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!

Too bad. The microphone makes a good impression, but unfortunately it was DOA. We live in Costa Rica and we send all things via freight forwarders, so we have no return option. Almost $ 200 (including freight and import costs) for a defective microphone is too much. By the way, Made in China, not Australia.

To be a used microphone, it exceeded my expectations a lot, I do not give it 5 stars because it takes up a little more gain to make it sound powerful, I do not know if it is because it is used but it is a perfect microphone.

good: no need for battery or recharging requirements. it works via connection by cable. affordable handheld mic, especially refurbished captures sound well. rode bag and reporter attachment is nice con: ambient noise need to buy separate cables to connect maybe need a deadcat but couldn't find one that complements this mic. :(

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!

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.

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.

Great mic for it's intended purpose - out on the road interviewing people. Ergonomically friendly and good wind noise suppression - you can happily use outside on a busy street for "street rapportage" style work. I especially like the way that you dont have to swing the mic between people during interviews - just hold it 18 - 24 inches (45 - 60cm) between both parties and let the mics internal magic work to level out the volumes. This is especially good if you are interviewing excited (or excitable!) people - since you wont get the clipping you often see as the mic isn't moved fast enough by the reporter. Paired it up with a TASCAM DR-10X plugged straight into he end and one AAA battery at the start of the day should see you through a full days interviewing.

I'm very impressed with this microphone. This was my first purchase of both a professional standard microphone and a microphone for use in non-studio environments. I wasn't sure as to wheter it would be fit for purpose having seen numerous testing videos, I used it in a convention environment and most testing videos showed it outside on a roof top or somewhere similar, where there was substantial background noise, but quite a distance away. It far out-performed my expectations, not only were my vocals clear but it cut out a lot of the background noise too, the only thing I had to do it post was to split the audio and send it down both channels, this was only because I was using a XLR to 3.5mm jack as my camera only takes 3.5mm audio. XLR records in mono whereas 3.5mm is stereo. But beyond that there was little-to-no post-production required on the audio output by this microphone. I may only use this a few times a year at different expos/conventions I got to, however I'm superbly impressed by its quality and thus would say it is well worth the price.

Este RØDE Reporter es perfecto para entrevistas en ambientes ruidosos, ya que no registra el ruido de fondo y su patrón de sensibilidad omnidireccional hace que no sea necesario estarlo moviendo entre entrevistador y entrevistado todo el tiempo. No es barato, pero vale cada centavo que cuesta y la calidad de la marca australiana jamás defrauda. La bandera incluida para poner un logotipo o marca es extraña (sin ir más lejos) pero al final es funcional y cumple bien su trabajo. Un micrófono especializado para hacer entrevistas y de gran calidad.

Je voulais un micro main pour une configuration run and gun en salon, pour des interviews ou des reportages. Je l'utilise avec le RodeLink Newsshooter kit. C’est un micro dynamique à directivité omnidirectionnelle. Le micro en lui-même est très grand. Il fait 27cm de long, donc pour les interviews c’est super, pas besoin de tendre trop le bras, pour porter le micro proche de la voix de votre interlocuteur. Au niveau de la sortie on est sur une entrée XLR, donc ça correspond bien à mon émetteur. Le micro en lui-même fait très robuste. Il est fourni avec une plaquette amovible, on va pouvoir y mettre un logo, un autocollant. Dans la boîte, il y a également un autocollant rode, un petit papier rempli à la plein signalant que le matériel à bien été testé et vérifier. Ca vaut ce que ça vaut, mais c’est quand même plutôt rassurant. Et puis il y a également une extension de 10 ans, il suffit de s’enregistrer sur le site. Et puis le micro est également livré avec une housse de protection matelassé plutôt de bonne qualité. Avec le kit RodeLink, il est très simple à utiliser, avec +30db sur l'emetteur et le gain du préampli de la caméra ou de l'enregistreur externe au plus bas, le rapport signal/bruit est assez bon. Même si la directivité est omnidirectionelle, il captera mieux le timbre de la voix, quand le micro est positionné dans l'axe de la source sonore. Jusqu'à présent, je suis bien content du Rode Reporter, notamment avec ce prix compétitif. Je recommande. Je tiendrais ce commentaire un jour, si des problèmes viennent à apparaitre. Si vous avez jugé ce commentaire utile, merci de cliquer sur oui, vous me ferez plaisir :)

Habe es bei Wind und Kälte erprobt und finde es prima. Ich bin kein Audio-Spezialist, sondern setze es "rough and dirty" für meist ungeschnittene Videos am Handy ein. Ich mag das Teil, weil ich dann besser steuern kann, wer wie lange redet (je nachem, wie lange ich es jemandem unter die Nase halte). Es gibt mittlerweile gute Funk-Lösungen, so dass dieses kabelgebundene Mikrofon etwas für Fans ist. Der Ton ist allerdings wirklich richtig schön, ein bisschen "wie im Studio", nur halt draußen. Der häufig in Rezensionen angesprochene Plastik-Aufsatz ist überhaupt kein Ding, weil er nur aufgesteckt ist — wer ihn nicht braucht, legt ihn einfach zur Seite. Ich raffe das Problem nicht. Wer seinen Kanal als Aufkleber darauf anbringen möchte, kann es aber tun, ist doch super. Das Mikrofon hat Stürze auf Steinboden ohne Schrammen überlebt. Der Ton ist einwandfrei, nochmal, ohne, dass ich Audio-Experte bin. Ich habe es auch mit Masken (Corona) verwendet, funktionierte gut. Es bewährt sich besonders, wenn die kleinen Anklips-Mikrofone vom selben Anbieter (die ich auch habe) entweder (a) rasch leer sind oder (b) gegen Kleidung rascheln, was leider beides oft passiert.