• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

external microphone for DSLR, question

Olivier Staiger

Olivier Staiger

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so I have a Canon EOS T2i, it records video with sound in mono only but I can use a stereo external microphone, right ?

question : do all microphones use an internal battery ? or is there a microphone that will be powered by the shoe contacts ?

what is a good choice of an external microphone, specifically for stormchasing, with wind shoe, reducing wind noise, and minimal size ?

any suggestion ?

I remember long ago on one of my Sony handycams I bought an external microphone but I hated the fact that it needed a battery to work because there was no way to be informed when the battery would die on the microphone and I might suddenly record video without sound... Ideally would be a microphone that does not need a battery but that gets its power from the camera batteries through either the hotshoe , or via the USB jack ?
 
Your built-in microphone records mono, but the input jack is stereo and will record stereo. The mic must be self-powered. There is a thread for microphone recommendations here.
 
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