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The N95 at the BBC

Published by Steve Litchfield at 14:22 UTC, February 26th 2008

Darren Waters, of the BBC no less, has been using the Nokia N95 exclusively for blogging and videoblogging, as we've mentioned before. In this post, he summarises his experiences, good and bad. Suffice it to say that the N95's staying in his kit bag, but that he wishes there was an external microphone option. Wait.... there is - see below for video proof... [updated: video actually err.... works!]

Inspired by a brief experiment by Steve Garfield, I did my own 'outside broadcast' test, embedded below, using a bog standard Nokia hands-free hit. Darren - give this a try? [updated: video below should now work, I'd forgotten to set the 'Public' flag!]

If anything, I got too close to the headset remote control and my voice was a little distorted. But it proves the technique, hopefully. Give it a try in your own videos whenever there's external noise around, e.g. at trade shows!

Steve Litchfield, AllAboutSymbian and the Smartphones Show

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News Discussion

kontraband
Marcel had a good mic setup on his N95 at Nokiaworld... N95 with tripod, and mic on extended lead..... he recommended it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darla/2...7603389868279/

BTW, the youtube vid isnt working..
sturgeon
comvu posted this video tutorial on wiring an external mic for the N95 on the Nokia Support forum,

http://www.comvu.com/ArchiveAsx.aspx?284402

Cheers,

s.
Unregistered
I guess the BBC don't know of the DT-22.
davidmaxwaterma
kontraband says :
> BTW, the youtube vid isnt working..

Yeah, that's happened a few times for me for AAS videos. What's that about?

Max.
kontraband
Quote:
Originally Posted by davidmaxwaterma View Post
kontraband says :
> BTW, the youtube vid isnt working..

Yeah, that's happened a few times for me for AAS videos. What's that about?

Max.

Its because Steve or whoevers video it is at the time, has it set to a 'private video' :rolleyes:... you know... the kind where you have to be a friend to view it.
slitchfield
Sorry all, now fixed. I'd set it as Private while it was 'processing' on YouTube and simply forgot to set it to 'Public' - GAH! [red face]
Unregistered
Thanks for the info re: wiring a mono external mic. What about the wiring for a Stereo external mic?

According to the spec, Nokia Video recorder records stereo audio.

Can you or anyone tell us how to wire a stereo external mic?

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