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Taping With a Point and Shoot Camera - Tips - thebends - 11-26-2012

I've been trying to tape live concert songs with an Olympus Super Wide HD P&S camera with little success. Despite trying different options all I'm getting is very grainy video with terribly distorted sound. Can anyone share any tips on improving the results?

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Re: Taping With a Point and Shoot Camera - Tips - li99sh79 - 11-29-2012

My hunch is that the built-in microphone in the camera is not really designed to handle high SPL environments like a concert, so distorted sound is just something you'll have to deal with. But that might also be my own personal prejudices showing.

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Re: Taping With a Point and Shoot Camera - Tips - chris - 12-03-2012

Audio - "li99sh79" is correct. Some cameras are better than others when it comes to audio but generally they all have issues with loud concerts.

Video - zoom out, test out the different kinds of metering your camera has (if any), and keep the camera as steady as possible.

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Re: Taping With a Point and Shoot Camera - Tips - thebends - 12-03-2012

Thanks guys. Based on the number of shows we go to I'm pretty close to getting some proper gear.

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Re: Taping With a Point and Shoot Camera - Tips - thecompletist - 07-31-2013

I bought many and although a few maybe much better the line of Sony's have very decent audio for a point and shoot. H20 models from last few years especially. plus very good photos as well.

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