I love this video mic. I use it with a Panasonic Lumix GH3 and it sounds really good. It's a little big for a DSLR camera but the audio quality is fantastic. When I really want to enhance the audio recorded from this mic, I will export the audio that's connected to the video file from Final Cut Pro...

This mic looks cool, but has serious issue. I hear weird sound, like hissing or something high pitch noises. I thought that it might be the lense auto focusing, however, turns out it is from the MIC. Tested with different mic, there was no such noise, as well as interior mic from Panasonic.

The Rode Videomic is a lightweight plastic shotgun style microphone mounted in an elastic shockmount

Well made; good sound quality and well isolated from the camera

Somewhat short battery life and it doesn't make a good handle

"For years I have used an older microphone on my video camera and even the same old mic on my Canon 5D Mark II. I thought the quality was alright until i asked someone to do some professional editing. Comments I received back weren't great about the sound quality.

Love this...easy on the sounds too :)

Incredible sound compared to most higher end external mics, best bang for the buck! Super lightweight despite its plastic frame and mount it is incredibly strong and a huge step up from your cameras built in microphone! Five stars!

This is a great product. The only reason I gave it a nine is because in all fairness I haven't tried another and there may be something that works better but my search is over. Especially for the price. Love it.

Purchased the Rode VM Pro last year for some projects, never really relied on it for anything other than syncing audio with other mics closer to the source, or plugged into a board.

For those looking to move beyond the internal microphone on a digital SLR or camcorder, the VideoMic Pro can achieve excellent audio in a compact, lightweight and relatively inexpensive package.

Compact size perfectly suited to digital SLRs; Usability improvements over the original VideoMic; Ideal solution for recording better audio with a digital SLR or camcorder

Battery compartment hard to close; No carrying or protective case

I film wildlife for dvd and tv production. This mic has been a solid addition to my gear. The sound quality it picks up is amazing. Despite this great sound, I am dealing with a humm in the background of my recordings. I'm in the process of trying to work thru this.

Lightweight; Simple Use; Sound quality

Noisy; Some background humm