MD160 sound

[melx]

I have read that this model has problems with motors noise but im not sure is this normal what my camera records or is it too noisy :\ ?
test clip-> http://www.zone.ee/md160/cst.avi

[melx]

here is better test, without and with cassette
http://www.zone.ee/md160/csc.avi

is this normal or not ?

[redsox_mark]

The first part (without the tape I assume) sounds normal. The second part, that's not good. It shouldn't be that noisy.

[felix2]

Do bear in mind that the camera's "Auto Level Gain Control" will pump up the volume when it's recording quiet / "silent" things and turn down the recording volume when you're filming loud bands and carnivals... So it would probably be a bit more realistic to test e.g. someone speaking to the camera, a couple of metres in front of the cam, indoors - and you shouldn't really hear any intrusive camera noise in those sorts of conditions (it might be reasonable to accept you'd hear a bit of motor noise). But no, your clip there doesn't seem to sound good...

[melx]

ok, thanks.

but camcorder itself makes more noise than my old g1000 (8mm), i tho that new cameras have better and quieter motors