Theaters

The music is loud and the lighting changes. The theaters are all sizes. These are rock concerts.

You want a camera with XLR inputs that can be swiched between mic level and line level (line level for the sound-desk)

Any of Sonys pro cameras from the A1 to the Z series up.
Canon do the XHA1 too.

You can get a less expensive camera with a mic input and manual level adjust, such as the canon HV40 you would need to use this with a beachteck DXA-2 adaptor, again switched to line level, to get the audio from a soundboard.

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1. Paul R Says:
   March 5th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

   You want a camera with XLR inputs that can be swiched between mic level and line level (line level for the sound-desk)

   Any of Sonys pro cameras from the A1 to the Z series up.
   Canon do the XHA1 too.

   You can get a less expensive camera with a mic input and manual level adjust, such as the canon HV40 you would need to use this with a beachteck DXA-2 adaptor, again switched to line level, to get the audio from a soundboard.
   References :
   http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=177&modelid=17996#ModelTechSpecsAct

2. fhotoace Says:
   March 5th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

   I have seen these cameras mounted next to the audio board at the last few concerts I attended

   http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?displayTab=O&storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=86387&catGroupId=14616&surfModel=AJ-SDC615

   and this one

   http://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL101625

   The second camera is one I have seen local television remote crews using as well.
   References :
   digiPro

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