Dunwich Dynamo film

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Looks pretty good to me, any HDV camera footage scaled down to SD PAL is going to look pretty good. I have just bought a Sennheiser MKE 400 for doing interviews, it's highly directional and I can mount it away from the camera (to cut out motor noise) and has pretty decent reviews, but do you reckon I would be better off with a radio mic ?

I actually didn't bother shooting in hdv - I don't tend to find much difference shooting dv and it saves the hassle of downconverting. I work at ITV News and our broadcast stuff is all shot on DVCAM, which is pretty much the same format on tape as DV - same bitrate, just a bit more rugged. We do use fullsize cameras though with bigger chips and decent lenses - that makes far more difference.

The MKE400 is a great little mic - as you say, get it away from the camera to reduce the noise. I'm lucky in that I've got access to various sound kit, but if I had to buy it myself, I'd get the MKE400 with a Rycote windshield and a long cable - that'll let you do most things.