http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home/search?N=0&InitialSearch=yes&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search&Ntt=roland%20r-05

combined with

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1012003-REG/rode_videomic_go_videomic_go_on_camera_shotgun.html

My guess is you're paying a bit more to get mic and recorder combined. Perhaps Rode mic(or even something cheaper) and a Roland R-05 recorder. Total cost $300. That recorder is light as a feather and is the same size as an iPhone 3GS. I've used it a lot - very good quality. Good luck.

Thanks. But it gets my gh2 (which I want to buy very soon) quite cluttered with those two good devices and a LED light lamp. Unless there is a hack that allow sound monitoring (I know normally there isn't, same thing for the headphone jack, unless I'm wrong), I thought It could be a good compromise, even with it's price.

Anybody can confirm about the sound monitoring on the GH2

@monks19 why not h1 or a cheaper one, the mics on it are the same as in most of recorders, it is difficult to notice quality deferences in all those small captule mics, except if you go for a studio large, anyway, if you don't pik in levels and you set an almost standard eq in post or in any audio software you will have very nice results.

@matt_gh2 Not sure re phantom power. There's a decent inexpensive mic that was posted on here. Will try to find it for your. Was used outdoors in big spaces and sounded good.

$40 ISK CM-20C hyper cardioid mic as mentioned in this thread might work.

http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/159823#Comment_159823

Check out mic on this thread and listen to samples by user @Rambo on page 3 of this thread. I was impressed with quality.

Also maybe the thread below can help. Best of luck!

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/930/what-are-you-guys-using-for-audio-recording-with-your-dslr/p1

That ISK mic does need phantom power though matt_gh2, but it's a good performer outdoors from 2ft away for interviews or as semi shotgun but has a little too much rear pickup to be used on camera. It performs best overhead pointing down or below pointing up which was how I used it in the videos posted in that thread. The Rode video mic pro picks up too much background noise for me outdoors, it needs to be either very close to the source ( within 1ft) with levels down low or just used as an on camera mic for general pickup.

Thanks a lot people. I've just made my choice for the rode videomic go.

See you next time.