RØDE - VideoMic Pro+

If the money is there, go for the Pro Plus. Any of those will serve you well.

Not silly at all. It really depends on your style. The DJI Mic Mini is awesome for voice and super portable, but you’ll miss ambient sound. If you want that fuller background feel (like city or nature sounds), the VideoMic Pro+ does a great job. The GO II is a nice in-between. If you’re mostly talking to the camera, the DJI is a solid pick.

Industry typically uses the rode videomic pro+ since you’re able to record at -20db with the safety channel on to avoid any audio peaking

Reviving this debate again. Bought an Android CarPlay Unit for my Peugeot (looks OEM and works great! —sorry haters), but I’m looking to get better microphone audio specifically for calls (wired 3.5mm). Any recommendations? Already tried: Olympus ME34 (Standard, mounted on steering wheel column). Rode VideoMicPro (Great when close, mounted on steering wheel column). Currently looking at the Rode SmartLav+ or Sony ECM-LV1 or maybe super high-end Shure WL185MW Cardioid.

We use the pro one (I think which ever has .32 bit float) we have use them on the boom with a phantom power adapter. We love em!

I'll stay here, I'm interested. When I've recorded concerts, if you can't get a signal from a desk or leave a recorder on a tripod, I've even placed the Zoom H4 recorder on the camera itself, using a hotshoe adapter or similar, recording with the limiters on, using the camera audio (low levels) only for syncing, but it's not ideal. I remember a round Rode mic, the VideomicPro, which worked very well with its stock limiters. They lent it to me on several concert jobs, but now there are so many versions that I get lost. There's a similar discussion here about recording concerts on camera: [https://www.reddit.com/r/videography/comments/z2kvuv/best\_on\_camera\_mic\_for\_recording\_extremely\_loud/](https://www.reddit.com/r/videography/comments/z2kvuv/best_on_camera_mic_for_recording_extremely_loud/)

My main camera is a canon 550D. It's ancient, but it's what I have and have dew lenses and a variable nd filter I have another small ancient canon powershot for in pocket b-roll when I walk the dogs or on the road Got a Rhode video mic pro for sound and a Zoom Hn2 for voice overs Have a small manfrotto be free and some old other tripods and a broken gorilla pod. For a small moment, I tried filming a bit with my Samsung m13, but I don't like the video, so use the small powershot instead

I Use a NADY SCM800 Condenser mic. I use RØde wireless go III or a RØde video mic if I'm feeling fancy

Look up Rode Video mic and read about it. It has a 3.5mm output and its own battery.

Not strictly true. This is for self tape auditions so realistically they’re not looking for studio quality. The rode video mic would be good as attaches to the phone / iPad. If you can conceal a clip on wireless mic, rode do these too?