Rode VideoMic Pro

It's worth highlighting the excellent new Rode VideoMic Pro. Not only is it a giant leap forward for both budding and established videographers, but we've received a nice big stack - so there are specials to be had!

Let's just take a quick but close look. The VideoMic Pro is designed to 'up the ante' for sound, particularly relevant to the latest crop of HDSLR cameras which, although grab stunning images fairly easily, often leave a bit lacking in the microphone department. From an audio point of view, it feels a little like the camera manufacturers have gotten together and said "we're upping the ante, so up yours!"

Bearing the simple shoe mounting for H/DSLR, Rode has produced a VERY lightweight mic (just 85g)with excellent results for point-and-shoot sound grabbing. For some applications, VideoMic Pro will be perfect for primary mic duties, while the more specialised user will use this as a secondary mic, in conjuction with lavs / booms / etc. Being a condenser, you'll need to give this one some juice - done via internal 9V battery (which will add a little weight to the total - roughly 45g by our last weigh-in.

Controls on the back of this one are simple: top switch is 'off' / 'on-flat' / 'on-HPF',  while the bottom switch allows for '0' dB adjustment, -10dB attenuation, or +20dB boost. The shockmount is nicely designed to keep mechanical noise to an absolute minimum (and you get spare rubber, just in case), and VideoMic Pro comes with a permanently mounted windsock.

And back to 'the deal' - because we're excited about a nice big stack of these mics, let's not start with the RRP of $299, we're going to run with $227 for as long as we've got stock.