Need is the mother of all invention. This was what made a top notch company like Rode to create a lightweight, durable, and immensely high quality microphone for the miniDV camera. Peter Freedman, Mr. Rode himself, ?wanted a mic that could provide the same level of sound quality and low noise specs as the high cost pro mics.? With not a single one on the market, the Rode R&D machine churned and created the VideoMic. |