Rode Reporter Omnidirectional Dynamic Microphone,Black

Great mic! It looks and feels nice in the hand. The build in wind cut feature is so good, you can be standing outside on a windy day and not hear a thing. To hear wind you have to blow into the mic pretty hard. That being said, the sound quality is top notch and it picks up great. The Reporter is an omnidirectional mic, which is great for interviews, especially when you forget to aim your normal cardioid mic toward your subject. It's long enough to put a mic flag on the shaft, since you really don't want to use the goofy and awkward looking top mounted flag that comes with the mic.I use this mic with a Sennheiser SKP 100 G3 plug-on transmitter, and the sound is fantastic. I couldn't be happier with this purchase!

I've always been a fan of RODE mics and have many of them. I needed to do live video streaming interviews at a trade show and these Reporter mics looked exactly like what I needed. I was not disappointed. In fact, I was quite surprised at the richness and quality of the audio they produce.Very tight pick-up patterns pick up voices beautifully without needing to put a mic in someone's face. Great noise rejection for ambient noise but not too much so that it sounds dead. It's a perfect blend of vocal clarity and pleasant ambience. For the price, we got two of them with no regrets. Love these mics!

Very low sound levels, even with maximum gain on both computer and phone. The volume is nearly impossible to adjust properly. Despite using a pop filter, the mic still pops very easily. Overall, not recommended.

I've been using this microphone for interviews at trade shows. For the price, it's quite good. It does a nice job at isolating the voices of the interviewer and the subject. It picks up enough environmental noise that the sound isn't sterile, but I wish it picked up a bit less. After 18 months of use in sometimes rugged conditions, it has proven to be quite durable.The included microphone flag is ugly and useless for my purposes. I can't see many people making use of it. I wish Rode included a bunch of windscreens instead. That would have been a much more useful accessory.While there are microphones that sound better, the ones that I know of cost at least twice as much as the Rode Reporter. For the price, it's a good choice for run-and-gun interviews.

Use it for all my street interviews, and where loud music is playing andstill pick up great quality

This is a great mic for conferences or events. As the name implies this Mic is great for reporters. We used it on the show floor at CES and you can't hear the crowd. It was actually kind of disconcerting how well it picked up the voices of the personalities, and how little of the conference you heard.The XLR fitting requires a different cable if you are going to plug this in to your DSLR, but if you have a P2 camera, most of those are set up for XLR.

Excellent for interview. Great reporter microphone for our children reporters. I was worried that how the handle is long and too skinny, but it is actually an advantage because you want something to be able to reach the person you are interviewing. Since it is a omnidirectional mic, when you pull the microphone away from the speaker, it still capture sound at great volume. There is no big drop of sound. It captures nice and clear sound in noisy outdoor environment. Great purchase!

We could never get this to work on a iPhone android or computer. I bought suggested adapters and irig pre 2 wasted lots of money and missed my return window.