What's a good reference audio mic?

[Jeremy Wiles]

Hello, I need a small mic to mount on my Dragon that would only be used for playback on set. Any suggestions?

Jeremy

 

[Marc Wielage]

Reference mic? Neumann U87, but it's about $3500.

Anything tiny you put on the camera will mostly pick up the fan noise. If you want to fit a shock mount with a shotgun mic (like a Sennheiser 416, very standard for news gathering), that would be one way to go. I think there's been at least 50-60 conversations about tiny mics on the Red camera over the last five years.

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

Hehe, that would be the day when you se a Neumann U87 mounted on a camera

Are you looking for a scratch mic or perhaps a shotgun like above mentioned Sennheiser 416?
By the way have anybody here tried the Aputure Deity?
http://www.aputure.com/en/Deity.html

 

[Patrick Tresch]

The simple way for scratch audio is a Dslrmic wich you can plug directly to your mini jack from the expander.
Like those:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/534023-REG/Sennheiser_MKE_400_MKE_400_Compact_Video.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1191314-REG/rode_videomic_pro_with_lyre.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/907000-REG/Panasonic_dmw_ms2_External_Stereo_Mic_For.html

Or on the other spectrum if you have a small preamp the mini cmit, but is it worth it with those fans? Someone should test if the off axis rejection makes miracle.

 

[Nathan DuMoulin]

If you're DSMC2, then you don't have phantom power. In which case, the Rode Video Mic Pro is the way to go.

To keep things clean, I built a little cold shoe mount bracket that attaches to the front of the monitor.

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

What is it for wifi module behind the Sennheiser?

 

[Josh Wilkinson]

I use a wireless kit attached to the feed/mixer when possible. A Rode video mic, pro, or Stereo also work really well without addons.

 

[Nathan DuMoulin]

What is it for wifi module behind the Sennheiser?

Unfortunately I don't understand the question. :/

 

[Bob Gundu]

Unfortunately I don't understand the question. :/

I think he is referring to the small stubby antenna.

 

[Jeremy Wiles]

Thanks for the feedback. I did a bit more researching and found a few options. I'm going with the Olympus ME-51S.

It's just used for scratch audio so that I can have playback with audio on set.

This looks like a better option, but the 1/8" jack is facing the wrong way to plug into the Dragon:
https://www.amazon.com/Rode-VideoMic-Directional-Microphone-Phones/dp/B018KIJGU8

And for future reference, there's a pretty good post about scratch audio here.

 

[Patrick Tresch]

I don't know if those are going to be better than the onboard mics? Perhaps with better level though.