That will be very interesting to hear what your opinion is on the outcome of that comparison
Unfortunately, it will not be a fair comparison. Video consists of 2 parts, audio and visual. The Note 10+ with its internal microphone is omni directional, which means it will record sound from all directions. This is bad because I only want the sound from the speaker's voice to be recorded, but not the background noise. The only way to accomplish this is to use an external microphone as close-up to the speaker as possible. There are only 2 types of microphones that I know of, either a shotgun mic or a lavalier mic. For my particular setup, I will use the Movo VXR700 shotgun mic hooked up to my Canon M50 camera's 3.5mm audio jack. The Movo mic has a plus 10 decibal setting to boost the sound sensitivity, plus the mic has a low-cut pass filter to reduce unwanted background noise. Both settings will be enabled on the Movo shotgun mic for optimal audio quality. As for my Note 10+ phone, unfortunately I don't have a 2nd Movo VXR700 mic to attach to the phone in order to have a fair audio comparison. Just as important, even if I did have a 2nd mic, it would not be able to attach to the phone because as we all know, the Note 10 phone lacks a freakin' 3.5mm audio jack. This is also the reason why (in a separate thread) that I ordered a freakin' $15 Samsung USB-C adapter so that I would be able to hopefully connect an external microphone, such as a 2nd Movo VXR700, to my Note 10 phone. But I've already been notified by FedEx that my Samsung adapter has been delayed for arrival 3 times already...nuts. So if the Note 10 phone were to have a 3.5mm jack, which it doesn't, that would mean I could instantly slap on a 2nd Movo shotgun mic so that both the camera and phone would have exactly the same microphone so that it would be a fair test for comparing audio quality. As it stands now, the only external microphone that I have that fits the Note 10 phone is something I ordered from Amazon, which is the Yichuang 4 feet long USB-C lavalier mic. I am very happy this external mic works and attaches to the Note 10 phone via USB-C, which is what the mic is designed for. This Yichuang USB-C mic only costs $20 and works well, but the problem is that the cord is only 4 feet long, which is too short to clip onto the speaker's lapel from where the camera will be situated. So going back to the Samsung USB-C adapter that I ordered but is delayed in transit, if that widget were to work correctly, that would be great. I would consider buying a 2nd Movo VXR700 shotgun mic which works great and only costs $40 at Amazon. I could then attach that duplicate Movo mic to my Note 10 phone. This is all theoretical at this point, but in my mind, it will hopefully all work out as planned. Using an external shotgun mic is ideal because the mic is designed to focus on picking up sound from a narrow range based on whatever the mic is pointing at. Conversely, the shotgun mic will record much less of the unwanted background noise since it is NOT omni-directional. As for visual quality, I'm sure the Note 10 phone will record well, especially since it's in a controlled environment inside a room. The M50 camera positively has an advantage over the Note 10 phone since the camera has a longer optical zoom lens focal range (15mm-45mm), whereas the Note 10 phone only has 1x and 2x optical zoom (without going into digital zoom). Also important is that the M50 camera (plus almost all DSLR cameras) are able to do a custom white balance preset off a grey card. This means I can turn off the unpredictable "Auto" white balance from the camera, instead, take a picture of an 18 percent grey card and set that as my default for Custom White Balance. Bottom line, the colors will be much more accurate, especially for skin tones on subjects when using a Custom White Balance metered off a grey card. But on the Note 10 phone (or any smartphone), I'm pretty sure this is not possible to do a custom white balance setting. In my Note 10 plus phone, when I switch to "Pro" still image shooting mode in the camera app, I see the ability to change to different color temperatures (such as from warmer to cooler). But I don't see any way to meter off a grey card to use for custom white balance. When I switch to video mode on the Note 10, I don't even see any provision to change the color temperature, so it's even more limited for shooting videos versus stills. Anyway, excuse the long rambling and whatever grammatical/syntax errors that are included in this long run-on paragraph. Hopefully I was able to shed some light on why it will not be a fair comparison between my M50 camera versus the Note 10 plus phone. But with that said, I fully expect the Note 10 plus phone to serve as a very capable backup camera.
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