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Old 07-08-2012, 09:27 PM   #2204
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp View Post
Are the microphones good on these things?
They're okay, but as the mic is integrated into the body, it will pick up the sounds of you handling the camera, zooming a lens or the AF motor going. It can be distracting. At the very least, get a small external mic that you can plug into the mic input. Nikon has a cool little one that is powered by the camera body. It will work with any DSLR with a mic input. I bought a Sennheiser MKE400, which has better sound quality than the Nikon one, and is slightly larger, but still quite small.

ME-1 Stereo Microphone from Nikon

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