Johnny Karlsson

This is my understanding as well. Also, my apologies - I was not aware of the fact that these work with the SD wireless. That’s great!

I think this rules out any use in production sound equipment AFAIK.

Cinela OSIX is the winner in my humble opinion. Granted, it's 5x more $ than the Rode, but once I got one, it's difficult to like anything else. For less $, the PSC Universal Shockmounts are light weight and functional if you are ok dealing with rubber bands.

+1Billon

To the contrary, I would say that everyone above did give real, good advice. Since Stephan already has a 416 on the camera, nothing else would make any real difference - regardless if you put a "fancier", more expensive mic on top of the camera, it will still be in the wrong place. It's like the visual equivalent to if you had to shoot your whole movie using only one GoPro. Sure, when you have daylight, and get very close to your subject it will look fine, but the rest of the time it would be hard for the viewer to connect..... and a more expensive SD card in the GoPro, would not change that.

Worth mentioning, however this is probably not it, since you said it sounded clean on the SRC, but - in the input menu of the SSM, there are options for different brands of Lav mics. This will give the mic the specific correct bias. (full disclosure, I have not listened to the files posted here, so I am shooting in the dark).

Hahaha!

Is there a real reason to be paranoid about this “tracking” stuff? I mean, it’s (as far as I understand) just so they can spam you with “relevant” stuff, like what kind of restaurants you usually seem to be into. Or what you usually buy online. And assuming you’re not doing anything illegal, why would “they” care about you specifically among five billion other cell phone users…? Also, modern phones (at least iPhones) have full end to end encryption that not even Apple can access. OK hit me with the conspiracy theories lol

I would recommend talking directly to the sound mixer. Having a producer as a middleman might make it harder to communicate, and cause more confusion. Not saying this applies to ALL producers, but they are not sound professionals, so lingo may get mixed up etc.

They are silicone. The reaction I mentioned is that the glue of topstick seems to “melt” and become messy. here’s the link to it: https://a.co/d/5olIC4P

I’ve been using a hush-lav held in place center antenna by a piece of top stick for years, and recently started using the aquarium tubing recommended by Karl W. IDK what the exact dB difference might be but I do believe it helps either way. Certainly doesn’t hurt. The Viviana stuff is probably great, but the aquarium tubes are like 5 bucks for 20 ft. One thing I noticed is that I think the aquarium tubes has some kind of chemical reaction with topstick. So I’m now trying to figure out a way to get them to stay on the antenna with some other method.

Yes. I had it done to mine. It’s not exactly a free upgrade. And you have to send them to Dr Schoeps in Germany for this surgery. And depending on when you send them in, it can potentially be a couple months round trip.

Nice!

Same here.

Checks? Seriously, they could pay using ACH, or Zelle. Even Venmo. Regarding late fees; I have sent an invoice with this added in the past, which usually resulted in prompt payment (although minus the fee). But this was after I sent emails reminders first. Probably best to feel it out on a case by case basis. If it’s someone who has given you a lot of work for years vs someone who hired you once and disappeared….