Lousy Microphone
Written: Mar 08 '02
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Pros: None
Cons: Very Poor Audio Quality. SOunds telephony, narrow freq. response.
The Bottom Line: Don't waste your money! LOusy audio pickup that sounds very telephony. Stereo seperation is poor.
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| qwertysgp's Full Review: JVC MZ-V3 Stereo Zoom Mic |
Not that I'm against JVC products, but after buying the DVP3 and being very disappointed with it, I thought that I might be able to at least get a good sound by buying the zoom microphone. To my disappointment (YET AGAIN!), the microphone's audio pickup quality sucks big time. Frequency response is probably only between 500hz to 16kHz with extreme sensitivity towards the 1-4KHz region for conversation pickup.
When zoomed out at it's fullest, I'd prefer to switch it off and use the camera's built-in microphone. The sound pickup sensitivity for it's 'wide' mode is even worst than the camera's microphone. And when zoomed in at it's max, the audio quality drops drastically to the 1-4KHz region, picking up sound and conversations that sounds like the subject are talking through a telephone earpiece.
Overall, the microphone's low frequency response is very bad. It seems like it have a 500Hz low-cut filter permanently being switched on. The stereo seperation is also very poor, being unable to seperate any L/R sound source between about 30 degrees at the on-axis point. It sounds worst than a cheap electret-condenser microphone that comes in a "My First Sony" or Fisher toy recorder!
Don't waste your money on JVC products anymore...I'm really disappointed that the Inventor of VHS have come to such a state in audio & video technology!
Recommended:
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