With all respect Gary, Rodes are very much cheaper mics. Originally all made in China they're not intended for top "professional" recording but are budget mics. A lot of people have problems with their coloration, for example.

There's a reason why you won't find Rodes in any professional recording studio but Shure SM58s in abundance. As for location recording, Sennheiser and Schoeps are the top of the league, you should try them if you haven't found anything better than Rode, they'll knock your socks off.

Edit: The Rode videomic is very much a "poor man's sennheiser 300" and the quality is not good. Once you start taking your video sound seriously, then the Rode falls by the wayside. In the same way Rode's attempts to break into the budget "shotgun" market with the NTG-1 and NTG-2 failed (They're often referred to as the Not Too Good one and the Not Too Good two). In the budget and semi-pro arena, either the Sennheiser K6 system or the Audio Technica range are far better.

For value-for-money large diaphram condensers, Rode are certainly up there in the running, speaking as the owner of an NT2a, but for video-sound... nah!