Rode NTG-3 on a Boom Pole
Channel: Ray Ortega
Date: 15/04/2014

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The Rode NTG-3 is a professional shotgun microphone that I've been wanting to try for quite awhile now. I'm fortunate to have one on loan for an upcoming interview and event shoot I'm doing. 

Here is the first test using the NTG3 on a Rode boom pole mounted into the shock-mount that comes with the Rode Blimp. 

This originally was simply a test just for me, turning my wife into a boom operator and my daughter into a not so willing interviewee;) Both did a great job and I thought it would be helpful to share the results.

This was also a test of the Tascam DR-60D which the NTG 3 was plugged into. I wanted to see how the preamps in the DR-60D would fair with the NTG3. Despite having to use the highest gain setting on the Tascam, the audio turned out great and I did not notice a significant increase in the noise floor. 

The audio demo portion with my family was shot on the Canon T2i with Magic Lantern installed. All shots were handheld using a Canon 50mm 1.4 lens and a Zacuto Z-Finder 2.5x for added stabilization. 

Despite being a non image stabilized lens and a long focal length, almost 85mm on a crop sensor camera (Canon T2i), the addition of the extra point of contact that was provided by the Z-Finder made the shots useable. 

The behind the scenes info (all the video before the demo) was shot on a Canon 60D using a Sigma 30mm 1.4 lens and the audio was captured via the Rode NTG-3 on the same Rode boom pole going into the Tascam recorder and synced in post. Audio on the 60D was captured using the Rode VideoMic Pro set to +20db on the mic with the 60D manual audio settings set at 8 clicks up from zero or off. 

*Gear used to make this video:

Rode NTG3 http://podhelp.me/ntg3oldbh
Tascam DR-60D http://podhelp.me/tdr60d
Rode Mini Boom Pole http://podhelp.me/rodeminiboombh
Zacuto Z-Finder 2.5x for 3" screens http://podhelp.me/zfinderbh25x
Strut STR-DR60D Field Case for Tascam DR-60D http://podhelp.me/dr60dstrutbagbh
Canon T2i replaced by T3i http://podhelp.me/t2ibody
Canon 60D http://podhelp.me/60dkit
Canon Normal EF 50mm f/1.4 USM http://podhelp.me/canon501point4
Transcend SD card 16 and 32GB Class 10 http://podhelp.me/tr16gb10
Manfrotto 701 HDV Tripod http://podhelp.me/701hdv055xbkit
Rode VideoMic Pro http://podhelp.me/RbPLrq
Sigma 30mm 1.4 http://podhelp.me/30mmsigma

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