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Old 23-01-2008, 7:53 PM   #1
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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
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Old 25-01-2008, 4:35 PM   #2
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Re: MD160 sound

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

is this normal or not ?
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Re: MD160 sound

The first part (without the tape I assume) sounds normal. The second part, that's not good. It shouldn't be that noisy.
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Re: MD160 sound

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...
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Old 26-01-2008, 4:12 PM   #5
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ok, thanks.

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