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@aashkar, microphone preference is very personal. There is often no correct answer.   Panasonic DMW-MS2 is not a bad mic per se. I just found it a bit noisy and the treble response a bit too strong on my GH3.   You could always record with the Rode VMP, and capture additional ambient as you record. As a rule of thumb, get the best possible audio from your principal subject, but always record as much additional secondary audio as possible so that you have options in post-production.

I purchased it and spent a day testing it for my shooting situations -- doc/verité in relatively quiet situations, indoors, subjects 5-12' away, with the mic attached to the cold shoe of the GH3. Ultimately I returned it. I found it to be quite a bit noisier than the Rode Videomic Pro that I already own, with a much sharper treble response.   Obviously neither mic is perfect for my type of one-man-band shooting, but I found the side rejection, which is very important to me, to be better with the Rode. I didn't conduct any scientific tests per se -- just lots of recording and dropping into FCP and checking levels and listening back on headphones to see which one I liked better. YMMV.   I don't need stereo recording because in addition to the audio going into the camera I record backup audio also to a camera-mounted Zoom H4N using its internal stereo mics that I sync and use as necessary in the edit.