Through ton's of trial and error I have concluded that this external mic port will NOT work with a external microphone unless that external device is powered. I ended up purchasing a Comica CVM-WM100 which works pretty good other than it "Shows" a l...
I found a very reasonable Wireless Lavalier MIC set that seems to work very well. I don't know if this allows me to post URL's so I'll paste the description on Amazon. Wireless Camere Lavalier Microphone Filmmaker Kit, EACHSHOT COMICA CVM-WM100 Prof...
Without offending . . . your answer is way too tecky. I'm just a simple guy trying to get my Canon product to work. I too have returned a Vixia HF R800 camcorder because I thought the device was broken. My previous Kodak camcorder DID work with a...
