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Ooo - I've discovered a new port! It's called a LANC jack. Can that accept a mic? It's blue if that makes any difference. Peace.

Thanks for the reply. That's what I feared... does anyone know if there is a shoe you can get that has your basic microphone port in? Or any other ways I can get around this? Cheers.

Hey. I'm 17, begining to build up a portfolio for film school and am about to start shooting a short film for A-Level. My camera is a Sony DCR-HC90E. Now I'm looking to get an external mic to improve on the stodgy sound quality you get with the standard internals. I've borrowed an okay little microphone from a relative, but I'm not sure whether I'm able to hook it up to my camera. I've been reading the manual and it's my understanding that you can only plug in a mic from the shoe port on the top of the camera (and that shotgun mics come with the stuff that alows you to do this without an extra adaptors). But my mic is just your regular joe microphone with a big fat jack - now I can get adaptors to downscale the size but I can't even see a port for a smaller jack on the camera, so is it not possible to hook it up? Other jacks on the camera are: A/V, DC IN, USB, and "DV Interface jack". Any help greatly appreciated - sorry if this kind of post comes up alot, but I did a search and couldn't find anything. Cheers.