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Anyone shoot video with their DSLR and have trouble with the in camera mic? The one in my Canon 1D Mark IV is not so good. If there is any wind, it sounds terrible and I have not been able to shield it.
Excerpt from ad:
"RØDE Microphones is extremely proud to announce the VideoMic HD, a high-fidelity, precision RF bias shotgun microphone with integrated digital recording, designed for use with DSLR and large-sensor video cameras."
Since I want a microphone to pick up bird sounds and other critters while shooting video of wildlife, I think, based on reading, I need a shotgun type to only pick up what I'm aiming at and not other sounds behind and to the sides. And, I need some type of wind protector. I could just get a Rode (or Sennheiser or some other one) shotgun mic with a Redhead or other windscreen, but ...
Also, in my reading, I found that a lot of people shooting video with dSLR use an off camera sound recorder in addition to the mic. Then they delete the sound track saved by the camera and splice in the good one from the better equipment. This involves up to three pieces of equipment you have to deal with and all sorts of brackets and mounting hardware. http://dpexperience.com/2010/02/12/recording-audio-with-your...
The Rode unit that is coming out sounds too good to be true because it is all in one unit.
Am I missing something? Or would this be good?
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