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Hey guys, and girls!

I own a Canon 5D Mark II and I'd like to start shooting video. Unfortunately I don't know much about it. A while ago I bought a Shure microphone to photograph and still have it. I'm wondering if I can use that with my 5D II (it's for an interview sort of thing).

The thing is that the cable from the mic doesn't fit the canon, so my question is, can I use adaptors to make it fit? Would that work?

This is the microphone:


The adaptors I think I need:

The blue (female) one:


and than this one:


Is that possible? I don't want to spend US$200 on a mic just now, so I'm just wondering if that would work at all!

Thanks!

PS: I just found out this cable here:


(told you I didn't know anything about this) Would that work?

the connector of your mic implies it might need external power which will not come from Canon... so it might mean that you would need a pre-amp to use it.

What kind of video are you planning to shoot? You don't need sound at all for any stock footage. Internal mic of 5D Mk II is good enough for family type shooting. And if you are planning to get serious about interview/reportage and/or movie production you will need to invest either to a decent mic or to an external recorder.

I just bought Zoom H1 recorder (which is quite cheap option for around $100) - it's light and can be mounted on top of the camera, or can be used hand-held for interviews... It is not as well built as H4 and has fewer option but is cheaper, lighter and still has very good quality mics and good quality recording.

it will probably work but they don't provide enough technical details to say for sure

for example Sony ECM-DS70p will work, as well as other consenser microphones using either a battery or a plugin power.

Yeah... I found it for US$29. It would be perfect. Shame the shipping to Brazil costs US$39. Why do I live in a third-world and far away country?


Uhmm... interesting. I'll try to find the adaptor for my current Shure mic and check it, if that works, the other ones should too!

Thanks for the replies guys! Always nice to count on the good folks here!

   I have the h1 and the quality is amazing! The h1 will not take an xlr, but the big brother to it will- the h4.
I have some microphones with xlr pins, and they all need phantom power from a mixer or a preamp. By the time you buy that, and the adapters, the money will add up.  There is a website I use to buy sound equipment, and the sales rep is very knowledgable. They would be happy to explain what the mic you have would need, and what would be a cheaper alternative. My advice is to not skimp on the sound if you can afford it. You won't get a chance to make the sound better later. Here is the info if you are interested. It's worth talking to someone with the correct information. Otherwise, you'll end up with equipment that is not compatible.

Charlie Davis
Sales Engineer
Sweetwater Sound Inc.
toll free: 800-222-4700 x 1320
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I shoot a monthly web/TV show using my Canon T2i and I use a Zoom H1 for audio recording along with a number of cheap chinese audio devices.  A couple of lav mics, a hand-help dynamic mic, and a shotgun mic.

I got the info on most of them from a web site called CheesyCam which is an outstanding resource for cheep film making equipment:

http://cheesycam.com/

We use the lav mics for interviews where no movement is needed, the shotgun mic on a cheap boom pole for groups of 3 or more, and the hand-held mic for interviews where we're moving around a lot.  I just connect what we are using to the H1 and then connect the H1 to the T2i for reference audio (for replacing with the H1 recorded audio).