Sima Mini Zoom Camcorder Microphone

Totally worthless. The built in mike on my JVC camcorder is a million time better than this piece of trash. There was no noticeable difference between the normal and zoom settings. DO NOT BUY THIS! PLEASE! Don't give Sima any money for creating horrible products.

It's unethical to sell such a mediocre product and make such false promises. The sound quality is simply awful, significantly worse than the camera's original microphone. And switching from "normal" to "zoom" has no real effect: it is bad, and it remains bad.

I flew from California to Switzerland to conduct 10 video interviews of very interesting (and busy!) people. The first eight, taped with the Sima MZM1 microphone, are basically useless. The last two are decent, only because I realized that this device was ruining my project and I stopped using it.

What a shame to market such an awful product!

I am so annoyed by what junk this product is, that I decided to take a moment out of my day to let the world know. DO NOT BUY THIS. I compared the audio quality on the built-in camcorder mic to the Sima and the built-in is far and away better. Hope I saved somebody the trouble of buying this trash.

SIMA should be sued for misleading advertising, the box reads: "Eliminates Background Noise" and "Sturdy" but such claims are absolute rubbish! It does not eliminate background noise, it actually introduces interference into your soundtrack and if you by any chance switch it to "zoom mode" you are going to hear nothing but noise. The mike picks up sound from the front as well as the back, it is not directional by any stretch of the imagination, all claims by the manufacturer are absolute lies.
It is not sturdy either, it is made out of cheap plastic and so is the hot-shoe that attaches to the camera. In fact, it is so fragile, I almost broke it taking it out of the package. If you had a bad experience with this mike, return it and write a review here, perhaps eventually they will stop making this piece of junk. Avoid it at all cost.

I purchased the mzm 1 for a major interview, but it's worse than the camera itself. It claims that the rubber stops the motor sound. What's a flimsy piece of rubber band going to do? I have to look into other microphones like the canon dm-50. Please don't buy it. I know it looks tempting because of its price, but just trust us on this. I did several tests by changing variables such as batteries, wind socks, and zoom/normal, but it just doesn't work! If I could, I would rate it a zero instead of a one. I don't even understand why it got patented. It's nothing!