MOVO VXR 300 Compact Stereo Video Microphone Test

Video: MOVO VXR 300 Compact Stereo Video Microphone Test

Improve your videos! A practical test of the MOVO VXR 300 Compact Stereo Video Microphone designed for DSLR cameras, point and shoot or "bridge" cameras and any audio recorder with 3.5 mm audio input jacks. 

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 I am mainly concerned with its use on DSLR's and bridge cameras like the Canon SX60 HS which is my bread and butter Nature video camera and was used on most of the videos on this YouTube channel.

I felt I needed an external microphone for three reasons - in this order - 1) especially with age and hard use all electronic super-zoom bridge cameras like the Canon SX60 will produce very annoying noises during zoom in and out operations that really sounds amateurish and needs to be edited out.  2) Wind noise - I just hate that loud wind roar that ruins many good videos and leads to putting music with the videos. and 3) to improve the overall sound quality of the videos. 

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Video: MOVO VXR 300 Compact Stereo Video Microphone Test

Test of Tamron 150 - 600 mm Zoom Lens With Vivitar 2X Teleconverter 1920mm

Video: Test of Tamron 150 - 600 mm Zoom Lens

1920 mm optical zoom lens - Tamron Auto Focus A011C700 SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Zoom Lens for Canon EF Cameras with Vivitar Teleconverter Lens (2X4C). With special guest appearance!

This is a practical non-technical real-world test of what can expect using this setup in less than optimal shooting conditions for the vast majority of users this should be acceptable especially considering cost-benefit. Remember for every picture a professional sells or gets published they probably discard hundreds if not thousands of shots. This was just one day of examples in bad conditions.

All pictures and video were shot on a Canon T5i with the Tamron 150-600 and Vivitar 2X converter and remote shutter control. This provides an effective 1920 mm optical focal length. It was also a very windy day which has a significant impact when shooting at nearly 2000 mm. The lens was 1000 bucks with a $200 rebate and 10% cashback and the converter $75 used/recondition at Amazon so I have about 800 bucks total in this lens setup.  

None of the pictures or videos have been cropped or enhanced prior to loading into the Filmora Video Editor, of course in the process of conversion into this video there was some degradation of the imagery, but it is presented as best as can be to give you an idea of the results possible with the Tamron and teleconverter.

I set the shutter speed at 1-800 and let the camera choose the f-stop and ISO and manual focus. Autofocus will not work with the teleconverter as the video demonstrates this is to be expected and not a defect.

All of the imagery was taken in what would be considered bad to poor or harsh lighting conditions.

Of course all the videos and pictures could be improved significantly with post-processing.

The next generation Tamron lens (Tamron AFA022C700 SP 150-600mm Di VC USD G2 f/5.6-40.0) is out at around 1,300 buck with a $400 teleconverter available and this setup would probably provide incrmentally better results in poor conditions. I personally shoot mainly video and use a Canon SX60 1300mm 65x optical zoom for my workhorse, but I find the video with this 1920 mm setup more than acceptable especially in the sun. 

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Video: Test of Tamron 150 - 600 mm Zoom Lens

White Breasted Nuthatch Attacks Camera

Video - Nuthatch Attacks Camera

A White Breasted Nuthatch - the Backyard curmudgeon - takes his unwillingness to share food out on my camera lens which must look like another nuthatch and a poor, but determined, Dark-Eyed Junco who keeps trying to snatch a quick meal.

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White Breasted Nuthatch Attacks Camera

Pied Billed Grebe

Video: Pied Billed Grebe

Little Pied Billed Grebe's are cute, Adults look like juvenile versions of larger waterfowl. But they are skittish and fast, expert swimmers and long distance divers. The trick is trying to predict where they will come up once they dive. They prefer live protein to the veggy diet of many of their Duck companions. This Grebe just barely avoids being pulled under by a large fish or turtle I doubt it was an alligator or it would be gone. Filmed at Cape Canaveral National Seashore were among thousands of water birds the few little Grebes stand out! 

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Dark Eyed Junco

Dark Eyed Junco

Dark Eyed Junco Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina in early October.

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse in heavy forest/Wild Grape Vine cover Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina.

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren - Early October Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina. Much of my photography and videography is done in dense forest cover where direct sunlight does not penetrate and clear lines of sight are not possible. This photo was shot at ISO5000.