Check out Equipment Emporium at www.equipmentemporium.com, it's a great site for all matters related to sound for film and video with really helpful advice on each make and model. They also produce a neat little XLR to miniplug adaptor cable for under $50.00 (mono or stereo) which allows you to plug a professional mic into a VX-1000. It has a build-inattenuator to surpress the 6 volts coming out of the mic input on the Sony VX-1000. I use it alot with a Audio Tecnica short shotgun which they recommend for ENG work and got FANTASTIC sound into my VX-1000.(posted 8825 days ago)