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After spending,literally, hours reading up and scouring the net. I think I have made my mind up on what to get, but would like some advice from real world users please.

First of all, let me say, I am a complete beginner to video, but my new camera has it so i`m gonna use it. D800 if that matters or not.

Anyway, looked on ebay and saw the cheap,£20, jobs from China.

Cheapo


But did a bit more research and kinda settled on one of these:

RODE

I will only use it for wildlife stuff, so if anyone can recommend something better or just give me some advice and help,it would be greatly appreciated.

Just to add, i`m not sure how much I will use this , but I think I will,so I don`t want to spend a huge amount.Budget about £100 if that is feasible?
 
The cheapo version is OK (and I use that term loosely) if you are on a tight budget, as that is what I started off with when I had just started filming..... But they are not amazing, but alright for filming the odd familiy event etc, But its better than your on board mic.

However, if you are a bit more serious, then buy the Rode NTG2 as its a good quality mic for the price and is good at picking up sound, but remember its directional, so what ever you point at, it will record.

The Rode video mic is quite good to....

Hope that helps
 
I purchased a Sennheiser MKE400. OK cost a bit but really nice small mike.
 
Rode Video Mic - good sound, albeit a little flat (nothing that can't be improved in software).
 
I'm made up my mind that I'm going to get a Rode directional shotgun mic for recording sound whilst filming wildlife. It seems there are 2 different types of suspension systems and I thought I would ask everyone's opinions on which is the better one for wildlife. I'm just a beginner but I'm looking to get some thing decent enough for an amateur and something that will last me a while so I don't buy twice.

Its looks like the suspended one use rubber bands that could break whilst the rycote lyre mount seems to be more robust going by the pictures. Which would be the best one to go for?


http://www.amazon.co.uk/RODE-VideoMic-Rycote-Lyre-Mount/dp/B00CAE8PM4/ref=pd_cp_ce_2

Or

http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-rode-videomic-microphone/p1020155
 
rob-nikon said:
I'm made up my mind that I'm going to get a Rode directional shotgun mic for recording sound whilst filming wildlife. It seems there are 2 different types of suspension systems and I thought I would ask everyone's opinions on which is the better one for wildlife. I'm just a beginner but I'm looking to get some thing decent enough for an amateur and something that will last me a while so I don't buy twice.

Its looks like the suspended one use rubber bands that could break whilst the rycote lyre mount seems to be more robust going by the pictures. Which would be the best one to go for?


http://www.amazon.co.uk/RODE-VideoMic-Rycote-Lyre-Mount/dp/B00CAE8PM4/ref=pd_cp_ce_2

Or

http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-rode-videomic-microphone/p1020155
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You may want to confirm with WEX, but got this mic from them a month or so back, it came with the Rycote Lyre Mount even though not stated.
 
@OP, I've had both of them, get the one with the lyre.

not only is it built a hell of a lot better for some reason(metal hotshoe, threading) the problem with the rubber bands is not that they break(well they do, but not enough to annoy me anyway), but if you move the mic it just squeaks constantly, completely unusable audio.

Soem people use cooking oil to remove the squeak, but considering the price difference I just went ahead and got the lyre, and I'm glad I did.
 
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