MY KIND OF VIDEO!!! Love it! I really like the NTG3! I personally think it's the best sound on your voice compared to the others in this video. I mean, I should like it the most though 🤣since it's the most expensive. It's definitely the most expensive for a reason. It has a very nice full low end and a pleasant amount of clarity. I missed having one, so I actually just re-bought an ntg3 the other day, and I am going to have it in a comparison video really soon! I agree, the VM Go II is an incredible value though! The fact that you can plug it in as a USB mic and change the onboard DSP, is so awesome! It seems like the Micro II has a much better bass response than the original micro... but for an extra $20 it makes sense to get VM GO II just simply due to the extra features. As far as sound goes the VM GO II and the VM Micro II actually sound very similar. I wonder if they use the same capsule... I am just not the biggest fan of the NTG5 at that price. I do love the NTG though. I got one a while back and have used it a bunch! Good analysis of these mics!
Awesome video! I really like the VideoMic Go II - sounds great for the price. I have a Rode NT1 (had it over 20 years!) but want a shotgun mic in my arsenal as a new creator/UA-cam person. This video review has sealed it for me. Cheers, buddy!
Thanks for the overview, Mark. I was pleasantly suprised at the original VideoMic - great clarity for the price. I've done quite a lot of testing myself as well, and settled on two: Sennheiser MK4 for regular computer chat and Neumann KM185 for UA-cam videos. The latter I think is quite an unsung hero that's (in my opinion) quite similar to the holy grail (Sennheiser MKH50) at half the price - it even scores top 3 with Bandrew from Podcastage who's the ultimate mic Chad. :D
Had the same problem with the peaking issue on my VideoMic NTG. It was so annoying! the -20 pad and tinkering with the gain knob defo helped thanks you mate!
The NTG is the one I would go with....however I am a baller on a budget so I went with the Comica VM-20. Its basically the chinese version of the NTG and sounds phenomenal. I pair that baby boy up with the Hollyland Lark 150 and turn it into a wireless boom mic. Love my setup.
Great comparison. I have the Rode NTG5, which I like. But, because I already have a deep voice I will often switch to my Sennheiser MKE 600. Which I used on a feature film I was DP and sound man on. The MKE 600 records a very natural sounding audio for most voices. The Sennheiser MKH 416 is popular, and costs about three times as much as the MKE 600. But, to me, I cannot tell the difference between the two. I also have the VideoMic GO II, which I use for all of my UA-cam videos. And it captures excellent audio sound and is must have for me. Great job as usual.
Great job on the video Mark! Thanks for making it. I got myself an XLR-K3M a while back for my a6400, and I've been doing a lot of testing with it vs using the 3.5mm jack and I am consistently blown away by the difference it makes. Even when I adapt the 3.5mm from most of my available mics to the 1/4" that the K3M recognizes, while I can't really tell too much of a sound quality difference in the non-XLR mics, the ability to have physical dials to adjust my levels instead of having to dive into the settings on the camera is a huge plus. Now if only I had more XLR mics...
I am watching all your old videos about sony zv e10.. It's so confusing to choose lens.. For vlogging and low light video which lens is good?.. Sony 11mm f1.8 or sigma 16mm f1.4.. Thanks in advance
Thanks for another great video. i just picked up the Vidoe Mic Go II for $79 on sale and it's an amazing mic and an amazing value! Works great for both my camera setups and in the studio. A great budget all purpose mic option.
Bought and set up the VideoMic Go II last night, then saw this video in my recommended this morning and got instant validation in my purchase. Haven't adjusted any settings but already my audio quality has improved vastly over the random $30 amazon mic I was using before. Would be interested to see your recommendations for audio settings though, even what Audio Rec Level is ideal to get the crispest sounding voice
Awesome Video Mark, would love to see the differences when recording outdoors, I am sure some of these Mics will be better at rejecting background noise then the others, that will be the deciding factor for me. Please bless us with that video!
I picked the most expensive mics as the best 🤦 but I don't they're worth the steep price difference. Talk about the cost of diminishing returns! Oh and I like how you hypnotized us into only seeing you as handsome and intelligent. I think it's working.
