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Shotgun microphone under $150

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What is a good shotgun microphone under $150 usd? I am a new filmmaker looking for ok audio equipment. I am mostly making short films and youtube videos. I also do a lot of run and gun work so a small microphone would be nice. What is a decent, small, directional shot gun microphone? I was thinking about the rode video mic go, rode video mic, azden sgm 990, azden sgm pII, azden smg dslr, and the azden sgm 1x.

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Rode videomic. its great. I love it. Not small but good audio

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What is a good shotgun microphone under $150 usd? I am a new filmmaker looking for ok audio equipment. I am mostly making short films and youtube videos. I also do a lot of run and gun work so a small microphone would be nice. What is a decent, small, directional shot gun microphone? I was thinking about the rode video mic go, rode video mic, azden sgm 990, azden sgm pII, azden smg dslr, and the azden sgm 1x.

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Depends on whether you are mounting it on a DSLR or other.

 

For DSLR mount, the Rode video mic is pretty good but boom mount or other I would save up a few more $$$ and get a Rode NTG.

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If you're running the mic straight into your DSLR or Mirrorless camera don't bother with underpowered microphones. You'll get a terrible audio hiss from the crap pre-amps they put in cameras. 

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