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by Ed Cordes on Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:23 am

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I am looking to by a light weight, but effective shotgun mic to use with me R5. The sounds I anticipate recording are bird and animal sounds as well as surf sounds, but also have a "dead cat" to reduce/eliminate wind noise and as much traffic sounds as possible. Searching the internet shows a huge variety, but I don't have the expertise to understand the options. Hoping to spend less than $200 if possible. Thanks in advance.

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by Jeff Pearl on Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:52 pm

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I'd check with primal video. They test a lot of mics and video equipment.

https://kit.co/PrimalVideo/best-microphones-for-video

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by Bill Chambers on Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:54 pm

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Hi Ed,

I wish I had seen this thred a couple of days ago so I would have known about the Primal link Jeff shared before I ordered a shotgun mic last week. I find myself in a similiar situation of wanting a shotgun mic for similiar needs. I ended up ordering a Rode mic; this one - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... otgun.html

I intend to view Jeff's link to see if perhaps it is listed. Depending what I find, I may decide to return the one I purchased for something else, but iy just depends on what I find. The one I ordered was rated highly by customers and I thought the price was prety darn reasonable for my intended usage. If I keep it, I will let you know how I like it.

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