On a recent shoot my VideoMic NTG quit. I shoot multicam so I was able to sync the cameras by looking at the footage closely. I was watching your video and contemplating a replacement, then it occurred to me to check the cable. Sure enough the mic was fine only the cable failed. I saved myself some bucks. I did enjoy your video by the way and I think your evaluations are credible.
I agree that the VideoMic Go II punches above its weight, and is the only 3.5mm I liked in the blind test... I'm partial to XLR though, and if money was no object I'd get an F series Zoom (F3 or F6) with 32b float recording so that you literally can't clip or even need to worry about setting levels, and probably a Senn MK4.
I don't know, man. I think the NTG3 and NTG5 are just head and shoulders above the rest. Head and shoulders above the rest in price for sure, but you get what you pay for--and I say this as a Videomic NTG owner
“Microphone Wolverine’….loved that and now I have another costume option for Halloween! mics, cameras, lenses, gimbals…you cover it all! Next up; Action cameras! And did you get your spouse to write the script for the blind audio test? Nicely done once again!
Mark, don't the settings from the Rode software get saved now with the VMGoII and VMNTG? Like Noise Gate, Pad, BB, etc? I could have sworn that it did...
Heh, well, apparently my ears still work - the NTG5 was the best to me, best resolution/clarity by quite a noticeable difference. But then I have several Röde mics including NTG2 and a stereo pair of M5's. Also run them on a SoundDevices recorder mostly, the preamps on it are better than the Fx30 XLR handle, to my ears anyway. But this really should basically say that which is 'best to buy' depends on what for, if the thing you want to record on has no XLR you're not going to do much with an XLR mic. If you're recording yourself singing in a tiled bathroom really loud, you're just going to have to test different mics there, reflections would likely fubar the sound even from the shotguns, but ya never know.
Yo Markatron. Have you tried the Deity V-Mic D4 Mini? I've just tried on my little ZV-E10 and I reckon not as "tinny" as the Videomicro II. It's also £30 cheaper. 👍😀
HI! I have had the Rode NTG3 for more than 10 years and I always had the following question, when I turn up the gain on the recorder the recorded signal has a noise floor in the high frequencies, it is not so noticeable but noticeable when I see it in programs like izotope rx, when I do the same test with the 416 from sennheiser it does it but at a higher point of the recording. is it like that with all the rodes or will it be mine in particular? Thanks
Damn, for me the last two sounded worst and in the end one of them is my VideoMicro 😆. But based on the price you get what you pay and it is still good for a beginner like me I guess. Great move from Rode. They properly heard your Panasonic sales rep story and wanted to act proactively against it 😆 Great job and amazing work on the comparison, Microrine 👍 In case you’ll ever get the Sony ECM B10 in your hands, a comparison would be very interesting. Sony‘s hotshoe solution seems to be extremely convenient.
Great video and just what I was looking for - thanks! I have a question for you. I've been using the Rode Smartlav+ with the Sony ZV-1 indoors and finding it's either too quiet at lower recording levels in the camera or picks up a lot of background hiss when the levels are set higher, requiring some heavy lifting in post to remove it. I was thinking to switch to the Rode videoMic GO II so I can stop worrying about rustling the lav mic when I move, and your video seems to support the audio quality. But...how do you think the audio recording level and/or background hiss might change or stay the same with that switch? Thanks!
Great video, thanks for doing it. The NTG3 stood out, no surprise there. Surprise was the old original Videomic which sounded better than I would have anticapated. The Videomicro was a negative surprise . I have two of them and honestly, they sound much better than this. Of course they lack in the low end, and they are a bit sibilant and have lower than ideal output level, but in reality I find them quite acceptable. I wonder if it is the recording device, the environment, the particular piece or your voice.
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis True, but still. I also use more expensive ones, and yes, usually what you pay is what you get, but I never heard this much difference. I might try to do a comparison video at a point. But I find that the recorder counts as well. The Videomic NTG for example does not work that well on my Canon M50, on my audio recorders it sounds just fantastic. Maybe a voltage or impedance issue, not sure.
