For those looking at a directional microphone at this price point you are probably in this situation. You are shooting with a $500 range camcorder or beginning to shoot video with a SLR that you bought for still photography. You are just getting into video, but want decent results. If this describes you, this is a great first toe in the water. It gives you better sound and control than a condenser microphone. It it easy to set up with only three settings. The results are good. The battery case is a little tricky and replacing the rubber motion dampeners take a minute to figure out, but it is a quality starter piece of equipment that won't become obsolete if you decide to upgrade your sound rig. The light is about useless but the bracket that it comes with provides a nice way to do handheld shots smoothly.I'm very happy with this purchase as it significantly improves the sound quality (and especially the directionality) over the built-in microphone on my Canon Vixia just as I expected. Yes, the rubber-band shock mount is a bit fragile but I've had no problems so far as long as I am reasonably cautious. I do agree with others, however, that the battery door is much harder to operate that is needs to be -a definite engineering miss if I do say so -but again, the unit works well and I am happy with the purchase.A great shotgun mic for video, excellent clarity and volume control. I have not used the camcorder light yet. The bracket is amazing.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Rode VideoMic Pro Compact Directional On-camera Shotgun Microphone with Polaroid CVL-18 Studio Seri
For those looking at a directional microphone at this price point you are probably in this situation. You are shooting with a $500 range camcorder or beginning to shoot video with a SLR that you bought for still photography. You are just getting into video, but want decent results. If this describes you, this is a great first toe in the water. It gives you better sound and control than a condenser microphone. It it easy to set up with only three settings. The results are good. The battery case is a little tricky and replacing the rubber motion dampeners take a minute to figure out, but it is a quality starter piece of equipment that won't become obsolete if you decide to upgrade your sound rig. The light is about useless but the bracket that it comes with provides a nice way to do handheld shots smoothly.I'm very happy with this purchase as it significantly improves the sound quality (and especially the directionality) over the built-in microphone on my Canon Vixia just as I expected. Yes, the rubber-band shock mount is a bit fragile but I've had no problems so far as long as I am reasonably cautious. I do agree with others, however, that the battery door is much harder to operate that is needs to be -a definite engineering miss if I do say so -but again, the unit works well and I am happy with the purchase.A great shotgun mic for video, excellent clarity and volume control. I have not used the camcorder light yet. The bracket is amazing.
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