N93/N93i Zoom, focus motor fix!

[mazor]

Nokia N93(i); How to Get Rid of the Annoying Background Noise Caused by Zoom/Focus Motor!



I have just run some tests on my Nokia N93, and indeed I have found a way to eliminate the noise from the zoom motor. I believe for those that like the Nokia N93i with continuous auto focus, will appreciate this solution even more.

The solution is to use a Bluetooth headset! While video recording, instead of using the internal stereo microphone, it uses the mono microphone on the Bluetooth headset!

This indeed is a breakthrough as now; one can zoom or have autofocus on all the time for Nokia N93i users without listening to the horrible motor ticking sou. . .

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N93/N93i Zoom, focus motor fix! - full story

Sincerely yours,
Mazor

[MichaelSF]

WOW!!!

what a simple but FANTASTIC idea mazor ... undoubtely a innovation!

[ShuAK]

Great idea i dont have n93 but i know how irritating that noise is. I wish nokia would have built stereo blue tooth in their fones so that mono problem would also gone.

[mazor]

Here is a link to a small movie I made using my bluetooth headset as the microphone and using real time optical zoom!

http://mazor.vox.com/library/post/22022 ... rding.html

Enjoy

MAzor

[Apocalypso]

Wow, what a nice trick, great work bro, 10X 4 sharing

Teo

[mazor]

No probs Teo, just my efforts to enhance N93's already powerful features, and taking it to the next level.

Mazor

[panariga]

there is one problem with bluetooth - quality
its mono but also built in microphone has great quality and sensitivity. Bluetooth can`t transfer sound with 48 000 kHz 16bit quality and can add time shift to the soundtrack in movie

[mazor]

Yes that is correct, the quality of the sound recorded using the bluetooth headset is definately not as high as what you would get from the internal stereo mics. But for application where one is doing reporting, voice quality seems to be quite satisfactory. and a bonus with no zoom motor noises when optical zoom is used.


Mazor