It took me a few minutes to decide the optimal manual mic level for good amplitude and lowest hiss, in between 25-30% maximum

He said that, after posting his video of a test with a Canon DSLR, Rode contacted him and told him that by setting the Rode Videomic Pro's dB switch to +20 and adjusting the manual sound level setting on the camera to about 20%, he could achieve a virtually hiss-free recording

The difference between this mic and the regular Rode VideoMic is noticeable, especially if you're plugging it into your dSLR.dSLRs all have a noticeable static hiss, just watch any YouTube video filmed on a standard Rode VideoMic and you'll hear it

This mic has virtually no hiss and excellent frequency response.

a Canon T4i and the hiss or what ever you call it make it unusable

No matter what the configuration was, a very annoying and painfully noticeable hiss was present

Pro you have to bump up the gain but overall the audio is noise-free compared to the unacceptable hiss I found when I was using a portable recorder by itself and syncing it with the camera footage in post

There was always a loud, annoying hiss, and it only recorded in Mono

I have a Nikon D800 and when i first recorded a video it had an annoying "hissing" sound on playback alone with the audio I wanted to record

In the case of Canon DSLRs with video capability, the problem is the loud and annoying hiss that occurs when you use an external microphone in a quiet setting

After a bit of research, I found that the 60D and other Canon DSLR cameras (and no doubt other brands as well) almost always produce a notable degree of "quiet room hiss" when used with most external microphones--and of course it's usually worse with a cheap mic

Seriously, out of the box, you're going to get a notable hiss (like in all Canon DSLR footage

Even when shooting for personal use and not for a client, I was left disappointed by the high-frequency hiss that was almost impossible to remove in post