With the fast pace of production these days and the prevalence of hard disk recording there is no reason to ever be hardwired to camera for audio except for sit down interviews and or things the camera is locked down on a tripod. When your cabled to camera your job is atleast 50 percent harder. There are many different systems and products that can help you achieve a high quality audio send in my next post I will discuss the system I use The Lectrosonics SR and LMA set up