Item : B0007U9SOC Customer Reviews well design and built by .. Bruce S. Phung (Rochester NY) After a lot of research on a external mic for my HG10. I decided on the Rode VideoMic and love it, nice design and solid. It picks up clean sound and also picking up back ground noise. But I change the setting to -10db to reduce back ground noise. Very happy. Update.. I did a 15 minutes video with the Rode VideoMic. The sound is clean and clear. Set it -10db and am very please with it. I have not try -20db setting but I 'll it at that. Not much better than the onboard mic by .. Bongo Daddy-O (Tikiville, CA) I bought a canon HV30 & the Rode videomic. I recorded a couple songs from my stereo, putting the cam about 5 feet in front of my stereo. Used Sony Vegas Platinum to transfer to pc, then dvd. The Rode is only marginally better than the built in mic. I will return it. This is a great microphone! by .. K. Wilkinson () If you are using this outside you might want a Rode DeadCat, but this is an essential product to me for my Canon VIXIA HV30 MiniDV High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom. It fits perfectly on top! It does require one Duracell Batteries in Reclosable Storage Pack, Size 9 Volt (Pack of 4), but as Duracell are the best around you might want to buy the pack I linked. FINALLY, A MIDDLE TIER! by .. Mark Byerly () If you're searching for an affordable solution for capturing relatively clean audio, this mic may be the one for you. I paired this mic with a Canon GL1 just recently while shooting in a warehouse and couldn't believe the clarity I was able to achieve in comparison to other near-priced mics I've tried. I'll skip the praise and jump directly into what you may have issues with. If you're planning on capturing a voice, you'll probably have to stay within a pretty close distance of your subject. There is a notable difference between 5 feet and 7 feet. Any further than 5 feet and you'll probably have to do extra work in post production to make the sound seamless. This is by no means a professional mic but I'll go out on a limb and say that if you've found this mic because of its price range, and a direct line-in to the camera is out of the question, I wouldn't look any further. It's definitely worth its price. Live concert crowd sound- Great by .. Chingas Lee (Tucson, AZ United States) I use this video mic on a camera clamp mount for crowd sound when recording FOH mix for live concerts. Can hang it anywhere. Works great even in mono. My last 2 concert recordings I fed it to a SRS fake stereo generator and I think it sounds better than pair of mics. Especially for the price.