Dual mics on D7000

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I use a lapel mic for interviews but increasingly I'm shooting winners interviews, so two people speaking. So far I've either bodged it with the lapel mic going between speakers, or using a directional muc. But when people face away from camera, the sound can suffer.

I'm thinking that two lapel mics joined with a splitter and then going into the D7000's single audio input will work - anyone tried it and are there any pitfalls?
 
Yep I bought a 4 input mono mixer from maplins which works well. Only issue with d7000 is working out the gain control as it doesnt have headphone socket so i used to record to a separate recorder instead (zoom h1), sync the audio back in post.
 
I'd have a look at a gain / volume box to split your mics.

If one person is louder than the other it can cause havoc in post and at least that way you could pop them on 0db and and adjust as necessary.
 
Just a quick note on the mixer actually...might be a good idea to.try and find one with signal LEDs so you can monitor it for best levelling...

I don't know any to suggest but a quick google or someone else may know of one / better alternative?
 
yes thats the one i got. it has a clipping indicator on it but i use the zoom h1 with it i can monitor the signal with that (and headphones). Now that I use a D800 I can send the audio straight to the camera and monitor from there too.
 
Cheers for the advice guys but I need to keep kit down to a minimum, as I'm on the move a lot and need to travel light. A separate mixer thingumajig would be good but it'll mean I need to hire a packhorse to carry my ever-increasing kit around :lol:
 
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