C100: Decent mic for mostly scratch audio on the C100

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I've got a shoot coming up where I'll be capturing various outdoor montage scenes. A character riding a bike through the city, walking on a sidewalk, etc. No dialogue. The audio I'll need for these shots isn't particularly important, but from time to time it's nice to get decent scratch audio to mix into the background while music is playing over the montage. The internal MIC is pretty okay for this I guess, but it tends to sound a bit more "hollow" and doesn't always mix well with the audio I get from my other MICS (I use an NTG-3 for outdoor dialogue booming and Audix hyper for my indoor dialogue.) I guess what I'm looking for here is an easy, decent camera-mountable shotgun (or other type of MIC) that will work decently well. Any suggestions from other C100 users?
 
The Audio-Technica 875R is decent and small. I keep one on my C100 full-time, with a very short XLR cable to keep it tidy.

Cheers,
Slavik
 
slavikb said:
The Audio-Technica 875R is decent and small. I keep one on my C100 full-time, with a very short XLR cable to keep it tidy.

Cheers,
Slavik
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Same here. I bought a second one recently since I have multiple C-series cams. I like the mic as an on-camera mic.

NTG-3 should work as good or better than the AT875r, aside from that it is longer. It may also be a bit more directional, which you often don't want from an on-camera mic. The NTG-3 isn't all that directional, less so than the 416 which is often used as an on-camera mic.

So, I'd only get the AT875r for this purpose if you either want a shorter mic for on-camera use, or need multiple mics (such as if you're booming and doing on-camera audio).
 
Whatever you end up with be sure to listen for fan noise when using the stock shotgun mount. Probably not very noticeable outdoors but indoors some mics will pick up the fan noise as a low hum, I had to use a Auray shock mount on a cold shoe extension about 3 inches away from the camera with my Sony ECM-XM1. Although it's pricey I highly recommend the Rode Stereo VideoMic X for picking up nat sound. It's clean sounding and can create a nice stereo sound field with lots of detail. It's also versatile, it has XLR and 3.5mm connections.
 
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