[Russ]

I am looking at the benefits/drawbacks of the new HD fprmats (tape, hard disk, flash memory) and so what does the mike pick up.
My current camcorder is a Sony DCrPC105 - excellent flexibility but you get the hiss of the tape mechanism

Is this the same in your HC7 ??
What about hard disk models ?
I expect the flash memeory camers are silent = is this so ?

Thanks

[rhubarbe]

Yes, flash memory cams are silent.

I had a noisy HV10; I have had an HDR-HC1e that was nice and quiet.

[senu]

While SD flash models have no motors.. Mics picking up motor noise is model specific ( and maybe a faulty individual one)

It happens ..
Unless in dead silent environment should not be an issue and where available not picked by external mics
If recording in a very silent environment, during editing audio can be muted or replaced
Otherwise most ambient sounds tend to be louder than the motor sounds

[rhubarbe]

That's true, but for guys like felix2, who takes a lot of video in his silent cell, an SD camcorder does make a nice quiet alternative.

[felix2]

Originally Posted by rhubarbe

That's true, but for guys like felix2, who takes a lot of video in his silent cell, an SD camcorder does make a nice quiet alternative.

rhubarbe, I'm surprised you heard the motor noise on your HV10 at all over your heavy breathing you told us about!!

Actually seriously I haven't had any problems with motor noise on the HC7, but haven't really tested it properly yet. I'll try to give it a go in my cell (!) and with different mics some time this week and report back.