Re: Olympus LS-10 clock accuracy (was Olympus LS-10 and ext mic

["Rob Danielson" danielson_audio]

At 7:20 PM -0400 6/3/08, Marc Myers wrote:
>One of the folks on a video forum to which I subscribe had an
>interesting take on this device. Many wedding photographers use a
>small recorder and a mini lavaliere to capture the wedding vows.
>Video is shot from a distance and the sound is synced later. In an
>hour ceremony it's typical for the two devices to loose sync over
>time and audio might be a second ahead or behind at the end. The
>Olympus was seconds off in an hour. Really horrible performance for
>its internal clock.

Whoa! The Sony and Sharp Hi/MD's I use drift 4 frames max in 74
minutes. Could the LS-10 really be 100 times less accurate?  It seems
accurate timing could be important,.. but maybe not as there are no
moving parts. Ironic. Rob D.


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