My soon to be purchase.
 

I dare you to talk me out of it... j/k, but from what I've read this seems to be a decent mic.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...icrophone.html

I'll get a fish pole too. I was hoping to spend around $400, so a decent pole will put me right up there. Anyone care to talk me out of it? It will probably just go straight into my XL2.

I'll talk you into it. I have the NTG-1 (same mic, phantom only) with the Røde boom pole and dead cat. For the money it's a great mic. The NTG-1 is probably as long a mic as I would want to mount on my DVC30, but on an XL2 the NTG-2 shouldn't be a problem. On a boom with that shock mount it works well, and I have no complaints.

I can't find a rode fish pole on the site, do they just not sell them?

I guess not. I think I got mine at DVeStore.com when it was on sale. They are out of the 10' version now, but still have the 7' version.