ATR6550 - the mic no one talks about

[blabb]

Hey guys, i haven't been here for a while
but im going to Haiti for a humanitarian trip and i going to be filming the trip

im a cheap guy, and dont have a lot of money
but i wanted to "invest" into a mic

so i have been looking mainly at the ATR6550 which has good reviews on B&H but
i couldn't find many good reviews anywhere online
and you guys are the experts, so i need your opinion


thanks!
and feel free to recommend other cheapo mics, shotgun, anything better then the on-board mic really

[drapeama]

im a cheap guy, and dont have a lot of money but i wanted to "invest" into a mic
[...]
and feel free to recommend other cheapo mics, shotgun, anything better then the on-board mic really

1) I know! I usually try to find the best cheap to quality ratio when I buy or build something.
2) I'd point out the HDTZ-81 (as well as user Almohada would!) as a cheap but similar mic to the ATR you've pointed. Also, one mic that I like for "live" capture when recording video is the MB4K from Audio-Technica. It's mainly a voice mic, but camera mounted it can perform rather well to pick up voices while not picking up much noise, see here:


And finally, here's a review of all the mic I've owned since I started:


And here's a comparison between a Lav mic (Left channel) while using a boomed Røde NTG-2 shotgun (Right channel):


Judge by yourself!