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The ultimate choice of microphone will also be influenced by what is
referred to as the “pick up pattern.”
Understanding the various pick-up patterns can help you to not only
maintain a good volume, but also to avoid picking up unwanted noises
that might be present in the room.
Here are some of the most common microphone pick-up patterns:
Cardioid. Named for its heart-shaped pattern, this design is optimal for
picking up sound in the front of the microphone. The sides will usually be
at about half strength and only one-tenth strength at the back.
This is actually very useful, as all you need to do to reject unwanted
sound is have the back of the microphone facing the source of what you
do not want to pick up.
This pattern is used for most vocal or speech situations. The Rode Video
mic has this pick up pattern.
Omni-directional. This pick up pattern gives the mic the same pick-up
strength from all angles. This can be great if you are trying to capture all
of the intricate ambient sound in a room.
Most desk and stage microphones fall into this category.
More elaborate microphone set ups can be used and if a mixing console
is used then you could take an attenuated output directly to the mic input
socket of the camera to record excellent sound quality.
Wi-Fi Cards
The Eye-Fi™ SDHC cards add some
extra functionality to the FZ200.
It allows you to wirelessly transfer the
images you take directly to your
smartphone/tablet/pc over a wi-fi
network or transfer your images by wi-fi
hot spots to a “cloud” service and
download/print them later.
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