[geoff]

On 17/02/2017 8:23 a.m., geoff wrote:

I'm surprised that there was enough current to blow up a dynamic mic.
You just have just been unlucky. But given that the camera input is
single-ended (not balanced), the powering voltage is applied directly
across the microphone output rather than it being cancelled out by the
standard phantom powering scheme.

Pretty sure that there is a menu somewhere to do this on the 800E.
They don't force you to use an electret.

I'll check mine.

geoff


My D800 (not 'E'} has a system menu option to have Mic Sensitivity
either Automatic or Manual. I assume this is AGC versus fixed.

Can't find anything to turn off Mic power though. Mine measures 2.7V .

geoff