If I take a step up, it will be to a Tascam 701D or a Sound Devices unit. The shape of the 70D is of no particular advantage. It is small and light, but I will stick it in a backpack while I am narrating on a dynamic headset by Shure. but I will be using dynamic mics that naturally limit their output. I like the dual recording feature for contending with high volumes. Although it doesnвЂ™t have SMPTE sync, I will simply tap the mic with a finger while the camera views the finger tapping. The vertical screen is just as good as the 70d tilted screen. So, I will just plug in an angle xlr connector. There is a rumor that the xlr switches wonвЂ™t release the plugs. ItвЂ™s boxy shape fits into a FRONT compartment of a certain backpack well. I chose the 60D because it had panel switches for phantom power. Excludes: Alaska/Hawaii, US Protectorates, APO/FPO, PO Box, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Micronesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Palau, American Samoa, Niue, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Guam, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Ghana, Djibouti, Cape Verde Islands, Mali, Botswana, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Saint Helena, Seychelles, Gambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Libya, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon Republic, Lesotho, Mayotte, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Guinea, CГґte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Chad, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Senegal, Togo, Morocco, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Western Sahara, Malawi, Comoros, Angola, Algeria, Benin, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Somalia, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, Tanzania, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Haiti, Panama, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Honduras, Colombia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Chile, Guyana, Brazil, Suriname, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Vatican City State, Moldova, Andorra, San Marino, Serbia, Montenegro, Belarus, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania

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