In case you wondered why our NAB and Cine Gear videos sounded so good this year: we finally found the perfect microphone solution for good audio in noisy environments, and it comes from Sony. This is a shameless plug because we were so happy with the Sony UWP-D22 microphone sets. We’ve covered trade shows for way over a decade – actually, we started around 2008. Shooting interviews about new products on the show floor always proved difficult on various levels: Hoards of people walking through your image on crowded show floors, mixed lighting conditions, and a lot of light pollution from other booths that are often demo-ing lighting equipment. Sony UWP-D22 handheld mic solution with its receiver on a FUJIFILM X-H2S on the NAB show floor. Image credit: CineD Trade shows = audio recording problems On the audio side, we often had even worse problems in the past: lots of surrounding noise from people talking next to you, the occasional music in the background, and often wireless connectivity issues because of Wifi and general airwave congestion – which, by the way, is the worst, because you will literally be stuck with no usable audio unless you brought another wireless solution that works on other frequency bands, or simply a wired microphone solution. The main choice for show floor videos: hand mics We generally use hand mics for gear interviews on the show floor. They are easy and flexible when we are moving from booth to booth shooting videos about new...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 16 June, 2023