External Mic for Canon DSLR Recommends

[AndrewEH1]

Apologies for the silly question but does anyone have any advice for a good camera mounted external mic for my Canon 5DII?

Budget wise I am looking at the £150-200 mark, but if there is something of a better quality for a little bit more I can stretch. Something with decent wind noise reduction is a must!

I will be wanting to plug the mic directly into the camera, I know some people record seperately and then edit them together but for what I am doing that sounds like too much hassle!

Also while I'm here does anyone have any recommends for a hand-held filming mount for a 5DII?

[Phunk]

Get this:

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/

I know you want a mic that is attached to the camera. But trust me, its piss easy to pair things up.

Infact i'm pretty sure it has an output so you can plug it into your camera.

[Phunk]

Regarding a mount, it really depends what you are shooting, tell me more!

[AndrewEH1]

Phunk said:

Get this:

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/

I know you want a mic that is attached to the camera. But trust me, its piss easy to pair things up.

Infact i'm pretty sure it has an output so you can plug it into your camera.

Cheers, that product looks good.

Ideally needs to mount on to the flash mount I am filming mountain biking/trials so this would be a bit awkward?

Edited by AndrewEH1 on Friday 25th May 13:05

[paul.deitch]

Phunk said:

Get this:

http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4n/

I know you want a mic that is attached to the camera. But trust me, its piss easy to pair things up.

Infact i'm pretty sure it has an output so you can plug it into your camera.

Well whether this is the right unit for you depends on how important audio/video synch is and how tight your edits are. I found the synch drift just too much the one time I tried it for a classical concert.

[Dave 500]

These are supposed to be good

http://www.rodemic.com/mics/videomicpro

Then add a dead cat and you should be good to go

http://www.rodemic.com/accessories/deadcatvmp

Rode are one of the best

Sennheiser do one as well

http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/home_en.nsf/root/pr...

and the wind shield

http://www.themicstore.co.uk/mic-windshields/sennh...

[Fordo]

Sounds like you need one of these:

http://www.rodemic.com/mics/videomicpro


and if your doing stuff outside, like mounting biking, worth getting yourself a wind jammer / dead cat / fluffy dog:

http://www.rodemic.com/accessories/deadcatvmp


Best sound for dslrs: having a good sound man recording externally to something like a zoom, with a boom and a decent mic

But for run and gun, single op stuff, that rhode mic isn't bad, and you don't have to sync anything up afterwards. You still can't monitor your audio, and you don't get proper control of the audio levels- but for general atmos it's great. I know some people hack there dslrs with after market firmware, by a company called magic lantern, which can give you manual audio controls too.

A friend of mine did an insane bike ride over 6 months from london to egypt- he's a cameraman, but everything had to be lightweight, so he couldnt take any heavy pro gear. He filming the whole thing on a dslr, with a rhode pro mic on top:

He's an except, with a fair bit of audio in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7jzapNQZTI