![]() I’ve already written about Camera2 API in two previous blog posts ( #6 & #10) but a couple of years have passed since and I felt like taking another look at the topic now that we’re in 2021. Is it the perfect compact wireless system this time around? Read On Now Rode has launched a successor, the Wireless GO II. ![]() Personally, I also had occasional problems with interference when using it with an XLR adapter on bigger cameras and a Zoom H5 audio recorder. ![]() The flimsy attachable wind-screen became sort of a running joke among GO users (I had my fair share of trouble with it) and many envied the ability of the similar Saramonic Blink 500 series ( B2, B4, B6) to have two transmitters go into a single receiver – albeit without the ability for split channels. But it wasn’t perfect (how could it be as a first generation product?). The Interview GO accessory even turns it into a super light-weight handheld reporter mic and you are also able to use it like a more traditional wireless system with a lavalier mic that plugs into the 3.5mm jack of the transmitter. The Wireless GO became an instant runaway success and there’s much to love about it – seemingly small details like the clamp that doubles as a cold shoe mount are plain ingenuity. It worked right out of the box with DSLMs/DSLRs, via a TRS-to-TRRS or USB-C cable with smartphones and via a 3.5mm-to-XLR adapter with pro camcorders. Rode was first to come out with a dedicated quality smartphone lavalier microphone ( smartLav+) for instance and in 2019, the Wireless GO established another new microphone category: the ultra-compact wireless system with an inbuilt mic on the TX unit. ![]() Over the last years however, Rode grew from “mimicking” products of other companies to a highly innovative force, creating original products which others now mimicked in return. For a long time, the main thing they had going for them was that they would provide an almost-as-good but relatively low-cost alternative to high-end brands like Sennheiser or AKG and their established microphones, thereby “democratizing” decent audio gear for the masses. Continue reading →Īustralian microphone maker RØDE is an interesting company. Since the WindowsPhone app store didn’t really improve much and it became obvious very soon that the platform was not going to stick around much longer, I kept looking for an Android phone brand that would strike a chord with me. I was very much aware of the sparse app situation on Microsoft’s platform but intrigued by Nokia’s camera hardware (Zeiss lens) and the support for 25fps in the native camera app. My next phone was, interestingly enough, a Nokia 920 running the Windows Phone operating system. It was only after spending some time with the lil’ Samsung that I became more and more interested in seeing the device’s potential for more than just taking calls, browsing the web and snapping some pics. I just wanted to finally step into the world of touch screen phones with mobile internet, without paying a premium price for an iPhone. When I purchased it in 2013 I didn’t really think about the phone’s potential for video production. The first smartphone I ever owned was a Samsung S3 Mini. It’s something lots of people might not even be aware of and those who do may not know what it’s actually about. While we’re still waiting for the iPhone to finally give up its proprietary Lightning port and switch to the universal USB-C, I found a little something on the software side that works the same on both mobile platforms. Then Apple and in its wake many/most others smartphone makers decided to get rid of the headphone jack and rely on a sole physical port for accessory hardware connections: the Lightning port (Apple) or a USB-C port (Android phones). For the mobile content creation community this meant that you could use certain external mics (like the original iRig Mic) with both kinds of phones. Remember the 3.5mm headphone jack? You know, the port on your phone where you put the cable of your headphones in before Bluetooth headphones became all the rage? Given all the differences between Android phones and iPhones, both in terms of hardware and software, this was, for quite a while, a somewhat unifying factor.
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