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Shotgun Microphone

RØDE VideoMic

RØDE VideoMic

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Based on 30 reviews

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Great for audio quality
Requires good sound equipment to work well
Some repairs needed under warranty
Good value for the price

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It’s a slight improvement,,,but...

It does improve audio but not to the extent you’d want. If your subject is 1 foot or so from the mic it’s fine...anything past 2 feet and the sound quality is not acceptable. Is it better than the built-in? Sure, but built-ins are so terrible anything is an improvement. For family videos and such it...

Darren MacAlester

Muddy sound, cheap plastic, DIP switches nearly impossible to access.

I was very disappointed in the sound quality. Other reviewers that called it "muddy" are spot on. I have a Tascam DR-05 version 2 digital recorder that I paid $80 for new on Amazon, and the pair of mics built-in sound much, much better, and there are 2 of them. The mic body is plastic, which I wasn'...

Not worth it for the price. Spend a little more on something better.

I have now owned this microphone since late 2016, and since then I have had to send it in for 2 repairs under warranty. This is after using it for less than 10 projects. The first time was for a broken power switch, and the second was for a broken wire. I use this mic with my Canon EOS Rebel T6i DSL...

Amazon Customer

What a difference this made on my videos

I will not pretend to be more than a photographer who is now also doing videos for my family and work. I use my Canon 3Ti DSLR and this has made a huge difference in sound quality. I am editing a video now which has sound before I purchased this and sound after I purchased this. The difference is ni...

Glenn A. Michaels

Best bang for your buck hands down

This mic has to be the best one I have ever used. I have been a musician for a lot longer than I have been a videographer, and I have had a good bit experience with condenser and dynamic mics but had no idea about using a shotgun mic with my DSLR. I was planning on buying the Videomic GO but after h...

I purchased this mic after much research. I own a multi-media communications company and produce video's for our client's website weekly. My Sony video cameras' mic was just not cutting it. I needed something that would be able to record a subjects voice without eliminating the ambient noise in the ...

Very good overall mic.

I was torn between the Rode and The Rode Pro. I have used this mic a lot and in some not so good conditions (Wind, Cold, traveling etc). Has performed great and works as good as I need it to. I have a wind cover for it, and it will pick up very soft wisper at a few feet away in an outside setting. (...

LOVE IT! Great construction and sound!

I have bought a number of RODE mics and have always loved them! They produce a great product that lasts a long time. I recently bought a DSLR camera and was looking for a great shotgun mic for it and bought this one. Look no further than this shotgun microphone! Pros: - Great sound quality - Connect...

Great Great Great

Great Great Great! I used this mic for a staged talent show, connected to a Sony XA-20, from about 50 feet away. The actors were not mic-ed and some of the audience complained they couldn't hear very well. But this mic picked up every voice. The parents loved having the video to watch afterward as t...

THIS IS A PERFECT ADDITION TO ANY SETUP

Use this microphone on top of my A7s for shooting weddings and corporate events. It is a brilliant product for capturing the everyday sounds of these events. I have the important figures mic'ed up so I don't have to worry about pointing my camera with a large mic near them and they still sound incre...

Specs

Brand

RØDE Microphones

Connectivity Technology

Wired

Connector Type

Micro USB

Special Feature

The Rode Video Mic is a professional grade shotgun microphone. Based on the latest Film industry technology

the Video Mic is designed specifically for use with high quality Digital Video Cameras. The microphone exhibits low noise and an unusually wide bandwidth for its size. It is ultra lightweight

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