Mic drop: DJI Mic is delivery now

For videographers utilizing DJI’s on-the-ground merchandise together with the DJI Motion 2 and DJI OM 5 (in addition to non-DJI digicam merchandise), it is perhaps time to improve your audio high quality. And now there’s a DJI-made method, because of the DJI Mic.

The DJI Mic was introduced method again in October 2021 as a part of the Motion 2 digicam launch, positioned as one of many final exterior equipment to improve the tiny motion cam. It was initially set to ship in January 2022, however saved getting delayed. It’s now April, however the DJI Mic is lastly right here.

It goes for $329, and it provides mono and stereo recording appropriate with some DJI merchandise (plus different cameras) at distances of as much as 250 m. With it, you get two transmitters that assist omnidirectional audio and every have built-in microphones. And it doesn’t seem like a standard, huge cumbersome mic. It may clip onto shirts (it weighs only one ounce) and simply tuck away to cover throughout interviews or movie recordings.

Listed below are a few of the highlights:

• 250m transmission vary.
• Twin-channel recording.
• As much as 14 hours of onboard reminiscence (in-built 8 GB storage).
• Compatibility with non-DJI cameras, too.
• 15-hour battery life (5.5 hours of battery life from the transmitters, 5 hours from the receiver, and as much as 15 hours with the charging case).

A giant promoting level of that is the wi-fi transmission. It makes use of new, encryption know-how to have the ability to file so far as 250 meters away. And since it has a wi-fi transmission system, DJI claims it has highly effective, anti-interference that also ensures a steady stream of audio, even in busy areas resembling practice stations, buying malls, or workplaces. It’s all wirelessly linked through a 2.4GHz frequency band. Although observe that the 250 meter vary is in open environments freed from interference.

It additionally as higher tech than the built-in mic to permit for customized audio settings (you may alter enter and output sensitivity between -12dB ~ 12dB). There’s additionally a furry windscreen, and a secondary audio monitor recorded as a backup with a quantity of -6 dB, which is meant to safeguard your audio within the occasion o sound loss attributable to issues resembling distortion or clipping.

Select to file in both Mono or Stereo mode. Within the former, audio is recorded through only one channel, which the latter information audio through two transmitters which might be recorded through separate channels.

What’s DJI Mic appropriate with?

Quite a bit! And never simply DJI cameras. There are a number of enter adapters to attach with many cameras, together with most smartphones, cameras and laptops. These embrace:

• USB-C.
• Lightning.
• 3.5mm TRS ports.

And so far as how the Mic actually connects, there are clips, that are useful for connecting to your shirt. Even perhaps neater are magnets, incorporating comparable, neat magnetic know-how that wowed us with the Motion 2.

There’s additionally a scorching shoe adapter, so you may connect the receiver to your DSLR digicam, mirrorless digicam, or smartphone bracket.

And also you don’t really need a digicam to make use of the DJI Mic. DJI Mic transmitters assist standalone recording, so you may simply file audio alone simply by urgent the recording button on the aspect of the transmitters. While you file as audio-only, audio is saved as one file for each half-hour. When inside cupboard space runs out, new audio will change the earliest ones (with new information saved each half-hour) so simply have a plan for recordings longer than that.

How one can order a DJI Mic

DJI Mic is accessible now by main retailers together with Adorama, Amazon and B&H Picture. It’s going for $329 from all main retailers, although you could possibly nab extra reductions resembling incomes Adorama Rewards Factors (factors tied to your spending to earn towards future purchases), or by incomes money again resembling spending on the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature bank card, which earns 5% again on Amazon purchases.

Right here’s what’s within the field:

• DJI Mic Transmitter ×2
• DJI Mic Receiver ×1
• DJI Mic Charging Case ×1 (Weight: 242g; LWH: 103×61×41 cm)
• DJI Mic Digicam Cable (3.5mm TRS) ×1
• DJI Mic Smartphone Connector (Sort-C) ×1
• DJI Mic Smartphone Connector (Lightning) ×1
• Charging Cable ×1
• DJI Mic Windscreen ×2
• DJI Mic Magnetic Plate ×2
• DJI Mic Carrying Bag ×1

In case you’re eager about a DJI Mic, it would make sense to attempt to get your palms on one now. On high of all of the delivery delays, DJI continues to be capping orders to 3 models per buyer, suggestion and ongoing provide scarcity.

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