189The ultimate choice of microphone will also be influenced by what isreferred to as the “pick up pattern.”Understanding the various pick-up patterns can help you to not onlymaintain a good volume, but also to avoid picking up unwanted noisesthat might be present in the room.Here are some of the most common microphone pick-up patterns:Cardioid. Named for its heart-shaped pattern, this design is optimal forpicking up sound in the front of the microphone. The sides will usually beat about half strength and only one-tenth strength at the back.This is actually very useful, as all you need to do to reject unwantedsound is have the back of the microphone facing the source of what youdo not want to pick up.This pattern is used for most vocal or speech situations. The Rode Videomic has this pick up pattern.Omni-directional. This pick up pattern gives the mic the same pick-upstrength from all angles. This can be great if you are trying to capture allof the intricate ambient sound in a room.Most desk and stage microphones fall into this category.More elaborate microphone set ups can be used and if a mixing consoleis used then you could take an attenuated output directly to the mic inputsocket of the camera to record excellent sound quality.Wi-Fi CardsA Sandisk Eye-Fi SDHC cardNewer cameras are now being introduced with wi-fi connectivity for bothremote shooting and wirelessly transferring images to other devices.The Eye-Fi™ SDHC cards add someextra functionality to the FZ200.It allows you to wirelessly transfer theimages you take directly to yoursmartphone/tablet/pc over a wi-finetwork or transfer your images by wi-fihot spots to a “cloud” service anddownload/print them later.
