Audio-Technica ATR6250 Stereo Condenser Video/Recording Microphone

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I'm going to be using this microphone for upcoming documentaries. I think the big thing that is great about this product is that it comes with everything you need AND it's affordable. It's also compact in size and lightweight so easy to cart around.
I would say after testing the microphone is has a slight background noise.
In general for me, the good outweighs the bad.

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For the money, this mic is a can't miss. In fact, it's almost too sensitive. I was recording a play from the balcony and I could hear kids talking below me on the main floor. It also will pick up any slight movement in your hand. I would not recommend it as a handheld mic.
I am very pleased with this purchase.
I wish it had a longer stereo mic cable. But it's easy to buy a cable with a 3.5mm male and female end to extend the cable. The long mono cables are only useful if going into a sound board.

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Wow! This mic is so noisy that it makes the cruddy built in monaural mic on my Lumix G2 sound 10x better by comparison. Yes, it was under $100, but Audio-Technica should be ashamed of themselves for putting out such an inferior product.It was not worth the hassle and wait to return it, so the ATR6250 now lives in the bin that contains the other cheap and useless electronics that have disappointed me.

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For the price, I was impressed with the sound this little guy captures. I would highly recommend this to anyone on a budget. I just wish the Camera Cable which is a 8" 3.5mm stereo to 3.5mm stereo, was longer. I ended up buying a 10 ft female to male extension for use with a Zoom H2 Recorder.

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Basic but very good product for its price

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I bough this to use with my Canon 5D Mark II. It works fine and is an upgrade from the built in mic, but it is not as good as I had expected. But, for this price its all I can ask for.

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I purchased this mike to for interviews without using and abusing my wireless system. What everyone mentions about our videos is how clear our audio is. This microphone won't disappoint.

Most of my interviews is me behind the camera asking officials questions, especially fire chiefs with loud diesel engines around us. You can hear the interview as if I put a lavalier mike on them! You can see samples on my YouTube Account at DoingItLocal

The stereo separation is the best I've ever heard! True left and right separation. I notice on the editing time line right away.

The only drawback in my opinion is I wish the cord was 1 foot longer for interviews and it only runs on alkaline batteries. All my equipment from wireless to LED lights run off rechargeable batteries.

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Hi! I'm Tim Ireland, an amateur videographer and one of the officers of my High school's Student Film Club. This was one of my first external microphones for video recording, and I'm still impressed by the sound I get from such a cheap microphone. Sure, it can't compare to many of the more expensive mikes, but it's a huge step up from the microphones integrated into most consumer camcorders. Overall, it's a nice product for people looking for a cheap alternative to integrated camera audio.

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Very Mic, Easy to use and really knocks down the wind noise. I use this in a topless car for club events.

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The mic is ok but I didn't see much of a difference between using this and the cameras onboard mic. I would reccomend trying something else if you really need the external mic but it's ok for the price range.

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I've only had it for a week. I used it to record a sermon. The pickup was awesome. It also picked up sounds from 90 degrees of the mic. For this price, you can't go wrong.

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A great product at a great value. This is an excellent external stereo microphone for any mini digital recorder. The advantage of using an external microphone is the easy use of wind filter and covers vs the internal microphones on the digital recorder that can not use filter because some of the crontrol will be cover. In addition to a great recording sound, it come will extra cables and support for the use also in digital cameras. And for the price it could be a great gift.

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For the price, don't expect a high-end, studio-quality "reference" microphone. Since I'm more into the recording studio side of things and just dabbling in video production for my own personal projects, I didn't expect much for the low price this microphone sells for. However, even with their cheapest models, Audio Technica doesn't really make a "bad" product - whether that's microphones, headphones, or anything else. The build quality is very solid considering the price point, the mic does what its supposed to do reasonably well, and the selection of accessories that come with it is well thought out (the mounts for both 'mic stand' and 'camera shoe' are much appreciated).

Good but not amazing sound, useable but not immaculate self-noise...just what you should expect for the price point. Know what you're buying - while this mic is relatively directional, particularly compared to the built-in mics on most consumer or prosumer models, it's not a shotgun by any means, and you'll pick up a lot of ambient stereo 'room' information (albeit in a better sounding and more controllable way than the built-in stereo mics on many consumer camcorders) than you would with a true shotgun, boom, handheld, or lavalier mic system. Since that's what I was after, I wasn't disappointed, but make sure you actually want "stereo" before deciding on this mic. If you're mainly doing interviews and need to isolate the subject's voice in a noisy or ambient environment, a shotgun, lav, boom, or handheld solution is probably better for your application.

Basically, this hits the spot for anyone who wants an upgrade in quality and versatility over the built-in mic(s) in most any consumer or prosumer camcorder, but isn't ready to plunk down the cash for the next step up, such as the more expensive Rode or Sennheiser options.

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I use this on my Canon HV40 to record ambient sounds. It does a nice job. A big improvement over on camera mic.

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I couldn't believe how noisy this mic was. Completely unacceptable.

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I got this mike to use when I shoot video with my Canon EOS 7D. Came with all the correct pieces to make using it simple. It does the job it's designed to do.
It's not a real powerful mike, but gets the job done.

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if you are looking for most inexpensive audio for video and dslr video. this is the one.

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if you are looking for inexpensive way to improve audio for you video or dslr. this is the one to use

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I use in my digital camera Canon 60D. Work perfect.

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I guess for a condenser mic even one as small and cheap as this one was I expected a bit more amplification. Really not much better than an unpowered mic.