As Good As It Gets Sound with the HV20

[Slava Barouline]

Originally Posted by Matt Hagest

here is some test shots of my rode ntg2 and the beachtek that i use.. the first shot you can hardly hear anything, and the 2nd shot has that hissing or static noise cause i turned up the mic on the camcorder the 2nd shot.. the hissing or static totally ruins the shot for me.
www.masher500.com/NTG2Test.mov

I am a bit surprised to hear so much hiss with NTG2.

It's supposed to be a shotgun - it shouldn't have problems recording sound from 2 meters distance.

Did you try different levels on beachtek or in camera?

[Tom Alexander]

Originally Posted by Slava Barouline

What settings are you talking about?
The hiss is not too bad. Motor noise is worse.

Try setting the RODE's attenuator to -10 or -20dB. The switches are inside the battery compartment

[Matt Hagest]

Originally Posted by Slava Barouline

I am a bit surprised to hear so much hiss with NTG2.

It's supposed to be a shotgun - it shouldn't have problems recording sound from 2 meters distance.

Did you try different levels on beachtek or in camera?

my beachtek is set to max cause thats what they told me to have the settings on.. the only change in settings were on the cam itself.