Lense zoom noise on XL1s

Kairat Salikhov · May 8th, 2002, 12:45 PM

Did some search on inet and found that extending distance between mic and camcorder in 1.5 times will reduce noise from camcorder servos by about 3-4db.

K. Forman · May 9th, 2002, 02:31 PM

I have had the same servo noises with my XL1s as well. Then I started mounting a shotgun mic on the accessory shoe. The audio isn't as rich, but you don't get the motor hum either. Ideally, I only use the on board audio as a reference anyways, and record into a hard disk recorder for final audio.

If Kairat has an unusually loud zoom motor, then I'm plagued with it too. Anybody else?

May 8th, 2002, 12:45 PM	#16
Kairat Salikhov Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kazakhstan - USA Posts: 32	Did some search on inet and found that extending distance between mic and camcorder in 1.5 times will reduce noise from camcorder servos by about 3-4db. __________________ XL1s PAL, wide angle lens, all things lightwave, MA200. Dual AMD MP1900+, 1gig of RAM, Canopus DVStorm, Nvidia Quadro4 750XGL, Promise IDE Raid.

May 9th, 2002, 02:31 PM	#17
K. Forman Capt. Quirk Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle of the woods in Georgia Posts: 3,596	I have had the same servo noises with my XL1s as well. Then I started mounting a shotgun mic on the accessory shoe. The audio isn't as rich, but you don't get the motor hum either. Ideally, I only use the on board audio as a reference anyways, and record into a hard disk recorder for final audio. If Kairat has an unusually loud zoom motor, then I'm plagued with it too. Anybody else?