Movie mode cannot handle loud noise

[lookupinwonder]

As my 'take anywhere' digital P&S I use a Casio S600. Metal body, very thin,

very nice MPEG4 movie mode. As a camera it is nothing special, but I wanted the

movie mode.

 

Although the movie mode is really quite nice, the camera has a problem with

loud noise. E.g. during a concert the gain control will fail and the sound is

just one wall of distortion, very nasty.

 

So building upon the strengths of the Casio, what would be a similar camera

that can handle the noise? I emphatically am NOT looking for something like a

Canon S5, or crossovers between digicams and camcorders. I want a small

(emphasis on small) digicam with MPEG4 that can handle the noise.

[jcuknz]

Obviously the camera is not designed for the extraordinary conditions people foolishly subject themselves to at concerts .. but if you must ... then how about organising a sound barrier after the fashion that people wear ear plugs. Earplugs for yourself wouldn't be a bad idea either, after all you don't want to go deaf ahead of normal degradation with age.

[Charles_Webster]

I wouldn't count on any device, camcorder or not, that has a built in mic being able to handle concert sound levels without overloading into total distortion. Hell, it's hard enough for the pros to cope with those levels...

 

<Chas>