Sony PD170 Microphone - cannot find anything!

[skap7309]

Hi just after a bit of advice. I managed to acquire a Sony PD170 at a knockdown price but the snag was it did not come with a microphone. I have searched high and low on the internet but cannot seem to find anything to replace it.

Im not after anything special, just something that would make it a complete outfit suitable for use. I know a million replacements must be out there, it is just i am unsure of what to look for as am i correct in mentioning the XLR inputs?

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[skap7309]

Anyone?

[Peter Brereton]

The original mike is as detailed below. I've recently had dealings with www.videokit.co.uk and found them very helpful, they deal in professional video equipment sales.

Peter

Microphone type....ECM-NV1
Part number..........8-814-298-90

[ade4all]

Rode make some pretty reasonable budget mics, try their videomic, or if you would also like to have the ability to get the mic off the camera & closer to the source, the rode ntg1 is a decent shotgun mic