COMICACVM-V30PRO Professional Super Cardioid Shotgun Microphone with Wind Muff, Camera Microphone for Canon Nikon Sony DSLR Cameras, Camcorders, iPhone Smartphones, etc

If you want to see my final opinion right away skip down to the last paragraph.I was in need of a better microphone for making videos online. I had the popular Rode Video Micro. While the audio quality was quite good with that mic, the nature of the smaller mic and thus the pickup pattern it made sound from further away from the camera too soft and needed too much boost in post production which caused too much distortion. So I looked for a mic that was larger with a larger pickup pattern. The Rode VideoMic Pro would have served my needs fine but the cost was a little out of my budget. So after looking at all the larger on-camera mics on Amazon I decided to try out the Comica CVM-V30Pro.In the box you get the mic itself, the usual foam windscreen cover and what I really appreciated was that they include a nice dead cat/wind muff that you usually don’t get with other mics in this price range. Of course you get a manual as well. Don’t forget to pick up a couple AAA batteries that this mic requires.There is one little feature that I want to mention that ended up being a huge feature for me. On the rear of the mic there is a led light that indicates the mic is turned on. I have had other mics without the light and I hate to admit I have screwed up more than a couple videos by forgetting to turn the mic on. Big plus for this mic.The build quality is fine for a mic at this price range. Everything is pretty much plastic as you would expect but not super thin plastic that could break quickly. I have run around quite a bit outside with this mic and even dropped the whole camera rig and the mic survived without any breakage.The mount of this mic is nice and seems to absorb any movement just fine. I have wiggled the camera around with the mic mounted on top and didn’t really hear any noise from the mount.This shotgun mic has the usual super cardioid pickup pattern. Very little noise is picked up from behind. You can pick up a little more from the sides but not much at all. I feel this mic is super directional which is what you want from a shotgun mic. You get a nice and natural sound in whatever environment you are in.The mic does have a low cut filter feature which helps to avoid booming type noise but honestly I don’t use this feature very much even on higher end mics so I can’t really speak to this feature.The +10db feature helps when you need to pick up sound that is further away. If you are a vlogger and you hold your camera at arms length there is really no need to use this feature. The volume of audio you get at that distance is just fine without it.One big problem I had with the Rode Video Micro was I would very often get RF noise when filming indoors. I don’t know if this was something specific to my home or something but it really ruined the audio that I would often resort to a lav mic when filming indoors. Now with the Comica CVM-V30 Pro I get NO RF noise! Again I don’t know if the RF noise was due to my environment but switching to the Comica lens totally solved the problem. Big win for the Comica.Audio is a very subjective thing. What may sound good to one person may not be as good to someone else. What I can say is that the Comica solved many of the issues I had with the smaller Rode Video Micro not to mention solving the huge issue with the RF noise. In my opinion the audio quality of this mic punches way above its weight class. It is a fantastic value at the sub $60 price range. If you want a on-camera shotgun with better audio quality I feel you would need to invest into the Rode VideoMic Pro or the other mics in the $150 - $200 price range. I am VERY happy with the audio quality of this mic and I feel very comfortable giving it my recommendation.

This mic is fantastic! I used it for a grave-side service that I was officiating, near a very busy road. The filter couldn't possibly block out all of the traffic noise. But it filtered out enough AND captured all of the important spoken words, from 25-30 feet away.

