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Old January 20th, 2011, 08:34 PM   #1
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Mounting a Rode NTG-2 Shotgun mic on a HF S20

Whats the best way to mount a shotgun mic to my canon hf s20 and make sure that most of the control usage noise is dampened.
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Old January 21st, 2011, 07:53 AM   #2
 
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I have the NTG 2 as well and I basically use a Rode SM3 mount on top of a cheap shoe adapter I bought off ebay to fir these Canon cameras.

I then connected a Rode 1/8" to XLR cable to the camera and mic.
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Old January 21st, 2011, 11:42 AM   #3
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great, thats the thing I was looking for. Also what would be the correct name of the fuzzle wind breaker that goes on top of that?
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You mean a Rycote Softie windscreen?
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Old January 23rd, 2011, 09:53 PM   #5
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they're called Dead cat, wind jammer, wind muff, etc
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