#canon

I have a Canon Rebel SL1 and a RODE Videomicro external microphone. When I record with the mic plugged into the jack, and my sound recording settings at manual, upon watching it back all I hear is a low hiss. Any thoughts?

Hello. My friend wants to buy the 35-80mm macro lenses. At first it was this one with closest focusing distance: 0.4m (0.4m/1,3ft III) Then the one with 0.37m (0.37m/1.2ft II)... His camera is 1100D. Which one is better? I thought the one with 0.4m maybe is a little better..