DJI’s new wireless mics skip a few features to get smaller and lighter

DJI has announced its adjacent wireless microphone system, the Mic Mini, which shrinks each the hardware while improving artillery life. The caller microphones measurement little than half of what the much costly DJI Mic 2’s transmitters do, but the caller strategy sacrifices useful features for illustration built-in backup signaling and the action to link an moreover smaller lav mic successful the sanction of improving portability.

Although the DJI Mic Mini seems for illustration an betterment complete the DJI Mic 2 strategy successful galore ways, it’s not a replacement. The Mic Mini transmitters deficiency the expertise to grounds backup audio connected their own. If that’s a concern, you’ll request to trust connected your signaling software, specified arsenic DJI’s Mimo app, which tin seizure a 2nd information way astatine a little measurement to debar clipping and distortion.

You besides can’t connect your lav mics to the transmitters and hide them distant (meaning DJI’s logo will ever beryllium prominently displayed successful your videos), and the wireless receiver lacks a surface for monitoring audio levels — this won’t trim it for galore pros, moreover if they’re cheaper than the $349 Mic 2.

The DJI Mic Mini is now available from the company’s online shop and different “authorized unit partners,” pinch shipping starting today. It’s disposable arsenic portion of a kit pinch 2 microphone transmitters, a wireless receiver, a charging case, and different accessories for $169. A cheaper $89 bundle skips the charging lawsuit and only includes a azygous mic transmitter and the wireless receiver, positive accessories for illustration charging cables and docks. On their own, the mic transmitters are $59 each, while the charging lawsuit is $49.

Although the microphone transmitters included successful DJI’s Mic 2 system were already mini astatine 28 grams each, the Mic Mini’s measurement conscionable 10 grams and are physically smaller, truthful they’re much discreet erstwhile clipped to clothing aliases worn utilizing magnets aliases a lanyard. That’s lighter than the mic transmitters utilized successful the Sennheiser’s Profile Wireless system (28 grams) and the Rode Wireless GO II system (30 grams) but conscionable a spot heavier than Shure’s 8.2-gram MoveMic.

What isn’t smaller is the Mic Mini’s artillery life. DJI says the mic transmitter will activity for up to 11.5 hours connected a afloat charge, while the wireless receiver tin tally up to 10.5 hours. When paired pinch the charging lawsuit that “provides an further 3.6 afloat charges,” the Mic Mini strategy tin beryllium utilized for up to 48 hours without needing entree to power. The transmitter and receiver successful DJI’s Mic 2 strategy maxed retired astatine six hours of artillery life each.

The mic transmitters tin link straight to smartphones and mobile devices complete Bluetooth aliases to DJI devices, including the Osmo Action 5 Pro, Osmo Action 4, and Osmo Pocket 3. Two of them tin besides beryllium simultaneously connected to the Mic Mini wireless receiver to boost transmission ranges to up to 400 meters. The receiver connects to different devices complete USB-C, Lightning, aliases a 3.5mm audio cablegram and features a dial pinch 5 summation settings to set the level of incoming sound.