24Jan Azden Audio – ECZ-990 SMX-10 FMX-DSLR

4 Comments

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   aaron
   January 24th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
   

   from what I’ve seen the ECZ-990 isn’t to great. pics up a lot of camera and other noise. in “short” mode it seems to work a little better but nothing amazing.
   the SMX10 seems to be a bit better all around but is stereo and still pics up a fair amount of background noise.

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   Travis W
   January 25th, 2012 at 4:42 am
   

   I’ll 2nd that.

   Believe it was the 990 and it wasn’t a huge improvement above the on-camera audio. In fact if you are trying to pick up broad room sound with someone speaking further away the on-camera mic is better.

   The only real use for it is as a ‘prop’ to let people know you are recording video, and to clean up the audio a little by not getting as much camera noises (IS, lens movement, etc).

   It does come with a little rubber shock mount that I like and use with my AT897 (good mic)

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   Joel
   January 25th, 2012 at 7:18 am
   

   i will 2nd what Travis said.

   I own the AT897 as well, low noise floor and good clean sound. Robert over at juiced link recommended this mic to me, and it performs well.

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   al dolega
   January 25th, 2012 at 4:40 pm
   

   I’ve used the SMX-10 for a few years now, first with my HV30 and now with my 60D, for close-quarters action-sports stuff with a fisheye lens. It works well for this, especially as it gives you a stereo signal,but if your subject is more than ten feet away, or there is a lot of off-axis noise, a shotgun is the better choice (I switch to my VideoMicPro for that stuff). It’s still a major improvement over built-in mics in any situation, and the price is great.

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