Great Micro for SLR

The Rode Micro I use on a Canon 7D for two reasons:
1. the unavoidable noise of the camera caused by fiddling the camera body and
2. wind noise when shooting outdoors
have annoyed me.
By great suspension of Rode microdot 1 was completely dissolved and (using the "dead cat" that I have ordered) and step 2.
However, ensure that everything works as you would imagine that, you have to play with the settings of the input level:
-10dB For noisy environments, for example, inn, music event.
0dB for the standard; should always be the starting point.
+ 20dB for quieter sounds. Caution: here it can sometimes come to overdrive! However, this is not a problem of the camera of the Rode Mik!
Since the camera but diligently mitregelt, a Try is mandatory to get a feel for the amplitude. With ambient noise reinforce rather less and get closer ...
Fortunately, however, the micro is very low noise what-if in quiet passages, the camera will adjust sensitivity hochregelt- very positive effect makes.
Compared with the stereo microphone by Rode Although the controls are also available but fiddly, because I would have liked the switch from stereo Rode Mic.
Both mics have a great sound, the stereo Rode even attenuates even more sounds from the rear, which is positive. Nevertheless, I decided for Rode VideoMic Pro, since it is significantly smaller and lighter and the stereo imaging was then not so important to me.
Because of fiddly switch I deducted a star.