camera - capable of images that are so good that putting a DM-50 on an A1 is a little bit like putting a tin can on a string mounted to a hologram machine. Okay, serious serious exagerration, but you get what I'm saying. You're making your camera cry. |
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Couldn't agree more
Everything you say I agree with in spades.
Considering purchasing a second A1. Since I already own the DM-50, just using it for reference audio. Does a much better job than any useless on-board stereo mic that the manufacturers insist on supplying. I'm using a Rode NTG-2 with my primary A1. Usually take a board feed as well. All depends on the shoot. Like to get a finish mix as well!! anyway, just don't want to fry my A1 by putting the DM-50 on it. |
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Is the DM-50 a stereo mic or mono mic? How much better is the sound of the Rode?
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the dm50 is not compatible with the xha1 as it requires a powered hot shoe to operate, like on the hv20, xl2, gl2, etc.
the dm50 is a stereo mic. one nice thing about it is that it requires no cables, so it plays nice, from a handling perspective, with tiny cameras like the hv20. handling aside, i would take the rode any of the week. if you want a mic for the xha1's camera shoe, you might want to look at the rode videomic as it's in the same price range as the dm50 and is, among others in it's class, a pretty well-regarded mic. |
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Henry has beaten me to the punch... the accessory shoe on the Canon XH A1 and G1 isn't hot; it isn't wired for the Canon line of Advanced Accessory Shoe attachments such as the DM-50 stereo microphone. The DM-50 is not compatible with the XH A1, sorry.
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