AmazonBasics On-Camera Microphone

[Music] this is the amazonbasics on camera microphone it is a DSLR hotshoe mounted microphone with a number of fantastic features not only does it have a built-in low-pass filter it is self powered via a cr2 battery and it contains switchings for a 10 DB boost if necessary and another switch that allows you to change the older pattern from either a cardioid or a super cardioid pattern depending on what's best going to fit your needs in this video I'm gonna evaluate the microphone up against my standard audio technica 88 75 are running into a zoom h4n digital recorder and that way it would give us a comparison of how well the sound is reproduced remember your particular camera may be slightly different so let's get going I'm going to perform the testing by placing the two microphones side-by-side the Amazon basics mounted on the nikon camera and the audio technica of course plugged into