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I tried an Audio-Technica shotgun mic for camcorders, but it produced a low hum on every recording. Works great with my Sony DCR-TRV17. The built-in mic captures the noise of the motor from the tape transport, so every video has this whine. The Sony ECM-MS908C works great, captures good sound. Finally, noise free recordings.
However even with using the camcorders hot foot it works very well as well. I tried several mics and finally came across this one which works perfectly on my Cannon HV20 Consumer camcorder. It comes with an extension arm to reduce the the occasional tape or motor noise heard while recording with the built in mics. The hot foot DOES NOT supply power to the Mic though, it is just used to mount the mic.;). Excellent low end mic for this camcorder.
I used this mic on my Panasonic GS-200 video camera, its good. There are only a few stereo condensor mics in this price range. Would be nice to flash once every few seconds as a reminder. This is NOT a shotgun mic, buts it is stereo, so ambient room sounds, just sound true and live. From what I heard, on the net and microphone reviews, it sounds very close to the $150 microphones for a lot less. I also use this through a mixer with an iMic for voiceovers. No camera mounted mic is very good, they all pickup motor vibrations. CONS: Hardly any, its easy to forget and leave it on too long, the led only flashes at powerup time, and notwhile on.
It's very good. The nice thing about having a camcorder mic and VO mic, is its easier to match the sound for voice over videos. But they are battery conservative, my battery has lasted over 2 years. If you don't want the stereo pickup, you can always use one channel and Y-cable or flip a mixer switch, on a camcorder, you are stuck with stereo and have to mix down to mono in post.
The sound quality is great and it reduces the noise from the camera motor to almost 0. This microphone was an excellent purchase. I am using this on my Canon HV20 HDV camera. It was a snap to install and fits nicely on top. The provided shoe mount worked great.Great product.
Put this microphone on a Canon HV20. There was no difference on the recording level no matter which direction the sound came from or what setting it was on. The built in microphone has much better sound quality. Tested directionality set to 90 and 120 degrees by turning around with the camera in a 360 degree circle. Even with the accessory bar that places the microphone a few inches away from the camera the level of noise recorded from handling the camera was as bad as the built in microphone. Maybe on a lesser camera that has a really bad microphone, the MS908C will be an improvement, but on the HV20 it is a bad idea.
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