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This is the Fifine wireless microphone system.
It cost me 38 bucks.
And I was actually really surprised with the sound quality of it.
To be honest, I did not have very high hopes being that it's 38 dollars, but I was genuinely
impressed.
And the nice thing is, since I do want to take this traveling, I don't have to fear
it breaking or me ruining the equipment and then losing hundreds of dollars.
Obviously, I'll talk about the things I like about it, but let me start off by saying some
things I don't necessarily like about it.
The first thing is that the material is plastic-y.
It feels very cheap, but then again, it's 38 dollars.
So no big surprise there.
The next thing I'm not a fan of is the fact that the transmitter has nothing to attach
to my camera.
No cold shoe mount, nothing.
It just kind of dangles.
So what I think I'll end up doing is getting some Velcro and attaching it maybe to my cage
of my camera and sticking it on there.
I'm not entirely sure.
However, on the positive side, the sound that comes from this thing is really impressive
for being 38 dollars.
So here's a quick test with the lav mic.
I'm just going to hook it on here.
And actually, when I did my test with it, I was actually really surprised at how little
background noise there is and the range on this thing is actually pretty good.
I'll go back and sit on my bed so you guys can take a listen.
And now I'm at a distance of maybe 15 feet or so, maybe 10, 12 feet.
I apologize for being out of focus right now.
This is maybe 30 feet.
I'm just going to blabber on about nothing.
Just so you can hear the quality.
Now I'm going to move all the way back.
This is at maybe maybe 50, 60 feet.
And the wind is pretty loud.
It's picking up a lot.
I also have leaf blowers in the background that are also very loud, so I'm interested
to see what it sounds like.
It's pretty good, actually.
Pretty impressive.
And there's a minimal amount of buttons on here.
So it's fairly simple to use on the transmitter.
It's just an on and off switch.
And then you have an antenna on this.
You have an on and off as well as a set button, which I have yet to figure out, but I haven't
needed to.
I've just turned it on and that's about it.
So let's do an interesting comparison test.
Now I have the Fifine wireless microphone system and the Sony ECM-44B I think it is,
which is a wired lav mike and this is attached to my Zoom H6.
So you have a close to a five hundred dollar system and a 38 dollar system.
So I'll repeat the same phrase and let you guys hear if there is a difference.
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Obviously you can hear that with the Zoom/Sony combo, my voice sounds fuller and there maybe
is a little bit less background noise, but when you compare a five hundred dollar system
and a 38 dollar system, the Fifine does pretty well.
It also came with this headset, which I would never wear, but I feel like if I had a gaming
channel, then this may be essential.
Stick this on here.
And since this microphone is so close to my mouth, it should sound better because the
lav mic is down here.
But it also may be picking up my breath as well.
Yeah.
So essentially, I think this would be great if you are maybe a preacher or a podcaster
or someone that has a gaming channel of some sort.
As for me, I probably won't use it, but at least I have it.
And that about wraps it up, guys.
It's 38 bucks.
The sound quality is good.
So if you're on a budget and you would like to film while on the move and get great audio,
I would highly suggest the Fifine.
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