I have an canon S80 that I use for taking pictures and i want to use it for my track camera and when I do footage on the road. However, if the camera is mounted outside of the car, I pick up horrible wind noise.

The little hole to the top left of the shutter button is the mic:



Last track day I tried putting some rolled up cloth over it and cover it with electrical tape but the noise still goes through. Any ideas? unfortunately, there isn't a place for an external microphone. I'm really just after engine noise and not much else so clarity isn't a huge issue.

 

bump. Anybody?

 

Without a external mic it will be hard, but you can fabricate a popper stopper (that is the correct term) to be taped on the camera covering the microphone. I would recommend one from the cell phone headset because of thier size.
I doubt it would work well at speeds over 20-30 mph but it might help out a little.

 

like nine said, the only way it would work is if you had an external mic, even if you put a wind blocker its still going to get alot of noise. you can try putting a sponge or something over it but it may only help a little.

 

just edit out the noise. you could try taping over it, maybe scotch tape or something.

 

I haven't tried it myself, but I understand cellophane tape works well for what you need. It prevents buffeting due to the mic opening. However, there's still plenty of buffeting from other sources so YMMV.

 

Thanks for the feeback guys. I'll try celophane and see how that works. I also though about having a separate recorder just for sound and sync it later.