HOT! RØDE Video Mic - Not for the squeamish!
Grazie
wrote on 8/9/2006, 8:10 AM
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DJPadre
wrote on 8/9/2006, 8:41 AM
did u know htat the mic was actually going to be released without the shockmount? we had a prerelase model, wacked it on a DVC30 which was living on the shops Miller DS10, then by accident i thought id lean on the tripod and inadvertantly rubbed my fingers down the leg... the noise and vibration which it picked up was astounding... it almost runed the Senny headfones i was wearing..
we told them about the problem, and they DID listen... this is what i like abotu Rode.. they knew we were advocates and dealers of the competion (mainly sennheiser) so they took our findings and 2 weeks later they came back with an ugly lookin mount, didnt do ALL that much to alleviate the problem, but it does work.. its not as resistant as the MK300, but it IS a better mic... and now, theyve released a a stereo version of the same mic
The NTG units are also awesome IMO.. for what they are and tehir price, i find teh nice flat pickup to be extremely pristine.. compared to the "hot" nature of the ME64 and ME66 Senny equivalents..
For event videography, i still would be careful with teh Rode video mic, but the NTG's i would highly recomend.. not above the senny's though.. as the senny's, even though shlightly hot, offer a richer dynamic range IMO...but what u get with the NTG is a good clean signal which can be tweaked in post if needed..
we told them about the problem, and they DID listen... this is what i like abotu Rode.. they knew we were advocates and dealers of the competion (mainly sennheiser) so they took our findings and 2 weeks later they came back with an ugly lookin mount, didnt do ALL that much to alleviate the problem, but it does work.. its not as resistant as the MK300, but it IS a better mic... and now, theyve released a a stereo version of the same mic
The NTG units are also awesome IMO.. for what they are and tehir price, i find teh nice flat pickup to be extremely pristine.. compared to the "hot" nature of the ME64 and ME66 Senny equivalents..
For event videography, i still would be careful with teh Rode video mic, but the NTG's i would highly recomend.. not above the senny's though.. as the senny's, even though shlightly hot, offer a richer dynamic range IMO...but what u get with the NTG is a good clean signal which can be tweaked in post if needed..
AlanC
wrote on 8/9/2006, 8:42 AM
Not wishing to hijack your thread Grazie, I'll start one under the heading "Quick Time - Not for the squeamish!"
Incidentally, that was a container of accelerant he was holding over the stove. I don't think it was the mike :~)
Incidentally, that was a container of accelerant he was holding over the stove. I don't think it was the mike :~)
Coursedesign
wrote on 8/9/2006, 9:39 AM
Alan,
I think you're right about that being accelerant at the end of the boom (the stick, not the sound :O).
Should have had a caption, but I suspect the idea was to "show" how nicely the VideoMic picks up sound from a safe distance.
After seeing it recommended here, I recommended it to a friend who is taping a weekly lecture in another city to a consumer DV camera. We had been suffering with incomprehensible audio for a long time, then he switched from his previous 3rd party microphone to the Rode VideoMic. Huge difference, great quality now, and its price should get a prize too :O).
I think you're right about that being accelerant at the end of the boom (the stick, not the sound :O).
Should have had a caption, but I suspect the idea was to "show" how nicely the VideoMic picks up sound from a safe distance.
After seeing it recommended here, I recommended it to a friend who is taping a weekly lecture in another city to a consumer DV camera. We had been suffering with incomprehensible audio for a long time, then he switched from his previous 3rd party microphone to the Rode VideoMic. Huge difference, great quality now, and its price should get a prize too :O).
Dan Sherman
wrote on 8/10/2006, 12:10 PM
"Studio Projects",---great quality,---even better value.
corug7
wrote on 8/10/2006, 4:14 PM
OW! Wish I hadn't had my headphones on when I opened that.