SO ... I bought a Canon GL-2 recently and they had a $250 rebate offer (cool!) ... So the check finally came yesterday .. I had the damn thing spent within a couple of hours ;-) .. (talk about burning a hole in my pocket)
I wanted some sort of external mic for the GL-2 such as a shotgun .. but .. I went with the Rode Stereo Video Mic .. and, guess what, the price was $249.00 with free shipping! All the reviews I've seen were very positive on this mic, and I like that the outdoor wind-muff was included (the "dead-cat") The SVM is not a shotgun type of mic, but it seems to be a major step up from any internal mic. It *is* stereo, unlike many shotgun mics. Also, as I understand it, the SVM actually has better cancellation of low freqs from the back and side than many "shotgun" mics. I should be here tomorrow :-)) Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
