External Microphones Used For Video Recording - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 User Manual

External Microphones Used For Video Recording

When recording video it is essential to a capture good, clean audio
soundtrack.
In in-built stereo microphone pair of the Panasonic Lumix FZ200 capture
reasonable audio quality when the sound source is fairly close to the
camera. Once the sound source is away from close proximity, the
camera will tend to ramp up the automatic gain control resulting in "thin"
and noisy audio.
If you use the camera outdoors these microphones are very susceptible
to "wind noise"
The zoom motor can be heard if you are in a quiet environment and you
operate the zoom control.
To overcome the issue of the in-built microphone picking up the noise of
the zoom motor Panasonic introduced a compatible stereo electrets
condenser microphone the MS1.
The MS-1 external stereo microphone
The MS-1 is powered by a single AAA alkaline battery. Power is applied
if you select Mono or Stereo recording and a brief flash of the battery
status LED confirms there is sufficient voltage available to power the
electret microphone modules.
The microphone features an electronic wind noise filter which can be
switched on to attenuate the low frequency rumbling associated with the
sound of air buffeting over the microphone capsule. The capsules are
mounted on a flexible rubber mount which gives some audio decoupling
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