Panasonic SDR-60 Microphone Workaround?

1. Monty
   Member

   

   The built in mic is not all that great. There are no jacks for an external mic. Is there a workaround for this or am I stuck? I use the camcorder mostly for recording speeches given in a restaurant/breakfast environment. The Speaker is about 10-12 feet away and I also pick up background noises like knives and forks as people eat breakfast. I am new at all of this and hope there is a reasonable solution.

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2. sputnik101
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   Hello Monty

    

   I am no expert, but one solution could be to use a digital voice recorder with an external mic attached. Then you would have to synchronise the audio and video in your editing software.

    

   Hope this helps

    

   Sputnik

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3. jburkhart
   

   

   Unfortunately auto gain control on your mic is difficult to compensate for. The microphone on your camcorder is likely quite good, but it's in the wrong place. The voice recorder is a good option but requires a lot more work in post.

   We recently wrote an article on how to compensate somewhat for on camera mics, hopefully you'll find it useful

   http://www.videomaker.com/article/14108/

   John Burkhart
   Editor-in-Chief
   Videomaker

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