Filmmaker here. Need some help.

>>3041943
>Filmmaker
>direct sound
Can't spend the 3 seconds syncing it in post? Or is this for personal use? In which case you don't need external sound get yourself a $700 camcorder.

>>3041949
>Can't spend the 3 seconds syncing it in post?
It's more of a pre-editing deal. I'd just like to save the time it takes to organize it all since I'm doing everything myself.

>>3041951
Syncing audio is literally the shortest job in production. All you gotta do is clap.

If this is too much for you, you'd be better off with a pleb vidya, like a gopro.

>>3042103
Thanks for not helping at all.

>>3042104
I'm not going to recommend professional tools to someone that doesn't know how to sync audio. You'd just get worse results than a consumer product.

>>3042107
Ok thanks man.

Honestly listen to this guy, you won't find anything approaching good audio quality in that budget, your best bet it mounting a recorder and shotgun to your rig.

But by the sound of it, you don't give a shit about good audio quality or video quality, or probably product quality for that matter. If that's the case I don't know why you're intent on using XLR anyway. Just stick a Chinese cardioid on your hot shoe and be done with it.

i'm as much of a filmmaker as mario is a plumber but i use a panasonic g6 and it does alright

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>>3041943
Yes. The first generation large sensor camcorders is what you're looking for. The Panasonic AF100 retails for about $900/1000 and can film 1080p 30p/720 60p, on a micro four thirds sensor and accepts panasonic and lolympus lenses, and it has integrated NDs and viewfinder. The Sony FS100 retails for about $1200/1400 and shoots 1080p up to 60p with a Super35 sensor, but has no internal NDs. You can adapt all kinds of lenses to both. Both have XLR inputs.

These are perfectly capable today. For example, successful youtube channel "RedLetterMedia" is shot entirely on AF100s.