(Non-fan film) XLR mic -> GL1?

I will soon be filming a short (sorry, not a SW fan film ) with a Canon GL1 and have a question regarding using an external microphone. It seems the GL1 has a 1/8" external mic connector (listed as 3.5mm in the manual, so mini-stereo I assume).

I have access to some fairly nice XLR microphones. Can I obtain an XLR->3.5mm stereo adapter and plug the microphone straight into the camera? Alternatively, I could hook the microphone up to a mixer and feed the RCA output through an RCA->3.5mm adapter and into the camera, but that seems like overkill.

Any thoughts are well-appreciated!

 

The most popular accessory I've heard of for this sort of thing is the BeachTek adapter. I've used one in my college classes and it's worth looking into.

Hope that helps!

 

If your mixer can provide phantom power to your mic, that would be the best way to go. It'll giv e you the best uni-directional (shotgun pattern).


Although, the Beachtek I hear is good too, but doesn't provide phantom power. Of course, if your mic takes batteries, then, well, you can figure it out.
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Jamball

 

Actually the BeachTek DXA-6 and DXA-8 can both provide phantom power. Thank you for addressing that though as it could be a very important issue depending the accessory you're looking at.