i'm really interested in doing nature videos and was wondering if this mic would be good for my application or to directional for this type of recording?
1798294
thanks for the help. Not looking for the directional field of a shotgun, looking more to pick up the ambient sounds of my surrondings. thanks
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I think there are better alternatives for your hobby, I am using this one for sports and sometimes for inside meetings that I record. Hope to be helpful. Good luck ;)
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I like this mic very much, it has a very clean detailed and smooth sound. It also has a good rejection of sound from behind and presents a good stereo field. It's cheap enough not to break the bank too. I am not an expert in nature videos, but I would think a more directional microphone like a shotgun might be better for distant sounds, but if capturing a stereo field is important, you can't go wrong with this mic. It lives nearly permanently on my GH4.
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Because of our unique situation of the speaker placement we have purchased and used the AT mics for church choir - it captures the group voice well when placed appropriately - note that this is super cardioid mics and can capture multiple voices as well - it is not fully directional mics. Hence your requirement can be met if placed at the right distance - provided there is not too much of ambient voices.
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This would be excellent for that purpose it picks up sound in an omni directional pattern and is extremely sensitive.You will need a phantom power source for this active mic.
1970712
I have the camera mounted outside (weather protected) and connected to a computer that uses a good quality surround speaker system with EQ control for fine audio adjustment. Audio from the camera is reasonably good over an acceptable frequency range. The omni-directional mic is quite sensitive and picks up sounds from more than 150 ft away (as you would want from a Security cam). Conversations at that distance are very intelligible as long as the ambient background noise is not extreme.
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As far as I can tell from some basic tests, pretty good, although I have not yet had a chance to try this mic in a live performance. I had contact with Rodemic about this microphone because of the handling noise and their recommendation was to set the mic to +20db and the recording level of the mic in the camera to low. This way you will prevent noise resulting from the average camera circuitry. Obviously, if you arerecording very loud music, like in a rock concert, you might want to lower the mic input level. Just a matter of experimenting, I guess.
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This is a really good mic, you can't go wrong for the price. If you plan on recording directly to your computer you will need an audio interface. Focusrite and Presonus are two really good brands, they come with recording software and have built in pre amps. If you buy an interface or anything else to plug the mic into make sure it has +48v phantom power, it is needed to power the mic.
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I use it with an outside parabolic microphone for listening to and recording outside sounds out here in the woods, like owls, wolves, coyotes, all kinds of birds, et c.
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John, I have the MKE 600 and I love it. It is a great directional mic and it sounds clear. I would check out beachtek.com. I am not into photography, I am a video guy. I purchased a camcorder audio adapter from beachtek and I love it too. They are a small Canadian company. Call their tech support and leave a message. They will call you back and help you choose the best adapter for your setup. You can find a good price for their adapters on Amazon and B&H.;
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Hi this mic is extra sensible, very good. For example I use it in my room and rec the birds singings outside. I am Happy with quality. It gets sound from everywhere.
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I think a lot depends upon the recording environment. These microphones will certainly do the job, but if you have a very good environment there are better ones. If you are in a well designed acoustic environment such as church or concert hall, I would prefer a pair of omnidirectional mics over these.
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The newer version of the unit has a better mic. In fact, it has two to choose from - a directional and an omni-directional. You might consider using the directional for voice and switch to omni if you want the crowd sounds.
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This microphone will work for that but the quality will not be great. In order to capture the voice loud enough you would have to turn up the sensitivity in your camera which will add in a hissing noise. It will be alot better than the internal mic especially if your using a dslr.
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Fairly good pick up with this Mic and depending on the software and how well you adjust the input it should do a great job for you. I have been using this mic for a year now for podcasting and have been able to narrow the pick up range to cut out the majority of ambient noise..
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I would like to have a mic setup where two of us can be in this end at the same time. Most mics are either with a headset, so wouldn't work for two people, or built in to the camera. The problem with that is it is really close to the speakers so I am concerned about feedback/distortion.
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Yes, it works OK for recording but you have to make sure you do it in a place without any noise since the mic picks up any sound around it... Where I have my system there is an old computer about 15 ft. away from mine and I can hear it in the recordings I have done. I guess the best would be to have it in a sound proof room.
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I used this to pick up vocals however it was pretty good at picking up ambient noise pretty well. I would say it would depend on how close you play the instrument to the microphone. Over all I say it's worth a shot, a condenser mic (which is used for professional studio recording) can go up in price and if you're not that worried about super crisp quality I would definitely pick this up.
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Yes it's pretty good for any type of recording. Once you use it professional. It's a good pretty!!