Having issue with external Microphone

Got an external microphone because before when I used the on board mic I had to crank it up to 75% to even pick up the voice. Unfortunately this picked up everything else as well, including the breath of the person talking.

To remedy this I picked up a Rode lapel mic, now the voice of the person talking sounds great(cant hear them breathing anymore) and I turned down the level to just 50% but for some reason I am getting loads of static? like a static sound which sounds like when you turn up the gain to 100%, but this is just at 50%? makes no sense.

Recording product videos for youtube at work, using a EOS M to film with the Mic plugged directly to the camera. Turned off Wind filter and Attenuator(whatever that is).

Could really use help, thanks!

Link to Mic https://www.bhphotovid​eo.com …_Lavalier_Micro​phone.html

Do you have AGC disabled?

That's a condenser microphone, which means it requires power from the amp...and the correct voltage. Although Rode says the microphone will work with 5v "plug in power" from DSLRs, I suspect it's a lot happier with the 12v or 48v "phantom power" from a pre-amp or recorder, and the difference is that at some point you have to turn the gain up. If you're not doing it in the camera pre-amp, you're doing it later. That's the reason you're getting the increased noise...the signal is too weak. The only thing you can do at the camera is turn up the camera gain.

RDKirk wrote in post #18176979
That's a condenser microphone, which means it requires power from the amp...and the correct voltage. Although Rode says the microphone will work with 5v "plug in power" from DSLRs, I suspect it's a lot happier with the 12v or 48v "phantom power" from a pre-amp or recorder, and the difference is that at some point you have to turn the gain up. If you're not doing it in the camera pre-amp, you're doing it later. That's the reason you're getting the increased noise...the signal is too weak. The only thing you can do at the camera is turn up the camera gain.

I was afraid of that, thank you so much!

My cousin works at a music shop, so hopefully I can get a deal on a recorder.

bumpintheroad wrote in post #18176266
Do you have AGC disabled?

yeah I had it on manual, which I assume turns it off.

Saramonic makes some XLR pre-amps and mixers that might be cheaper and more convenient than a digital audio recorder. I use Tascam DR60D and DR70D recorders that screw in to the bottom of the camera or camera cage via 1/4-20 tripod screw. The sound from the digital recorder's XLR inputs is much cleaner than the camera's built-in audio. I feed the output of the recorder into the camera and use the camera's audio track to sync.