So, I think im between the videomic go II and the original videomic, for $15 more dollars I can get the original, what do you think? As for the cons of the original videomic? 🧐
I think the original sounds great. But you do need to keep it powered by 9v battery and you can’t use it as a usb mic. But other than that - it sounds great and works great
Hey, I m a new fan )) I bought ntg3 last week and I m still trying to get rid of the echo from my room. I m NOT regretting a bit over my purchase. Would u mind telling the headphone model? I m a delicate flower as well, and I get headaches easily when I wear over ear headphones. Would like to give it a try.
they are the Rode NTH-100. amzn.to/3XwIxQW if you really want to get echo out of your room - you need to put up sound panels - here’s a vid I did about it ua-cam.com/video/y8yKFi7LgHk/v-deo.html
Interesting, Sony seems to have been following its overlords instead of you, tons of exposure stepping (smooth mind you) but the exposure was pulsing like crazy. Perhaps it's S5 II time? Awesome review, need to get an upgraded shotgun mic for sure, Video II seems to be the winner for camera and NTG in the studio
Make sure you were watching it on 4K because everything was on manual settings so there wouldn’t have been any exposure changes. Looks fine on my end!!
Just bought this mic and outa the box it was broken. I Called rode and they confirmed it was broken and to send it back. Rode said about three weeks turn around time, and I had to beg them to send a prepaid return label. Needless to say I wont be buying another rode product. They dont have a good customer experience if a product show up broken. They should have sent a new one right away with a return label in the box. Wish i had gotten another mkh600. But wanted the automatic on off. Lesson learned. Love the videos btw👍
Wow - you also still have the original Video Mic! It sounds acceptably good to me: just add a little boice and you basically have a SM7B with a cold shoe attached 😉🤣!
it's for comparison so you can immediately hear them back to back in quick succession. If I did a two minute sample, you wouldn't be able to judge the next to each other. Also, the video would be 60 minutes long
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MY KIND OF VIDEO!!! Love it!
I really like the NTG3! I personally think it's the best sound on your voice compared to the others in this video. I mean, I should like it the most though 🤣since it's the most expensive. It's definitely the most expensive for a reason. It has a very nice full low end and a pleasant amount of clarity. I missed having one, so I actually just re-bought an ntg3 the other day, and I am going to have it in a comparison video really soon!
I agree, the VM Go II is an incredible value though! The fact that you can plug it in as a USB mic and change the onboard DSP, is so awesome!
It seems like the Micro II has a much better bass response than the original micro... but for an extra $20 it makes sense to get VM GO II just simply due to the extra features. As far as sound goes the VM GO II and the VM Micro II actually sound very similar. I wonder if they use the same capsule...
I am just not the biggest fan of the NTG5 at that price. I do love the NTG though. I got one a while back and have used it a bunch!
Good analysis of these mics!
Now everyone should go to your channel to listen to someone who ACTUALLY knows audio.
Now this was a thorough, clear and concise video to help me with my next audio purchase. Thanks Mark
just don’t do a review way better than mine - like you always do 🤣🤣
Awesome video! I really like the VideoMic Go II - sounds great for the price. I have a Rode NT1 (had it over 20 years!) but want a shotgun mic in my arsenal as a new creator/UA-cam person. This video review has sealed it for me. Cheers, buddy!
Thanks for the overview, Mark. I was pleasantly suprised at the original VideoMic - great clarity for the price. I've done quite a lot of testing myself as well, and settled on two: Sennheiser MK4 for regular computer chat and Neumann KM185 for UA-cam videos. The latter I think is quite an unsung hero that's (in my opinion) quite similar to the holy grail (Sennheiser MKH50) at half the price - it even scores top 3 with Bandrew from Podcastage who's the ultimate mic Chad. :D
I’ll have to check out that Neumann!!
Great comparison, side by side. Thanks Mark!
Had the same problem with the peaking issue on my VideoMic NTG. It was so annoying! the -20 pad and tinkering with the gain knob defo helped thanks you mate!
Another fantastic review, thanks Mark. Learning lots and having a giggle on the way!
The NTG is the one I would go with....however I am a baller on a budget so I went with the Comica VM-20. Its basically the chinese version of the NTG and sounds phenomenal. I pair that baby boy up with the Hollyland Lark 150 and turn it into a wireless boom mic. Love my setup.
very nice!!
