If Rode make it it's a good bet it's good value. I see their NT1A won an award in the USA for best value mic of the year. I got a pretty good deal on mine, $50 off list and I got the cats cradle which isn't normally part of the deal.
Bob.
Thanks for valuable answers!
Especially the link to Panasonic 3 CCD site.
It seems that the only shortcome
of this mike (for its price) is that it is bigger than
the cam its mounted on (Panasonic NVGS400 in my case)
/Aje