This is not a post requesting help, although I am always open for suggestions. I just solved a problem and I wanted to share it with whomever might want to or need to do something similar.
The Problem:
I frequently am doing videos in a room full of people and in those situations I am sometimes several to many feet from my subject(s). In those situations, the subjects
sound as though they are the background while other people standing closer to the camera sound even louder than the subjects. Then, there are the times when I just want the subjects, even though they are in a quiet room, to come in sounding very close, instead of having that ever-present room echo sound.
I wanted a wireless mic that I could pin on the lapel or blouse of my subjects or let them hold and pass around.
Everything I found in local stores was too heavy and all required wall current for the receiver. I called some video specialty houses and they had just what I needed--for $500 to $650. Ha! That rivals the cost of my camera!
The Solution:
I researched the web for hours before I came up with the right combination of search terms that brought up just what I needed.
I decided on
this wireless mic for less than $20 and I also got
this one, also under $20, in hope that one even this much smaller would do the job. Gladly, I found the smaller one does just great, too.
The wireless mic was only half the solution. I also needed a pocket-sized FM radio that would have high sensitivity and selectivity. The sensitivity and selectivity of the receiver is even more important than the power of the mic, itself.
The Receiver:
After some evaluations of receivers
here and
also here , I decided on one each of these FM receivers. You can read the referenced links about their highly sensitive and selective tuners.
Although they were similar in quality, they were not in price. One is $60 and the other, $20.
Anyway, that is about it. I hope someone gets some good from this.
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