I will start by saying that I am no pro on sound gear, all I know is pretty much what is practical to suit me for my purposes in making short films. That being said, I have done many sound comparisons and found that price-wise, for film making purposes, the Rode NTG-3 with Juicedlink CX-231 is a great choice. I bought both of them used from reputable sellers and grabbed a 17' telescopic painter's pole from Home Depot and a Pearstone shockmount..all for about $650 total. I love the sound quality and I've never had any buyer's remorse. But if you just need something small so you can run and gun, without needing a guy to operate a boom then a camera mounted mic will suit you better.
@kazuo - imho, the exact opposite is true. Every dubbing mixer I know will reach for the shotgun before the lavalier
Vitaliy Is the VM Pro output at line-out level ? Or is it just amplified a bit ? I remember that the tiny iriver recorders had a VERY clean line-in recording, so I wonder if the VM Pro will output line-out.
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