Rode Wireless Pro here. Very cheap these days and I use the original Rode Lavs for hiding the mic under the shirt. Works very well. Battery lasts a long time and internal 32bit float recording is nice to have.
Definitely different use cases for everybody. I've owned the Rode Wireless Pro set for a year and have never found myself using the lapel mics. So weird for me that switching to the Mic 3's made more sense for me, as I hate the size of the Rode mics; they're hard to conceal when you don't want to attach wires to people. DJI seems to be shifting their target audience to mobile content creators, hobbyists, vloggers, influencers, etc. Rode is the one catering to the higher end professional users who care about functionality over form factor.
This is the way.
Just to add I'd look for the RODE mini if you're going with them since it's more inline with the iphone shooting style. If you're planning on moving on to shooting on a camera at some point I'd save up for the wireless pro.
I don't really get the naming convention. This is a downgrade for me as a professional. I just sold my Rode Wireless pro which has 32bit, a locking 3.5mm jack, but it was bulkier.
I'm currently looking at Holland Max 2 since it is modular with the jack and the size it's ok.
The DJI mic 3 is a lot like their mini and the Holland Mark M2, plus the 32 bit and timecode features at triple the price.
Very unexpected
i have in the studio 2 set of Rose Wireless pro and now a 4-channel set of DJI Mic 3. I also had 2 sets of DJI Mic 1, sold them because their capsules are so crap compared to rode’s, even the mic 3s produce a worse result audio-wise, on the rodes the actor can scream in the microphone and they don’t clip, the djis start distorting as soon as somebody laughs
I’ve had nearly hands on with all the microphones. My best picks are the DJI 2/3 with the sony adapter or the Rode Wireless Pro.
The djis have a very strong transmission and the adapter works so good. The Rode Pros have some of the best capsules you can’t even find in lapels and a really good auto gain on the transmitters.
The Hollyland also were seriously good and always early in the innovation game.
ROde are the worst with user interface, setting them up or changing a parameter is not easy.
DJIs are the worst mechanically, I’ve worn down the 3.5mm jack of 2 dji sets and required repair.
Hollyland are a middle ground but i’ve blown the capsule on one, not sure if moisture or people screaming.
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