Support for Digital Shotgun Microphone (DMW-DMS1: optional)

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Digital Shotgun Microphone (DMW-DMS1: optional) is now supported.

By connecting a Digital Shotgun Microphone, it is possible to make high quality audio recordings and high resolution audio recordings.

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(A) Hot shoe

Getting started:

Turn off the camera, and remove the hot shoe cover. ( character_reference Removing the Hot Shoe Cover)

Attach the Digital Shotgun Microphone to the hot shoe, and then turn on the camera.

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_video-audio ] [Hot Shoe Audio Input]

When the Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [Hot Shoe Audio Input] automatically turns [ON].

[ON]

Records the audio of the Digital Shotgun Microphone.

[OFF]

Records audio using the built-in microphone of the camera.

Make settings for the sound quality of the audio to be recorded in [Sound Rec Quality]. ([Sound Rec Quality])

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You can change the directionality of CH1/CH2 on the Digital Shotgun Microphone itself.

While a Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [ icon_dms1-info-disp-vm ] is displayed on the screen.

While a Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [4ch Mic Input] is fixed to [OFF].

There are the following limitations when a Digital Shotgun Microphone is connected.

– When [Hot Shoe Audio Input] is set to [ON], the following settings are fixed:

[Sound Rec Level Limiter]: [OFF]

[Wind Noise Canceller]: [OFF]

[Sound Output]: [REC SOUND]

– When [Hot Shoe Audio Input] is set to [ON], [Sound Rec Gain Level] and [Sound Rec Level Adj.] are not available.

When the Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, [Sound Rec Level Disp.] automatically turns [ON], and the recording level is displayed on the screen.

When the Digital Shotgun Microphone is attached, do not carry the camera by holding the Digital Shotgun Microphone. It may become detached.

If noises are recorded when using the AC adaptor, use the battery.

If you start video recording immediately after turning on the camera, a period with no sound may be recorded at the beginning.

For details, refer to the operating instructions for the Digital Shotgun Microphone.

[Sound Rec Quality]

Sound quality for video can be set when the [Rec. File Format] is [MOV] or [Apple ProRes].

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_video-audio ] Select [Sound Rec Quality]

[96kHz/24bit]

Audio is recorded using 96 kHz/24 bit high resolution audio.

This is available when a Digital Shotgun Microphone (DMW-DMS1: optional) is connected.

[48kHz/24bit]

Audio is recorded using 48 kHz/24 bit high quality audio.

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The setting is fixed to [48kHz/16bit] in the following case:

– When [Rec. File Format] is set to [MP4(Lite)]/[MP4]

[DMS1 Button Backlight]

You can set the brightness when the directivity buttons on the Digital Shotgun Microphone light.

button_menu-set [ icon_movie ] [ icon_video-audio ] [Hot Shoe Audio Input] [SET] Select [DMS1 Button Backlight]

Settings: [H]/[M]/[L]