Rode Ntg-1

[Joseph A. Benoit]

I know we talked about this before
I love my 110 but i just cannot stand the stock mic
on scale of 1-10 how would you rate th NTG_1 compared to the JVC Stock mic
The Rode is right now in my price range

I trust you guys and your opinions
thank you
Joe

[Paolo Ciccone]

I use that mic all the time, for the price I think it's hard to beat. I shot an interview yesterday, two people facing each other, it worked flawlessly, the sound was good, better in fact than other more expensive setups that I tried in the past. Highly recomended.

[David Knaggs]

I use the NTG-1. It's very, very good. Excellent "bang for your buck".

[Joseph A. Benoit]

Thank You Paolo
Coming from you i know it has to be good
I use Rode studio mics for my audio studio
They work great.

the Jvc mic has no power and no presence

JOE

[Robert Castiglione]

A very happy NTG-1 user here. I am a "sound" guy as well recording professionally and am absurdly pathologically finicky about my sound. There is no comparison between the stock mic and the NTG -1. I burnt the stock mic by placing it in a burning piano that I was filming and it was ok for that. The Rode compares very favourably to its MUCH more expensive cousins. The best $300 bucks I have spent in the audio realm.

Handling noise on the stock mount is a problem so you will need to do something about that. I built an extender for the mic to take it away from the camera body.

Rob

[Marc Jayson]

Do you guys use a special shock mount (on cam) for the NTG?
I get a lot of handling noise if I gently touch my tripod.

The NTG on a boom is great!

[Robert Castiglione]

I built an extender as follows.

You need three pieces: 1. K -Tek General Purpose mount 2. K- Tek extender /mount to fit onto DV cameras(this screws into the General purpose mount. 3. suitably sized wooden dowel that is long enough to fit into K-Tek extender and will fit the microphone mount on the camera. Make sure that you cover the wooden doyle with rubber to insulate it against noise.

Anyway, I am sure that there are various solutions out there to get the microphone away from the camera body.

Rob

[Joseph A. Benoit]

Hello
iwas just wondering if you wrap some foam around the mic where the
Mic mount holds it would this reduce the mic picking some of the camera noise

just a thought
joe

[Paolo Ciccone]

Robert, have you tried the Rode mount that goes on the shoe adapter, you know the one with the crossed rubber bands?

[Joseph A. Benoit]

Paolo do you have a noise problem with your NTG-1?

Joe

[Paolo Ciccone]

Not at all Joe but I use it mostly on a boom. I have the cold shoe adapter mount, also by Rode honestly I don't remember how it works in that setup because last time I used it was a few months ago.

[Joseph A. Benoit]

Hello
1 was doing some checking on the rodes sm 5 shotgun mic/supension
unit. I was wondering if it will work with my 110 mic mount

has anybody used this . It sells for $49.00 at B&H

Thanks

Joe

[Robert Castiglione]

You mean I built an elaborate mount (which includes a woode dowel) when I just could have purchased one from Rode????? I was so proud of it too.

Did'nt even know about the Rode one. Thanks Paulo, I will look into it.

Rob

[Marc Jayson]

Originally Posted by Joseph A. Benoit

Hello
1 was doing some checking on the rodes sm 5 shotgun mic/supension
unit. I was wondering if it will work with my 110 mic mount

has anybody used this . It sells for $49.00 at B&H

Thanks

Joe

I think it will fit.

Some more info:

A shotgun microphone suspension shock mount for high end video cameras. The SM5 shock mount is designed specifically to fit Panasonic® and Sony® video cameras with clamp mounts.

Features a 4-way rubber suspension with an integral Ø24 mm and Ø27 mm clamp mount adaptor.
The SM5 incorporates a two way mounting system with 1/4"x 20 and 3/8" x 16 internal threads, for Tripod and Boom Pole mounting.