Robert: Thanks for the file. It's helpful.
Tim: I'd like to get to the bottom of this and determine whether it should go in to a service centre. So here's what I did this morning:
1) I used a sound pressure meter to measure my environment at 40dB (A) at the camera.
2) I recorded using the camera mics at 50%
3) I recorded using the XLRs (no mic, no phantom) at 50%
4)Using Adobe Audition I measured the Amplitude Statistics of files:
a) Camera mics
- camers mics.JPG (30.03 KiB) Viewed 3829 times
b) XLR Inputs
- XLR Inputs.JPG (31.63 KiB) Viewed 3829 times
c) Robert's Camera mics (For Comparison)
- Robert's camera mics.JPG (33.02 KiB) Viewed 3829 times
Robert's camera mics appear much quieter than mine (in a similar quiet environment) by about 10dB.
So would the advice be to send it in through my dealer?