Are there any microphones that i can use as an attachment for a nikon d3100 dslr?

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Are there any microphones that i can use as an attachment for a nikon d3100 dslr? or like a good portable microphone? my dslr doesnt havea microphone jack ._.
 
Ditto to what Andy said. The Zoom series portable recorders are great mics and recorders. I always record separate sound.
 
heh, internal mics suck. My Canon T1I has the same issue, and man, dat auto-focus machine noise...

So basically you're stuck with needing an external solution that is self contained (ie. mic AND recorder). People have mentioned the Zoom and Tascam varieties. You can also get microphones that will hook up to your smart phone. Tascam makes a decent one of those too.

The tricky part is going to be aligning the audio to the video in post. Generally, you'll start the audio recording and do something like snap your fingers the moment you hit record on the camera. This will give a nice editing cut point to sync the tracks.

The best alternative though IMO, would be to save up a bit, sell your DSLR body and get a model with a mic jack. Then look into the Rode shotgun mics. You mentioned portability is important, which leads me to believe you'll be doing recording outside, and the Rode mics serve this purpose pretty well.
 
Even with an internal mic input I would still use an external recorder/mic. Every DSLR I have has a slight feedback when using the mic input.. no matter the mic. I have everything from a $800 Rode mic to a s****y little lav mic.

Tarmack said:
heh, internal mics suck. My Canon T1I has the same issue, and man, dat auto-focus machine noise...

So basically you're stuck with needing an external solution that is self contained (ie. mic AND recorder). People have mentioned the Zoom and Tascam varieties. You can also get microphones that will hook up to your smart phone. Tascam makes a decent one of those too.

The tricky part is going to be aligning the audio to the video in post. Generally, you'll start the audio recording and do something like snap your fingers the moment you hit record on the camera. This will give a nice editing cut point to sync the tracks.

The best alternative though IMO, would be to save up a bit, sell your DSLR body and get a model with a mic jack. Then look into the Rode shotgun mics. You mentioned portability is important, which leads me to believe you'll be doing recording outside, and the Rode mics serve this purpose pretty well.
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Zoom H1 or the Zoom H4n is good. Agreed to the people suggesting zoom.

Or you can be like me and just use your smartphone audio recorder. This only works well inside though. Use Audacity to remove background noise.
 
i dont have any experience with those zoom or tascam mics and i dont realy now how it works, do you need to sinc the audio afterwerds ? btw idd say get a rode video mic or rode video mic go
 
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