Great comparison. I have the Rode NTG5, which I like. But, because I already have a deep voice I will often switch to my Sennheiser MKE 600. Which I used on a feature film I was DP and sound man on. The MKE 600 records a very natural sounding audio for most voices. The Sennheiser MKH 416 is popular, and costs about three times as much as the MKE 600. But, to me, I cannot tell the difference between the two.
I also have the VideoMic GO II, which I use for all of my UA-cam videos. And it captures excellent audio sound and is must have for me.
Great job as usual.
I got the Rode headphones for Christmas. Super comfortable. I wear them 8+ hours a day.
They are SOOOO comfortable
I enjoy watching your videos. You are the best reviewer of tech I've come across so far. Shout out from Kenya.
thanks - greetings from Canada!!
Great session. For us visuals, it would have been great to have a table showing features and prices. Many thanks
Great job on the video Mark! Thanks for making it. I got myself an XLR-K3M a while back for my a6400, and I've been doing a lot of testing with it vs using the 3.5mm jack and I am consistently blown away by the difference it makes. Even when I adapt the 3.5mm from most of my available mics to the 1/4" that the K3M recognizes, while I can't really tell too much of a sound quality difference in the non-XLR mics, the ability to have physical dials to adjust my levels instead of having to dive into the settings on the camera is a huge plus. Now if only I had more XLR mics...
I am watching all your old videos about sony zv e10.. It's so confusing to choose lens.. For vlogging and low light video which lens is good?.. Sony 11mm f1.8 or sigma 16mm f1.4.. Thanks in advance
The 11 is better for vlogging if you are holding the camera pointed at yourself because it's wider.
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis16mm sigma wide like usual mobile? Normal mobile wide enough for me.. Or its lesser then mobile wide?
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis please reply
Thanks for another great video. i just picked up the Vidoe Mic Go II for $79 on sale and it's an amazing mic and an amazing value! Works great for both my camera setups and in the studio. A great budget all purpose mic option.
Great value mic. Sounds so good for the price. And so many options
I love the clean look! :)
Bought and set up the VideoMic Go II last night, then saw this video in my recommended this morning and got instant validation in my purchase. Haven't adjusted any settings but already my audio quality has improved vastly over the random $30 amazon mic I was using before. Would be interested to see your recommendations for audio settings though, even what Audio Rec Level is ideal to get the crispest sounding voice
I'll make a go II video specifically
Awesome Video Mark, would love to see the differences when recording outdoors, I am sure some of these Mics will be better at rejecting background noise then the others, that will be the deciding factor for me. Please bless us with that video!
Yes - that's a different bag altogether - I will try to do that vid as well!!
Thank you Vishal - Thank you Mark
This channel never fails to crack me up! Haha Great content as always!
Glad to hear it!
I picked the most expensive mics as the best 🤦 but I don't they're worth the steep price difference. Talk about the cost of diminishing returns! Oh and I like how you hypnotized us into only seeing you as handsome and intelligent. I think it's working.
What a great test. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Cheers!
Super good comparison!😍
On a recent shoot my VideoMic NTG quit. I shoot multicam so I was able to sync the cameras by looking at the footage closely. I was watching your video and contemplating a replacement, then it occurred to me to check the cable. Sure enough the mic was fine only the cable failed. I saved myself some bucks. I did enjoy your video by the way and I think your evaluations are credible.
Every time you pop up in my notifications I smile ear to ear (although I have found watching your stuff expensive...LOL).
You can't put a price on a smile
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis Oh YES I can! At least $5k so far. Thanks, you intelligent and handsome beast (wink)
I liked the sound from NTG3. almost like mkh416. All though I use Rode video mic NTG. I have to roba bank to buy Rode NTG3
Just add a little bass to that VideoMic NTG and you'll have a NTG3 😀
Another great video!
Very useful video - Big thanks.
