I bought this because I do a little bit of outdoors video for my youtube content. It's very rainy and windy in the Seattle area, so I needed something a little better than the on-board mic on my a6400. For the money, I am super impressed. This mic captures everything and blocks any wind noise from nature or traffic. I'm not some super audio engineer that can toss a bunch of numbers and stats at you, but from a content creator's POV, this thing is gold.
My only complaint is the deadcat is a little big, and blocks a bit of the flip-up monitor on my camera, but not enough that I want to remove it. It does the job well enough and I'm very pleased with my purchase.
My only complaint is the deadcat is a little big, and blocks a bit of the flip-up monitor on my camera, but not enough that I want to remove it. It does the job well enough and I'm very pleased with my purchase.
08/04/2021
For most of my video work currently I'm shooting with a Canon EOS C-200, Sennheiser AVX Wireless system. Not Hollywood. But not home videos. Just so you know from where I'm coming. Bought this to pair with my Gopro Hero 5 through a Gopro 3.5 mm to USB mini adapter. Holy s--t! At this price point...incredible! First test I shot, I was blown away. I've been playing with video for 40 years. I can't believe the $$ vs quality today. Sure, some just plain junk. But this mic is an example of the best for the $$$. Not long ago, would have spent many, many, many times the amount for his quality construction and sound.
14/01/2021
This mic is great especially for the low price. I prefer to use this over my Rode VideoMic Pro because it’s smaller and you don’t have to power it by a battery and turn it on/off. Sound quality is actually really good for a passive mic as long as your camera preamps are ok. I’m using a Sony a7iii and it sounds great. Go to YouTube and view my channel CJ Rich to hear this mic in action. Make sure you lock the red cable in the grooves on the screw attachment to hold the mic steady otherwise it will bounce so bad it will make an audible sound rendering the audio useless.
15/08/2020
Great little mic for the money. It mounts on a Canon 5DII/III/IV cam in about 5 seconds, is powered by the camera, and records nice clear audio direct and off axis (even picks up voice from behind cam clearly if doing interviews). Wind sock/muff a big plus. Shock mount a big plus. Lack of protruding back into your eyeball/forehead when framing shots through the optical finder a HUGE PLUS. >> Mics are "audio lenses" - for single person operation (no sound person) you should have one of these (equiv to a great cheap 50mm lens), as well as a good cam-mount shot gun (telephoto lens), and a nice cam-mount binaural mic (equiv to a super wide angle lens). Each should be as easy to grab/mount/swap-out as an optical lens. Match to scene/shot requirements.
19/07/2020