11Mar Saramonic SR-AX107 – First Impressions
The Saramonic SR-AX107 just showed up today. Build is solid and the finish is on par with what you get from Juicedlink and beachtek. The red faceplate on the Saramonic will do little to improve audio quality, but it’s starting to grow on me.
Setting next to a Beachtek DXA-SLR, you can see that it’s a little on the chunky side. The Saramonic SR-AX107 is about a half inch taller and an inch and a half wider than the DXA-SLR but doesn’t stick out as far forward. On the other hand it’s about half the size of the Tascam DR-60d.
It might be a little easier to visualize the size of the Saramonic SR-AX107 by attaching it to a Canon 6d. I’d say it’s ruffly the size of a battery grip. The best use for the Saramonic SR-AX107 will most likely be mounted to a rig or on a tripod which is the case with most of these camera mount audio adapters.
I haven’t had a chance to play around with the audio yet, but I did manage to pop a battery in and power things up. The screen in backlit and the on board level meters look pretty nice. A few of the switches like S/M (Stereo/Mono) and AGC disable, have on screen displays and there is also a battery indicator.
I should have some audio samples of the Saramonic SR-AX107 up towards the end of the week. So far, it looks like a nice design and it should be interesting to see how this guy sounds.
March 11th, 2015 at 9:56 pm
Cool, looking forward to seeing how it sounds, but on design one thing I noticed in your pic is it seems like it should be more centered under the camera it self. Not sure why they did not do that.
March 12th, 2015 at 6:13 am
DC, it’s slightly off center but that’s exaggerated by the Matin handgrip plate attached to the 6d.
March 12th, 2015 at 1:19 am
Look forward to seeing the review. I’m really enjoying all the new content that you’re putting up via podcast and these reviews. Thanks!
March 12th, 2015 at 8:19 am
I second that, great to see Deejays’s back.
March 13th, 2015 at 5:19 pm
It would seem that the very large size could have accommodated 1/4″ professional connectors for headphones, monitor & out connections, and a much larger LCD screen. The LCD screen looks very small, but if it only shows level meters it may be adequate.
The off center mount seems unnecessary for such a large item, as they probably have room to place the mount centered. Is there a tripod mount underneath? If so, is that mount screw centered below the camera mount? That would solve the problem of skewed tripod pans.
March 17th, 2015 at 6:57 pm
I believe the reason this is so large is because of the the isolating transformers. There is a 1/4 20 and 3/8 mount on the bottom of the unit. I’ll look into the alignment when I get back home. Currently back to hotel living this week.
March 30th, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Will this unit accommodate mics with a 3.5mm jack or is it limited to XLR mics only?
Looks like a very cool unit. Looking forward to more info.