 Hello everyone this is financial author Amit Dan of AmitDan.com. On this channel you'll find financial travel and more videos just like the one you're watching right now. If you like what you see please give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing. Hello everyone this is AmitDan of AmitDan.com. On this channel you'll find financial travel and more videos just like the one you're watching right now. If you like what you see please give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing. Today I'll be unboxing and doing a brief review of the Rode Video Micro Compact on Camera Microphone. The sound system or sound recording system which comes with the camera or handy camera. Usually they're not that good and in order to enhance your sound system or sound recording and make better videos. An additional microphone just like the one I have here Rode Video Micro would be a good idea to enhance the sound better and make greater videos. Now this camera this microphone is Rode it's a very popular one and it's designed and made in Australia. For example if we look at the box and here you can see that Australian made and owned. Now before I start opening the box I'd like to mention a few things about this microphone. This microphone is not an omnidirectional microphone what it means that it wouldn't capture sound from all directions. This is a front direction this is a directional microphone what it means that it would capture sound whoever or whatever is in front of the camera from a specific direction. And there are situations when you don't want an omnidirectional microphone you don't want to capture sound from everywhere you just want from a specific subject or object. For example if you're doing an interview or if you are vlogging or if you are recording something specific then you'd need a microphone which is a directional microphone just like this one. And other important thing I'd like to mention that this microphone does not need any battery so we have to just plug it into your camera or handy camera's 3.55 millimeter microphone socket. And then it would take power from that socket so what it means that your camera has to have the capability to supply the power or the camera has to have built-in plug-in power capability. Now there are specific cameras which wouldn't work with this microphone and I was checking Rhodes website and they have a list of cameras which would not work with this microphone. So before you buy this I would recommend to check whether the camera you have is on that list or do more research because it may not work with your camera but in most cases it would work with most of the video or recent cameras whichever has a sound input system. Okay so now let's go through the specs a little bit more here. So this is the box and this is one side and here's the some specs. Two-year warranty, no battery required, Rycote suspension mount included and included Fari windshield. And here we have the same thing so we can just start unboxing and see what's in here. Okay so let's start from here. Okay so it's able to cut the packaging tape and taking this out here. Okay looks like there's nothing else in the box so just leave the box here for now and this is the whole thing inside the box. Now let's open this up. I'm trying to figure out whether I need to cut anything or if this is just to come off. Okay so there's no need to cut anything. So looks like it just come off like this and here this one looks like the Rycote shock mount. So basically the microphone sits in here and this one just protects the microphone from shock or vibration when you're walking or recording. Okay so I'll leave it here and we have a cable so this one looks like just take a look here. Okay so this is just 3.5 millimeter audio cable that would go into the mic and into your camera. Just leave it here for now and here we have a small brochure. Let's open it up. Okay what I can see here that the cable is a mono output so this would not record a stereo sound. However you do not need a stereo sound quality when you're talking or doing interview or other general stuff. And then it's in different languages so I'll just put it aside for now. And okay so here we have the wind breaker or dead cat or windshield whatever you call it. Looks like it's made of synthetic material and this basically protects your microphone from wind. Wind noise or wind sound or any other ambient noise or basically any background noise you need to concentrate on your subject noise or subject sound rather than wind sound or other background distractions. Okay so now this one looks like the microphone so we'll just take it out here. Okay so here is what we have. So this is a very tiny compact microphone and due to the fact that it's so compact this is good for traveling or whenever you're just doing video outdoor. And so the way it would work you have to stick in one part of the audio cable here and then the other part would go into the camera. And then you put it here on this light coat shock mount. Let me see here. Okay there you go so it should go like this way and the other part would go this way. And then you mount it on your camera or handy cams hot shoe mount. So this is the frontal look and you can see that you know if there's vibrational shock then this shock proof mount would protect the camera from shock or vibration. Okay now by the look of it it looks like you may need to buy additional hot shoe mount if your camera doesn't have the capability or the feature to stick it this way. So what I'll do I'll just you know set everything up with my camera and see if I have the necessary hot shoe mount and how it works with the camera. And then I'll do some outdoor audio sound testing with the mic and with cameras own mic and then I'll post it all together. Okay so this is the end of part one and then once I do the part two which is going to be outdoor testing then you'll be able to see and compare how does it perform and I'll give you more features or more thoughts on how this product is. Thank you. Today I'll be doing outdoor testing of the RODE microphone video micro compact on camera microphone but before I do that I'd like to show you something. The microphone itself which is this one right here it would be attached to right here on the right court suspension mount and it should be right here but this suspension mount is very tight. So when you actually fit in right here in this position it gives a feeling that it's going to break because it's not moving anywhere so you have to just like you know put pressure or force it to put it on the mount in this position. And while doing that I was afraid that it's going to break but nothing happened so it's all in good order and should be right in this position. Now if you have a video camera or if you have a handy camera like this one which I have Sony this is Sony CX405 and if you have a camera like this then the RODE video micro pro is not going to be attached on top of your video micro on top of your video camera because right here there's nothing to hold this video micro on top of it or there's no shim out so for that reason you need a separate piece of attachment what is called a flash bracket. Now I'll go ahead and show you the flash bracket which is right here so let's open this box. So you need to buy this piece only if you have a camera or a video camera which doesn't have a shim out on top of here so you're going to have to need this piece. And what it does that it has a socket on the bottom and you attach it to your camera right here this way where you mount your tripod or monopod so this section of this flash bracket go right here. So you attach it right here and then on this part there's a shim out where you can attach your video micro just this way so for example you take your video micro and you put it this way. Okay so it takes a little time like this so put it this way and then you have to just you know tighten up this one here and then it holds on top of it this way so just like this and then once you attach your camera this way then you have actually it's going to be like this. Okay so once you attach your camera on here and then you have your shim out right here then you can do the video this way and it will absorb or capture the sound and you can even put your dead cat on top of it. And so the camera stays here and then if you open it up okay so the camera is going to be attached here and your shim out is going to be attached here let me just move my camera a little bit. So here's the better picture okay so this is going to stay this way so you stick your camera this way and then your video micro is this way so that's the piece you need if your camera doesn't have any shim out on top of it. So this piece is called flash bracket you can purchase this this is very cheap and then I figured out there's another way if you buy a hot shoe adapter or you can stick it right here or hot shoe attachment then I believe you can attach this piece right here as well. However this is going to like you know put back the microphone backwards and this is going to be awkward way so the best solution to attach this to a video camera is to buy this piece which is called flash bracket. You should be able to get it on Amazon between 10 to 20 dollars so it's not that expensive at all so this is a separate piece you need if you have a video camera or a handy camera. So this is all about setting up the video micro compact on top of your video camera so now I'll do the outdoor voice testing or some quality testing and then I'll attach that clip all together thank you. Hello everyone I'm back this time with the rode video micro compact on camera microphone so right now it is attached to the video camera or Sony handicam. And right now you're hearing me through the rode video micro pro and it has the dead cat attached to it which should cancel the wind and you should be able to hear my voice clear than the video micro cameras built in camera. So after this testing actually I do not have I have no idea right now that whether how job the rode video micro pro is doing I'm just talking looking at the camera and I'm about two three feet in front of the camera. So once we do the video then I'll be able to compare by myself at home when I listen both of the sounds and then you'll be able to also compare them. What difference does it make or if there's any difference at all between the rode video micro compact on cam camera microphone with the dead cat and without the rode video micro pro. So that's all for now thank you for watching and please hit the subscribe button and if you like this video please give it a thumbs up see you soon thank you.