Canon R8 Mic vs External Canon DM-E100 Stereo Microphone

When I bought the ‪@CanonUSA‬ EOS R8 Content Creator Kit, it came with the external stereo microphone DM-E100. In this video, I simply provide an example of the audio directly from the Canon R8 and then connect the Canon DM-E100 external stereo microphone to see if it sounds any better. Take a listen and leave a comment with what you think.
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[@emeraldisland2023]

Congratulations on your new kit. Looks great and thanks for the video.

[@WorksIRL]

Thank you for watching and taking your valuable time to leave your nice comment 🙏I'm eager to get my new kit to work and posting some new content with it...I hope you'll stick around. Have a great weekend! 👍

[@FletchingCreative]

Thanks for the video! Perfect and simple

[@WorksIRL]

Thank you for watching and taking your valuable time to leave me your nice comment in return! 🙏I assure you I gets lots of "negative" comments which makes video creating very challenging after awhile so your nice, polite comment was literally just what I needed to see...thank you, truly! I see your channel name and presume you may be a photographer, artist, writer or creative in some way but you don't have any public content on this particular channel. I realize you may have multiple channels and this is just your "comment identity" 😎If you are new to UA-cam or have hesitations on starting your channel, feel free to reach out (my email is in my channel "About") if I can be of any assistance or a sounding board if nothing else. I'm certainly no expert but I certainly can listen and try to help where I can. Peace and thanks again for your kind remark! 🙏

[@Jordo899]

Just bought the DM-E100 microphone and I’m trying to use it on my Canon EOS R50 but I plug it in and I get no change in audio, and the windscreen says “disable” why’s that?

[@WorksIRL]

I was just reviewing a comment and my two replies to an earlier viewer who had the R50 with similar issue you're having. Make sure you plugged the microphone into the "mic port" and not the "headphone port". I initially did that with my R8 and had similar problem you're experiencing. If it's plugged into the "microphone port", check the settings. Below, I've re-pasted my reply comment to an earlier viewer...
I was reviewing the R50 manual I found online and and under "Shooting and Recording" then under "Movie Recording" and under that is "Sound Recording" which has a "Note" stating under the "Basic Zone" modes, settings for "Sound Recording" are "On" and "Disable". Maybe make sure it's not currently set to "Disable" if you're using the "Basic Zone" or try to set the R50 to a "Manual" setting and then check the settings for Sound Recording to be sure the recording level isn't set so low it's just not recording audio loud enough. If it's still not working, I'd recommend contacting Canon's Customer Support and ask for their assistance in case maybe you've got a malfunctioning camera and/or microphone. Good luck and let us know how things turn out!

[@aisha7510]

I just bought Canon R50 and with the kit I got the DM-E100 external mic. I plugged the mic but it’s doesn’t seem to work. I checked the settings and it says that the mic is not compatible! I made sure that when I plug the mic in the camera port it’s clicks but still not working.
Can you help me with this problem?

[@WorksIRL]

I'm sorry you're having troubles getting audio signal from your DM-E100 to your Canon R50. I was just reviewing the specifications on Canon's website for your camera to confirm it has an appropriate 3.5mm audio input jack and I see that it does. Is it possible you've plugged the DM-E100 audio cable 3.5mm jack into the headphone jack on the R50? I say that because I did that the first time I used my microphone but was too embarrassed to show that in my video but in hindsight, I wish I had because I was initially disappointed having no audio on my first try of the microphone. If you do have it connected in the microphone jack, I do agree it's important to make sure you orient the jack connector itself to be certain it allows the jack to be fully inserted/clicked all the way in. Another thing to check is the external audio settings on the camera. Maybe the "gain" setting is set too low? I'll look at the R50 manual to see if you have a setting for that but there maybe a need to "enable" the external microphone. I just wanted to reply ASAP and will reply again if I find anything promising. Keep us posted if you find a solution, too. Thanks for watching and congratulations on getting your R50 as I love the size of your camera and it looks like a very promising camera!

[@WorksIRL]

I was reviewing the R50 some more and under "Shooting and Recording" then under "Movie Recording" and under that is "Sound Recording" which has a "Note" stating under the "Basic Zone" modes, settings for "Sound Recording" are "On" and "Disable". Maybe make sure it's not currently set to "Disable" if you're using the "Basic Zone" or try to set the R50 to a "Manual" setting and then check the settings for Sound Recording to be sure the recording level isn't set so low it's just not recording audio loud enough. If it's still not working, I'd recommend contacting Canon's Customer Support and ask for their assistance in case maybe you've got a malfunctioning camera and/or microphone. Good luck and let us know how things turn out! 🤞

[@HossanMonjorulof]

That's what i bought too

[@WorksIRL]

Did you buy the R8 Creator's kit with this included microphone or did you buy the microphone separately? How do you like this microphone? Thanks for watching!