[Nathan Williams]

hey guys thanks so much for all your help. I ended up buying the rode videomic plus a deadcat in the package. I also bought a rode micro boom pole and a vc-1 cable to go with it. All for a pretty modest price. One more question if i was to buy an external recorder such as the zoom h4n in the future is there a 3.5mm jack on it or would i need an adapter if i wanted to use the rode video mic? Thanks

[Nathan Williams]

Thanks everyone for your help. I have decided on buying the rode videomic. One more question would the rode work for attaching the videomic onto a boom pole?

This is the cable im talking about

https://www.michaels.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=3747&category_id=22&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=54

[Nathan Williams]

Thanks everyone, i realise that recording to a dslr is not the best option but i can’t afford a mixer or a seperate recorder at the moment. So would it be better to buy a rode videomic or an azden sgm 1x with an xlr to 3.5mm adapter. I guess what im asking is would the adapter degrade the sound to the point where i would be better off buying a rode videomic? Thanks for all your help and patience 🙂

[Nathan Williams]

Thanks. i forgot to mention im on a pretty tight budget and cant afford a seperate recorder at the moment. I also dont know much about electrics and doubt i could make a custom wire. would getting something like the rode videomic (plugs straight into 3.5mm jack) be a better option?