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what's up guys it's Lou from unbox therapy comm and today we're taking a look at the rode videomic an incredibly popular microphone for people who shoot on digital SLRs as we all know most digital SLRs are shooting HD video these days but the audio is just not up to snuff this microphone can change that for you as you see here the roads got a 10-year warranty on it now that's pretty impressive I don't think I have any other consumer electronics with a similar warranty we've got some more documentation from rode including the video mic instruction manual which goes over some of the features and specs of the device so here it is and at first it looks pretty complicated but it actually isn't what you're looking at is the microphone mounted on a shock mount here's some elastic bands to replace the original ones on the shock mount in the event that they wear out or get lost now the shock mount is important because it helps with the reduction of camera noise handling noise as well as the auto focus noise coming off of your digital SLR now the microphone is really light much lighter than it comes across on video I'm sure that's important so you don't get fatigued while carrying it it's powered by a 9-volt battery and your game controls are also on the interior you have your on/off switch on the back a flexible mini jack cable there's that mini jack connector and of course the hot shoe mount which is incredibly important here's what it looks like mounted up on the cannon 60d I'll give you guys a taste of what it sounds like in the future until then visit the channel