Rode's Video Micro II delivers portability and price at $79 — time to start filming!

Rode's Video Micro II delivers portability and price at $79 — time to start filming!
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Rode just launched the VideoMicro II, an ultra-compact and lightweight on-camera shotgun microphone for content creators seeking to record high-quality audio with a camera or mobile device.

We reviewed the Rode VideoMic Go II, and it earned 4.5 out of 5 stars and won our coveted Editor's Choice award. We're expecting the same level of quality and performance from the VideoMicro II. 

The VideoMicro II features Rode’s innovative annular line tube technology, which delivers highly transparent and directional sound ideal for content creators and filmmakers.

Rode's Video Micro II delivers portability and price at $79 — time to start filming!

(Image credit: Future)
Rode VideoMicro II specs

Polar Pattern: Supercardioid

Frequency Response: 20Hz – 20kHz

Output Impedance: ~2.6kΩ

Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 79 dB

Dynamic Range: 95 dB

Sensitivity: -30dBV (31.62 mV @ 94 dB

Output Connection: 3.5mm TRS

In its press release, Rode states the VideoMicro II "is incredibly simple to use with no batteries and no complicated controls. The innovative HELIX  isolation mount system and included windshields will ensure all your recordings are crystal-clear." 

Rode's Video Micro II delivers portability and price at $79 — time to start filming!

(Image credit: Future)

We just received our review unit and will be putting the VideoMicro II to the test and bringing you our findings soon. The Rode VideoMicro II is available at Rode and Amazon for just $79. 

Mark Anthony Ramirez
Former staff writer

Mark has spent 20 years headlining comedy shows around the country and made appearances on ABC, MTV, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, Food Network, and Sirius XM Radio. He has written about every topic imaginable, from dating, family, politics, social issues, and tech. He wrote his first tech articles for the now-defunct Dads On Tech 10 years ago, and his passion for combining humor and tech has grown under the tutelage of the Laptop Mag team. His penchant for tearing things down and rebuilding them did not make Mark popular at home, however, when he got his hands on the legendary Commodore 64, his passion for all things tech deepened. These days, when he is not filming, editing footage, tinkering with cameras and laptops, or on stage, he can be found at his desk snacking, writing about everything tech, new jokes, or scripts he dreams of filming.

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