Sick Assembled at Hooligan's - Nikon D7000 and Zoom H2

Photographer Robert Giordano shot this video of South Florida band, Sick Assembled, at Hooligan's in Boca Raton. He used a Nikon D7000 with a Nikkor 35mm f1.8 lens. Exposure was f1.8/30 and ISO 1600. White balance was set to 5000K. He recorded the sound with a Zoom H2 digital audio recorder mounted to the hot shoe of the D7000.

This band was loud and the D7000's built-in microphone would not have been able to handle the audio input with its built in microphone. The Zoom H2 connected to the stereo input jack on the D7000 so there was no need to sync audio in post. The ability to connect an external, stereo microphone, combined with the superior quality of the 1080p video in low light is what makes the Nikon D7000 a leap ahead the Nikon D90 and even a step above the Canon 7D.

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[byt4byt]

D7000 audio is 'pants' no manual control.

NIKON lets have a manual setting and meters.

Audio badly overdriven.

Record to external recorder and sync on the timeline. Use the internal mics to provide waveform 'clue'. as per itskeefvimeo mic test with the H1 X/Y

X/Y mic in a Rode shock mount on mic stand center line 3 metres back. Set to -12 -6 as peak. Use another D7000 locked down for cutaways and covershots. Recording audio in this location will pick up the foldback monitors.

[rob215x]

@byt4byt This is good info! I've been using the tracks from the recorder to sync later in post. I use the sound from the internal mic to provide a visual "sync" as you suggested.

[jackdanielmills]

Would the sound quality have improved if you had recorded the audio from the H2 separately and sync'ed in post? I'm thinking about recording a show for a friend next week with a couple of H2's and a D7000 and just wondering if synchronizing in post would be a better idea than recording inline.

[rob215x]

@jackdanielmills you could try connecting the H2 directly to the sound board or position it somewhere optimal if they won't let you do that. I would still record audio with the built in mic on the D7000, then use it as a reference track to help you sync the audio from the H2. Once the H2 audio is synced, simply turn off the D7000 audio track in your editor.

[Leviao]

I'm sorry to say, but the sound isn't that good, which it probably to blame on the camera. I've been experimenting with my own D7000 and H2 and have to conclude that they're hard to get to work nicely with each other, producing a lot of clipping.

[rob215x]

@Leviao The problem here isn't so much the camera or the H2. I've found that the D7000 needs to be set to Microphone > Low Sensitivity and the H2 needs to be set so the levels don't peak. There was an issue with this particular shoot because whoever was running the sound board kept changing the levels and I didn't have a chance to compensate. I recently shot a video at a club with equally loud, if not louder music and the sound is perfect.

[Weegie247]

I'd try and get a recording from the desk of the venue personally or have the sound bounce into the recorder at the back of the venue. Alternatively you could place the recorder above a speaker pointing into the crowd.

[Leviao]

@rob215x Interesting. I've tried, but the levels should be around -12 ~ -6 dB to get a good SNR, and up there I get an awful lot of distortion from the camera. I wonder if you had to lower the "REC level" and line out volume to get the result you got.

[pinkhombre]

very good video n sound!