Hi, my name is Eric. In today's video I am going to be checking out an on-camera microphone from Joby. The Mic is the Joby Wavo (Super-Cardioid) On-Camera Shotgun mic. In the box you get a user manual, the mic with the pre-affixed Rycote shock mount, a couple cables for phone/camera connection, and a foam windscreen.

There's not much to the mic it has a super cardioid polar pattern, claims superior sound quality, is a fairly compact and light-weight design, the Rycote shock mounts are super durable, and there are no battery requirements to use the mic.

The mic does a fairly good job at background noise rejection and isolating in on what it is pointed at. I thought it sounded pretty good for an on-camera 3.5mm tiny shotgun mic. But the light-weight design and all plastic, from what I can tell, construction does not fill me with exceeding confidence in this not accidentally breaking. If you keep the foam windscreen on at all times it will probably help absorb any impact potentially damage to the capsule/mic.

I would instead check out the lower tier on-camera mic that Joby makes the $40 Joby Wavo Mobile. The all metal construction, removable shock mount and dead cat windscreen on this make this the better option for me personally I want to be able to throw stuff into my camera bag without worrying about it breaking. The cardioid polar pattern of the Wavo mobile
does an okay job at background noise isolation not as great as the other but since there is a cardioid polar pattern the camera just has to be facing where you want the sound to be captured and it will come out okay compared to the more "laser focus" of the full sized unit. Also the dead cat that comes with the mobile version does a far better job at wind noise rejection compared to the foam cover on the standard wavo.

If weight in the camera bag is a concern the wavo is about half the weight of the wavo mobile.

Overall get the wavo mobile for half the price and run a noise removal filter it would be about the same in terms of noise isolation and sound quality. Regardless running the mic on the camera for more than like 5 ish feet is not ideal for either so be prepared to mount the mic in other places and grab an extension cable (rode makes a nice one).



If you are a "vlogger" then either way will work its just a matter of how much post production you feel like doing and what your general noise floor is of where you are filming/recording audio.


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