Do you have a comparison between the NTG3 through XLR and the VideoMic NTG recorded via USB (and thus Rode Connect)?
no, l don’t, but the ntg3 is much fuller with a lot more bass. the nth is quite bright and not my favourite on my voice
I agree that the VideoMic Go II punches above its weight, and is the only 3.5mm I liked in the blind test... I'm partial to XLR though, and if money was no object I'd get an F series Zoom (F3 or F6) with 32b float recording so that you literally can't clip or even need to worry about setting levels, and probably a Senn MK4.
I think I’m getting the fx3 in here
I don't know, man. I think the NTG3 and NTG5 are just head and shoulders above the rest. Head and shoulders above the rest in price for sure, but you get what you pay for--and I say this as a Videomic NTG owner
For sound NTG3 it is class for himself, supreme, epic sound.
Price vs sound VideoMIc GO II, and it have extra software.
Great Video
Thanks for sharing
“Microphone Wolverine’….loved that and now I have another costume option for Halloween! mics, cameras, lenses, gimbals…you cover it all! Next up; Action cameras! And did you get your spouse to write the script for the blind audio test? Nicely done once again!
She writes all my videos
Mark, don't the settings from the Rode software get saved now with the VMGoII and VMNTG? Like Noise Gate, Pad, BB, etc? I could have sworn that it did...
You’re the best bro!
Heh, well, apparently my ears still work - the NTG5 was the best to me, best resolution/clarity by quite a noticeable difference. But then I have several Röde mics including NTG2 and a stereo pair of M5's. Also run them on a SoundDevices recorder mostly, the preamps on it are better than the Fx30 XLR handle, to my ears anyway.
But this really should basically say that which is 'best to buy' depends on what for, if the thing you want to record on has no XLR you're not going to do much with an XLR mic. If you're recording yourself singing in a tiled bathroom really loud, you're just going to have to test different mics there, reflections would likely fubar the sound even from the shotguns, but ya never know.
Acho que fiz a escolha certa. Comprei o video mic 2. Para mim está ótimo!
excellent, thanks!
thanks awesome video
Boice! I like it. New Word Achievement.
I picked C and E, naice! 💪🏼💪🏼
Yo Markatron. Have you tried the Deity V-Mic D4 Mini? I've just tried on my little ZV-E10 and I reckon not as "tinny" as the Videomicro II. It's also £30 cheaper. 👍😀
Hwy Mark..have you tried the Takstar SGC 600 amd the Samson C02?
Great video! Do you have any experience with stereo mics?
HI! I have had the Rode NTG3 for more than 10 years and I always had the following question, when I turn up the gain on the recorder the recorded signal has a noise floor in the high frequencies, it is not so noticeable but noticeable when I see it in programs like izotope rx, when I do the same test with the 416 from sennheiser it does it but at a higher point of the recording. is it like that with all the rodes or will it be mine in particular? Thanks
Damn, for me the last two sounded worst and in the end one of them is my VideoMicro 😆. But based on the price you get what you pay and it is still good for a beginner like me I guess.
Great move from Rode. They properly heard your Panasonic sales rep story and wanted to act proactively against it 😆
Great job and amazing work on the comparison, Microrine 👍
In case you’ll ever get the Sony ECM B10 in your hands, a comparison would be very interesting. Sony‘s hotshoe solution seems to be extremely convenient.
I met the Rode people at the same trade show where I met the Panasonic lady. Shows how different companies can be!!
Great video and just what I was looking for - thanks! I have a question for you. I've been using the Rode Smartlav+ with the Sony ZV-1 indoors and finding it's either too quiet at lower recording levels in the camera or picks up a lot of background hiss when the levels are set higher, requiring some heavy lifting in post to remove it. I was thinking to switch to the Rode videoMic GO II so I can stop worrying about rustling the lav mic when I move, and your video seems to support the audio quality. But...how do you think the audio recording level and/or background hiss might change or stay the same with that switch? Thanks!
