does anyone know if the Hi-MD technology is suitable for location sound recording on video shoots? i use a Sennheiser MKH416 shotgun mic on boompole. currently this feeds XLR into my Sony PD150 camcorder. however my boom operator needs long cable runs for both the XLR and monitoring headphones back to the camera. the expensive solution to this is a portable DAT recorder, but i can't afford that javascript:emoticon(':whatever:'). i stumbled upon Hi-MD and wonder if anyone's tried this in the field? Issues i can imagine are having to convert XLR down to 3.5mm minijack, doable but clumsy. Also is the recording reliably in sync with picture when slated with a clapperboard?. Are the controls friendly or fiddly? I'm excited about being able to upload the digital file through USB rather than realtime playout through line, but is this possible on a Mac? And finally, which model would best suit this use? cheers, dave@doubledrop.com
