Canon SM-V1 5.1-Channel Surround Microphone

I use this with the Canon Vixia HF M40 to shoot railroad video. This is my second one as it is very delicate but the first one took a beating and lasted two years. It's windy where I live so an external mic with a wind muffler is required and this works nicely.

Clipped it in the camcorder and worked wonderfully.

I bought this mic after doing a ton of searching, there wasn't much information about it but i figured it would be a good investment. ... was very easy to set up on the camera. The firmware updated quickly with the provided SD card and the microphone works like a dream.

This microphone, not only cute and fuzzy, but collects and distributes great quality sound. It really captures your surrounded. Wish it came with a carrying case though.

I use this with the Canon Vixia HF M40 to shoot railroad video. It seems to improve the sound quality over the built in mic though I haven't tried it out on a windy day. It does appear to be rather delicate so I would recommend being very careful.

Expensive but works well, the only problem being that particularly on a camera such as the G30 where the connection shoe is right above the viewfinder you can end up with cameraman breathing featuring on the audio rather more than might be desirable!

I bought this for my Legria MF-H52. It is superb quality and smaller than it appears. No cables needed as it connects via the advanced mini shoe. Not been able to test the 5.1 effect too much but it is faithfully reproduced for editing on my Mac using Final Cut Pro

I've been looking for a mic like this for a long time and I came across this one. I've just received it this morning, so haven't tested it out fully yet but I attached it to my Canon Legria HF M307 camcorder. It comes with an SD card to install the firmware onto the the camcorder.

I have bought the microphone for using with my Canon Vixia HF G10 camcorder.I have used it for record live music and I'm very satisfy of it. Vixia HF G10 have a good internal microphone,but with SM-V1 the quality of sound is better.

I've attached the microphone to enhance to sound gathering from stereo to 5.1 surround sound. With the included wind cuff, the reception was exceptional. worth the added expense.