The
other nice piece of gear that I got was a recording device. I wanted
a devoted sound recording device because I knew that I was going to
try to shoot the subject from certain distances, or even outside.
Both of these options would mean that the built-in audio recorder
from the iPhone wouldn't suit me very well. Furthermore, I had no
assumptions that it was a high-quality recorder. But all this also
meant that I needed a microphone, too. When I think of audio gear
needs, the first place that came to mind was Guitar Center. I thought
that the folks there would be informative, and help someone like me
(who doesn't know what he's doing). I was wrong. They didn't have a
great selection, and they merely assumed that I would want an option
to plug directly into the iPhone.
But I wanted to devote the iPhone
to video recording, and then another device for audio recording. One
reason for this was because I just didn't have the memory on my
iPhone for this sort of task (I only have a 16gb iPhone). I was
lucky, however, because there was a customer there who helped me a
great deal more than the people behind the counter. This guy was very
informative, and understood what I wanted to do. He directed me to a
specific lav-mic that they didn't have a Guitar Center. Although I
got a Zoom recorder at at Guitar Center, I had to go to B&H Photo
for the lav-mic.
The
folks at B&H Photo were amazingly helpful. While I went there for
one thing, the guy directed me to a different mic that was better,
given my goals, and was a bit cheaper, too. Further, he reminded me
that since I wanted to record outside, I would also need a
windjammer. Anyone who has talked to someone on their phone outside
with heavy wind can understand the value of a windjammer. I hadn't
even thought of that!
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