Originally posted by Okra I used my Q to record a couple of songs at a Gojira concert two nights ago. I was filming from the balcony of the venue, with the 02 lens on full zoom at times. Turned out pretty well, I thought! Sounds clear, too.
I play in a few bands and run sound on occasion. The first (and so far only) video I've taken with it was under stage lighting at a live show I did sound for. I thought it looked quite good, and as you say, the sound was surprisingly clear and undistorted. I expected some AGC pumping or clipping in a live performance scenario, but the Q handled the audio very well.
Beats the snot out of my Motorola Droid, for sure. And the video quality is much better than my Zoom Q3, but the audio on the Zoom Q3
might be a bit better. I'd have to directly compare to know for sure though... Not too shabby when you consider the Zoom Q3 is basically a pro audio stereo field recorder with a digital camcorder tacked on.