Great video, thanks for doing it. The NTG3 stood out, no surprise there. Surprise was the old original Videomic which sounded better than I would have anticapated. The Videomicro was a negative surprise . I have two of them and honestly, they sound much better than this. Of course they lack in the low end, and they are a bit sibilant and have lower than ideal output level, but in reality I find them quite acceptable. I wonder if it is the recording device, the environment, the particular piece or your voice.
it's just in comparison to the expensive mics. If the fancier mics weren't there - the micro would sound fine. It's just the juxtaposition
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis True, but still. I also use more expensive ones, and yes, usually what you pay is what you get, but I never heard this much difference. I might try to do a comparison video at a point. But I find that the recorder counts as well. The Videomic NTG for example does not work that well on my Canon M50, on my audio recorders it sounds just fantastic. Maybe a voltage or impedance issue, not sure.
Hey mark, on the NTG5, did you notice any RF interference?
So, I think im between the videomic go II and the original videomic, for $15 more dollars I can get the original, what do you think? As for the cons of the original videomic? 🧐
I think the original sounds great. But you do need to keep it powered by 9v battery and you can’t use it as a usb mic. But other than that - it sounds great and works great
Hey, I m a new fan )) I bought ntg3 last week and I m still trying to get rid of the echo from my room. I m NOT regretting a bit over my purchase.
Would u mind telling the headphone model? I m a delicate flower as well, and I get headaches easily when I wear over ear headphones. Would like to give it a try.
they are the Rode NTH-100. amzn.to/3XwIxQW
if you really want to get echo out of your room - you need to put up sound panels - here’s a vid I did about it ua-cam.com/video/y8yKFi7LgHk/v-deo.html
Good choice for your boice !
🤣
Interesting, Sony seems to have been following its overlords instead of you, tons of exposure stepping (smooth mind you) but the exposure was pulsing like crazy. Perhaps it's S5 II time?
Awesome review, need to get an upgraded shotgun mic for sure, Video II seems to be the winner for camera and NTG in the studio
Make sure you were watching it on 4K because everything was on manual settings so there wouldn’t have been any exposure changes. Looks fine on my end!!
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis Really? Now I feel like a crazy person 😛 And you're forcing me to watch the video again! Smart move there Mark haha
Wtf?! I believe that you can read my mind. Since yesterday I‘m looking for good (Rode) Microphones..
Thumbs Up 👍✌️
you can buy people’s thoughts from Google for cheap.
God damn the fx30 on board mic hurt me
🤣🤣
Just bought this mic and outa the box it was broken. I Called rode and they confirmed it was broken and to send it back. Rode said about three weeks turn around time, and I had to beg them to send a prepaid return label. Needless to say I wont be buying another rode product. They dont have a good customer experience if a product show up broken. They should have sent a new one right away with a return label in the box. Wish i had gotten another mkh600. But wanted the automatic on off. Lesson learned. Love the videos btw👍
Wow - that’s disappointing to hear!! Especially because Rode are supposed to stand behind their gear.
drop the boice! noice
My favourite Public Enemy song
great sharing 😍😍
christopher nolan is that you 👀
hey guys I’m facing some problems with my rode video mic go 2.
When I record with my Sony ZV-E10 there's a hissing sound. Can anyone help pls?
Turn the mic level down in camera. Around -12 is where you want the sound bars touching
I m a delicate flower 😂😂😂
🤣
Wow - you also still have the original Video Mic! It sounds acceptably good to me: just add a little boice and you basically have a SM7B with a cold shoe attached 😉🤣!
it holds up so well!!
Are any of them edited?
nope - straight from the mic
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis alright thanks
Edward Microphone Hands
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I was thinking "who is Mark Bennett" than I realized lol
btw, E blows the rest out of the water
How should I get a feeling for the sound from a 5 sec sample?
it's for comparison so you can immediately hear them back to back in quick succession. If I did a two minute sample, you wouldn't be able to judge the next to each other. Also, the video would be 60 minutes long
thank you so much this made me wan to clear my throat
stick with my CC8 ;-)
Who pressed the record button for you since you were Wolverine at the time? 🧐
my camera is full of gashes
Ouch.
Cough cough...I can take one of the mics off your hand :) would look great on top of my ZV-E10 haha
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guys, guys, guuuuuuuuuuuys.
best possible mic test 😂
@@MarkBennettCameraCrisis I love it!
Mark bennett is as intelligent as he is handsome
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The NTH's are just darling, aren't they?
Love the cups.
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