Connecting a Microphone

You can connect a commercially available stereo microphone to the microphone terminal on the camera and record stereo sound. Using an external microphone can also help to reduce the possibility of recording camera operation sounds.

The following specifications are recommended for external microphones.

• Plug:

Stereo mini plug (ø3.5 mm)

• Format:

Stereo electret condenser

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Power:

Plug-in Power Method (operating voltage of 2.0 V or lower)

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Impedance:

2.2 kΩ

1 Turn off the camera.

2 Open the microphone terminal cover and connect the plug of the microphone to the microphone terminal on the camera.

3 Turn the camera on.

If the external microphone is disconnected during recording, the camera cannot switch to the internal microphone until recording has stopped. No sound will be recorded.

If you used an external microphone to record movie sound in stereo, the sound can be played back in stereo when you use a commercially available HDMI cable to output the movie to an HDMI-compatible AV device. (p.258) If you use an AV cable to output the movie, monaural sound is played back.

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