Microphone Studio Condenser

Is there a way to connect a condenser to a video camera for better sound?

Q: Hi i need to put one of my old condenser studio microphones to fit into my camera, The microphone is The samson CO3U, and the camera is cannon HFR16. Please do not use any fancy words lol im a beginner. If the camera and the mic are not compatible. Then can you tell me a cheap mic that will work with the camera hfr16?

thanks in advance!.

A: The Canon LEGRIA HFR 16 has a 1/8″ (3.5mm) Stereo Mini input. The Samson C03U uses USB connection. I don’t know of any adapter that would be USB to 3.5 mini. You can find them the other way around which is more common but will not work in your case.

Just about any microphone with a 3.5mm stereo connector will work. Most mics come with 1/4″ (6.35 mm) stereo (TRS) jacks but you can get an adapter to down-size it for your cam.

I added a link that shows a picture of these jacks. Make sure you get the stereo type adapter (see picture, bottom link).

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