This is the third Comica mic I have and this is by far the best. I am a big fan of their products. I purchased this for my YouTube channel and have been using for the last five days and I am really impressed. For $54 (time of purchase July, 2019) you get the shotgun mic, a pop filter, a wind muff, a shock mount, and the manual. The mic is a Super Cardioid mic, which means it picks up sound very well directly in front of it. Sides are OK and it picks up very little to no sounds behind you. It’s very directional. The subject has to be in front of the mic to pick up good sound. The mic does require that you have a cold shoe on your camera. My t7i has it built in. Also, the mic needs two AAA batteries. Which is good and bad at the same time. It's good because the mic won't suck up all the power from your phone/camera. It's bad because you have to have extra batteries around just in case it runs out and it puts a little more weight on your setup. (I don't know how long the two AAA batteries will last, but for my five days of testing it's still going strong.) If you are vlogger, the size of the mic is just too big in my humble opinion. With the wind muff on, it’s a monster. Speaking of wind muff, the only way to put on the wind muff is to put it over the pop filter. The wind muff won’t stay on unless the pop filter is on first. For vlogging I use the Comica CVM-VM10II (very small and discrete). The CVM-VM10II is made of metal and this mic is plastic. Plastic is good in that it keeps the weight down. It’s bad because of durability. The shock mount the mic sits on does it’s job. Small bumps are not heard and moving the camera around slowly will not add unwanted sounds. If you make quick and violent movements, you might pick up a bump of two. The low cut filter is great if you are indoors and the AC is running in the background. It helps reduce the noise, not much, but it helps. The 10dB is great for long distance shoots. I was recording birds with my 70-300mm lens and it really helped in capturing the sounds. If you are close (5-10 feet) it gets really loud and distorted with the 10dB on. Well, if you speak softly, it might not. But my kids are loud and I had to turn the 10dB off when they are close, lol. The only gripe I have is, the 3.5mm is attached to the mic and cannot be removed. It only has two rings and is only intended for Cameras and not smart phones. Smart phones need a three ring 3.5mm wire. Anyhow, I hope this really helps. For the money, it’s a five out of five star for sure.

I used a Rode mic on my GoPro to put together a video of an extensive bike build. The sound was better than without, but it had a little extra noise to it. And it didn't last very long. At all! I purchased this one to use on my Canon video camera for my wedding to avoid a Rode. I experimented for quit some time with settings and distance. This mic CLEARLY pics up voices that are just over a whisper at 17 feet. CLEARY! It also has some compression, so if you turn on a song in the room it isn't overloading the mic, that just picked up a whisper. I then tested it on my GoPro....cleaned it right up! It was a much better quality sound than the broken Rode ever was. One last point: I was single for 20 years, drove 500 miles to the Rockies, and got married in a church I'd never seen until it was time. Thirty minutes before the wedding, my son and I were setting up 3 cameras, the Canon being the main camera. I realized, I shouldn't have been the one worrying about it, minutes before my own wedding. The ONE thing I forgot to do, was turn on this mic. Plugged into the camera, it shuts off the camera's built in mic. It still recorded sound good enough to clearly understand during the ceremony. I was sick when I realized the mic wasn't on after the ceremony, and surprised when we got home it did a decent job turned off. The volume was a bit low, but was easily brought up in my video software, and a little filtering would/will clean it on up. It basically sounded like the Canon mic would have, with a touch less volume. I will never buy a Rode again, sometimes you don't get what you pay for.

für kleines Geld ein super nutzen. bin Begeistert von diesem Mikrofon

I have the Comica V30 and VM10II, was expecting a boost in quality, or at least the same quality. I was wrong.DOES NOT WORK WITH SMARTPHONES, ONLY DSLR/MIRRORLESS CAMERA BODIESPackage contains:- Comica V30 PRO- HUGE wind muffSound quality is pretty good and will definitely work well especially if you're looking for vlog style mics. Very clear sound signature with somewhat of a bass boost.The mic is very long at a little over 8 inches (20.1cm). The aesthetics looks okay. The foam cover is removable. The stabilizer is completely made of plastic, not even a hint of rubber unlike the V30/VM10II, but it's still somewhat flexible to reduce vibrations. The cold shoe is just as smooth as the aforementioned mics.The cable is coil cable that comes out of the side and is a straight plug, which isn't as good as a right angle plug. The back has two controls: FLAT or LOW CUT , and +10DB or regular sensitivity.It is battery powered by 2 AAA batteries.The wind muff is extremely big and not that great. The opening is not elastic so it's difficult to put the microphone in. There is another opening on the back for the controls to stick out, but it's extremely inefficient to use this wind muff.Shown is a T5i with a 18-300mm lens at full reach and it barely goes past the wind muff. It is too long.Check my sound comparison video on Youtube - "Comica Microphone Comparison Test" by RomsicleI rate a 6/10.

