Audio-Technica offer one of the least expensive USB condenser microphones. The most affordable product is their AT202 USB Cardioid Condenser Microphone.
You want a condenser microphone for most purposes.Shure is probably the best maker of mics,but their best products are too expensive unless you're really making money singing.
Sony has the best wireless microphones, although the price is more expensive than most models.
The slang term for microphone is "mic".
The cardioid or unidirectional microphone is the most common type of microphone pickup pattern. It is used everywhere, from voice to instruments.
A dynamic microphone is most similar to a speaker. They both consist of a diaphragm, a voice coil and a magnet.
A hand-held microphone is a microphone that you hold in your hand, such as you've seen being used in concerts, and most other public occasions.
Most models of camcorders come equipped with external microphone inputs.
It depends on the microphone. Wireless (radio) microphones do. Most wired microphones do not but there are some, with pre-amps, that do.
Most microphone on a camcorder are usually on the front of the device.
if a card has a separate port for a microphone other than the line in port , most likey the microphone port will be pink.
If a card has a separate port for a microphone other than the Line-in port, most likely the microphone port will be read.