RØDE - Wireless PRO

Are you looking for on camera shotgun mic? or wireless lav mics? I use the Rode Wireless Pro for lavs and I've liked them quite a bit. Range is good, sounds is good, kit comes with a lot and they record internally for a backup if the sinal cuts. For on camera shotgun I use the Rode Video Mic Pro and it's also great though I think I'd like to try the Sennheiser MKE 400 I've heard good things and I don't wanna have to keep buying 9v volt batteries for the Rode. Also I have a Rode NTG 5+ and with an xlr to 3.5mm cable I've used it with my Z6III succesfully so I guess that's an option too if you need a longer or ofcamera shotgun.

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

Excellent information. Thank you very much. I decided to go with the RODE Pros. Seems like the best all around with plenty of options

Purchased! Thank you for the suggestion. I knew in my gut which one to get, but I just want confirmation. I do like the mic 3 but doesn’t look like it will give me as many options as I grow and learn how to use these correctly. They are all around the same price too. I ended up getting the RODE pro two mix set for $299. I can record ambient sounds from one mic with on board storage and the other one clipped to me recording with the camera not recording to on board storage. Not sure I need to do both mics this way. It sounds like the one recording ambient noise should be recorded onboard. What if I try to transmit the shotgun mic over wireless, do I lose most of that audio quality? Sorry for the poorly worded question lol

Røde Wireless Pro .. very versatile wireless mic system that can be all digital 32bit if needed

A lot of this really depends on the audio you want to record and the environment your in. I like the sound shotgun mics make more typically, but lavs typically do better if a shotgun mic can't be placed well or there is lots of ambient sound. Using both is best so you can pick what tracks to use in post or if one has a issue on set. Do you have a sound recorder/boom op on set? What do they prefer using? I have used the wireless pro's and they work fine. Pretty good for a 2.4 system, DJI is also fine. Make sure to use the cabled mics as they typically hide much better.

In theory, you can definitely transmit a shotgun over wireless. Just plug into the TX. You don’t get 32bit float over wireless, but you can transmit the sound. My most common use for the Rode Pros is having a tx on talent (I also like to pair with a Rode SmartLav, but the included lavs are totally fine) while feeding the RX into the camera body. Recording on the TX, of course. That’s at least a nice back-up audio source. I also like to split channel a Rode VideoMic NTG along with the TX. So on the video file, the audio has the shotgun on one channel with the wireless mic on the other. A bit more work in post but it gives me options for run & gun.

Not sure if you picked up your chosen product - but a rode pro has the ability to do both. The receiver can pair with both transmitters - and plugs right in to your camera. Then one transmitter can be set up as a shotgun on camera and the other transmitter can be Lav attached to the talent/speaker. You can throw them both together in post and have the best of both worlds. All for under 400 bucks

It might also be worth looking at the Hollyland Lark MAX 2 as well. Either the RODE or Hollyland would let you plug an external shotgun into the transmitter, then use the TX unit’s local recording to capture without a receiver or additional device. Hollyland is a smaller TX unit if you want to use it as a lapel mic but the receiver UI is more fiddly than the RODE. I own both and see pros and cons to each. If you want to prioritize simplicity then go with the RODE.

The Rode Wireless Pro is a full kit with clips, wind muffs and two actual lavs, aside from the integrated mics on the transmitters. And allow you to plug other PIP microphones. To me that's a no-brainer, unless you really really want any of the DJI features like baked in audio processing (which I don't think you can undo if afterwards you don't like it).

Rode wireless pro of these two. Then you can add a shotgun afterwards and use it with them as I do 😊 because there is no input for mic in DJI mic3 I can’t recommend it to anyone who is taking their work seriously. Mic2 is better.