My next mic? For interviews. Mostly indoors.

[yoideaman]

It sounds a little like you're letting the gear get in the way, which is easy to do considering the attractive range of options these days. When I started doing radio, I had a minidisc recorder (hated it) and one mic. That worked pretty well for most stories. The key is to not disconnect with your interview subject. Get in close, try to make a connection and focus on leading the narrative in the right direction. Having a range of mics and gear is nice but that's for later. Forget about the mic stand and moving around during the interview unless that's part of the story. Be a reporter first while keeping in mind that you're also there to get clean, workable audio.

I definitely am over thinking it. But just worked on a piece with mediocre sound and spend a huge amount of time trying to correct it. I figure it's worth thinking about but, you are right, I shouldn't let it get in the way (but there are so many options ;-)

 

[Sorkhab]

NTG 2 dose a good job. Keep it as close as possible. Rode NT4 is another option, gives you clear and warm stereo. As you are doing radio you can have it as close as 230 mm ( my experience), and with a P filter, will sound beautiful. Both in your budget range! Good luck, Sohrab.

 

[drapeama]

I am a new radio producer [..] Now, I'm onto microphones.[..] I'd love your input:
- Rode NTG-2 (I know it's not meant for indoors, but wondering if the quality would be ok for radio?)

I'm not an expert myself, but I'd say either the Lav option, as suggested below, would be the best option.

Have you considered lav mics ?

One Lav that I like is the Azden EX-503 for 20$. Cheap and gives decent results:

NTG 2 dose a good job. Keep it as close as possible.

From what I've tested with the NTG-2, it does​ a good job indoor, but it's not the best option. Here's a video I've recorded with it:

Make sure to adjust to either Left or Right channel at a time. Left is the EX-503 Lavalier mic while the Right is the microphones boomed.