Hey. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is any way I can mount both a lav mic and a light onto my pd170. Thanks in advance for any input.

You can grab a cheap flash bracket from ebay for under $10 that will screw into the tripod mount on the PD170 and will then give you a cold shoe for the light (which alos puts it off to the side a bit) and then mount the lav where you normally would on the PD170. The flash bracket also has a thread in the bottom to put a quick release plate on if you want to put the whole thing on a tripod and the bracket itself can greatly reduce camera shake if shooting hand held.

Courtney-use the hot shoe for your light.....buy an xlr cable about 3 ft in length this way you can secure the lav to your belt. I do this all the time, it free's up the cam of unwanted weight...not to mention you end up with all sorts of things hanging of your PD....you begin to look like a "vidiot"






Hey. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is any way I can mount both a lav mic and a light onto my pd170. Thanks in advance for any input.

But if you really just want to mount em both to the cam as I do you can pick up a triple shoe mount made by NRG. I know they have em on the EVSonline site somewhere.

Hey. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is any way I can mount both a lav mic and a light onto my pd170. Thanks in advance for any input.

Okay - I gotta ask. A lav mic is designed to be used on the subject or pretty darned close to it - up close and personal. Why mount a lav on the camera (or on one's belt as Joe suggested)? If you can't put the mic physically on the subject, you shouldn't be using a lav at all, IMHO.

The mic goes on the subject, when we say "mount the lav to the cam" we're talking about the reciever unit.

The mic goes on the subject, when we say "mount the lav to the cam" we're talking about the reciever unit.

Ahh, thanks - 'cause there are hard-wired lavs used as well and it confused me a moment. To me "lav" is strictly the type mic pickup unit and it could be used either hard-wired to the camera or mixer or feeding a wireless transmitter.

Well sure, it's that to me too, though sometimes whatever works in the convention of discussion isn't always symantically precise!

here we go again.....OK, i beleive the original poster meant the "receiver" which can be heavy and bulky while attached to a handheld camera.....you know, a wireless system. so he was asking where to place it...not the lav itself, they weigh nothing....this is how i interpreted the question.




Okay - I gotta ask. A lav mic is designed to be used on the subject or pretty darned close to it - up close and personal. Why mount a lav on the camera (or on one's belt as Joe suggested)? If you can't put the mic physically on the subject, you shouldn't be using a lav at all, IMHO.

Videosmith in Philadelphia puts out the MightyWonderCam Mini Rover, an arm extends to the left of the camera (in most cases) with a rubber handle and then a plate on the top that you can velcro a lav receiver. You have to work around it sometimes because of the LCD issue. Works on a PD-150/170, FX-1 and Z1. Look for the Mini Rover and mini Mate bracket. They also sell quick releases.
Here's a url:

http://www.videosmith.com

better than the L adapter which mounts to the tripod mount, i found was a Y shoe adapter. I use this to mount the reciever, the light and still run my shotguns. Theyre not side by side, so theres a slight elevation on one side and the design is actually quite brlliant without making the camera set up look stupid

The light is SLIGHTLY off centre, but i actually prefer that... i like playin with light and shodow.. mind u the Y adapter cost me $75 so its a bit of a rort, but in this game everything is a rort..

here we go again.....OK, i beleive the original poster meant the "receiver" which can be heavy and bulky ...
Not critcizing, just 'splainin' my confusion...