Microphone for DSLRs again
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:11 pm
I’m planning to get a hot-shoed microphone for my DSLRs. I know that serious audio would require an HQ external mic, amplifier, recorder and more but I don’t want to spend a fortune and carry a lot of additional staff on my trips the more that my main focus will remain on stills. Videos will just be an occasional addendum to complete my presentations whenever that makes sense.
After doing some research on Google, Youtube and older threads here, I learnt that the Rode Videomic Pro is a popular product – maybe with the Sennheiser MKE 400 as an alternative. That said, it looks like these shotgun microphones are more suitable for documentary, interviews, podcasts, etc which are not my primary intentions. I mainly would like to record environmental sound such as bird songs, waterfalls, sounds in the rainforest etc. while the shotgun mono-microphones seem to focus primarily on the subject just in front by trying to exclude the laterally sound , see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S17Y09mJOk
Based on that comparison I came to the conclusion that the spherical shaped Rode Stereo Videomic Pro incl. mandatory wind shield might be a better option for my goal. It evidentally contains 2 x- placed internal shotgun micros as well. The pretty new Sennheiser MKE 440 with its two V-shaped microphones maybe could be a compromise but its price is 150 € more than the Rode Stereo Videomic pro and I'm unsure if it’s worth the additional costs, see i.e:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45pCHgpJTwQ
Any thoughts and experiences especially with regard to the Rode Stereo Videomic pro , maybe vs the classic Rode video mic pro or possible alternatives are very much appreciated. Thank you in advance
Wolfgang
http://www.wjaekel-foto.de
After doing some research on Google, Youtube and older threads here, I learnt that the Rode Videomic Pro is a popular product – maybe with the Sennheiser MKE 400 as an alternative. That said, it looks like these shotgun microphones are more suitable for documentary, interviews, podcasts, etc which are not my primary intentions. I mainly would like to record environmental sound such as bird songs, waterfalls, sounds in the rainforest etc. while the shotgun mono-microphones seem to focus primarily on the subject just in front by trying to exclude the laterally sound , see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S17Y09mJOk
Based on that comparison I came to the conclusion that the spherical shaped Rode Stereo Videomic Pro incl. mandatory wind shield might be a better option for my goal. It evidentally contains 2 x- placed internal shotgun micros as well. The pretty new Sennheiser MKE 440 with its two V-shaped microphones maybe could be a compromise but its price is 150 € more than the Rode Stereo Videomic pro and I'm unsure if it’s worth the additional costs, see i.e:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45pCHgpJTwQ
Any thoughts and experiences especially with regard to the Rode Stereo Videomic pro , maybe vs the classic Rode video mic pro or possible alternatives are very much appreciated. Thank you in advance
Wolfgang
http://www.wjaekel-foto.de