Originally posted by anthers Thanks for the feedback, especially from an X user.
I’m coming from a K7 and a handful of legacy glass, so I‘m looking at investing in new lenses and a body either way. I’m just wondering whether I’d be better off switching systems to give me more capability in the future.
What do you use for your audio? I’m thinking about a lav mic, maybe a shotgun and a preamp or an audio recorder to start, although it would probably be easier to record straight into the camera.
Audio is just as important as the moving images on video. I know of no digital camera whose audio would not be improved greatly with a preamp. My preamp is Beachtek DXA-MICRO-PRO Active XLR Compact Adapter ($145).
Personally, I prefer to record directly into my K1's. Recording audio separately to me just creates another un-needed step in post to syc up the audio and video. Also, nothing is worse than a video where the audio does not match up with the picture. Obviously, recording audio in camera eliminates that extra step, saves you time in editing, and eliminates the possiblity that the audio does not syn up perfectly with the image.
I have a number of nice microphones of various types (shotgun, condenser, etc.). Select a microphone based on what you will be recording (voice over vs studio vs nature vs vlogging vs interviews - etc.). I've tried various mics, and seem to always end up coming back to Rode mics.