Fell on the floor from my high level, never worked after .

Das Mikro sollte eigentlich mein neues Hauptmikro zum Vloggen werden und mich überall begleiten. Da ich in der Regel eh nur ein bis zwei Drehs pro Monat habe, wird es nicht überstrapaziert, aber muss dann natürlich performen.Was mir zuerst ganz gut gefallen hat, ist die Verarbeitung da es für den Preis gut stabil ist und auch die Möglichkeit bietet die Aufnahmelautstärke zu erhöhen. Die ersten Aufnahmen waren auch super, im Vergleich zum internen Mikro der Kamera war ein riesiger Unterschied, die Tieftöne kommen sehr gut rüber und auch Wind und Rauschen war viel weniger zu vernehmen.Aber dann bei den nächsten Drehs kam die Ernüchterung:Drei Mal in Folge musste ich das Mikro abnehmen und alles nochmal aufnehmen mit dem schlechten internen Mikro, weil dieses Mikro leider wirklich ENORM empfindlich ist für elektomagnetische Felder. Wenn man also ein anderes elektrisches Gerät in Reichweite hat (teils aber selbst wenn ich nichts sehen konnte was die Störung verursacht und z.B auch Handy extra 5 Meter weiter liegt), dann hört man ein sehr starkes Summen und Störgeräusche, sodass die Aufnahme wirklich nicht zu gebrauchen ist.Leider ist es wirklich sehr sehr störend und die Aufnahmen waren für den Müll. Das ist mehrfach hintereinander passiert und dieses Rauschen ist sehr nervig. Daher wird das wieder verkauft und ein Rhode Mikrofon ist unterwegs...

Das Mikrofon ist dem Preis entsprechend einfach aufgebaut und trotzdem wertig. Der Akkufachdeckel hätte meiner Meinung nach etwas hochwertiger verarbeitet werden können - da man hier aber kaum dran arbeiten muss sehe ich hier kein Problem. Klanglich sind die Aufnahmen sehr klar und sauber ohne Rauschen oder sonstigen Fehlern. Bei Außenaufnahmen lohnt sich der Low Cut Filter. Dieser Filter scheidet alles unter 80Hz ab und nimmt es nicht auf. Störende Geräusche, Pochen, Klappern uns sind damit nicht mehr auf der Aufnahme zu hören. Dadurch wird die Aufnahme aber auch etwas flach somit bietet es sich deutlich mehr an, den Windschutz aufzusetzen um den Wind zu neutralisieren anstatt den Low Cut Filter bei Wind zu nutzen...Der Windschutz hat eine Spezielle Form da er über das Gesamte Mikrofon geschoben wird. Leider haart der Windschutz sehr stark. Draußen im Wind ist mir das Egal aber wenn ich dann mit der Aufnahme fertig bin und meine Kamera ins Wohnzimmer lege ist es echt doof wenn das ganze Sofa voll mit den Haaren ist. Hier sollte man nachbessern finde ich...Ich bin aber der Meinung, dass man trotz den paar ausfallenden Haaren und dem nicht so extrem hochwertigen Akkudeckel problemlos 5 Sterne geben kann. Audioqualität ist super, Verarbeitung ist auch ok Mikrofonhalter der Vibrationen und dadurch entstehende Geräusche entfernt ist ebenfalls sehr gut und sicher befestigt und dank zusätzlichem Schraubgewinde kann man das Mikro überall montieren. Dazu kommt der günstige Preis verglichen mit der Konkurrenz daher 5 Sterne von mir