BOYA BY-M1 Clip-On Microphone for DSLR Camera/Smartphone/Camcorder/Audio Recorders - Black

Disclaimer: I am a newbie when in comes to microphones so I offer this review based on knowledge only gained over the past few days and limited use of this microphone. The first thing to say is that this is a powered 'electret' condensor microphone so you must not have it switched on when using it with a smartphone. I guess it must do nasty things judging by the small warning card to this effect in the box. Saying that, to plug it into a video camera, digital recorder and PC it is good to have the power so I was really pleased to have chosen this one rather than unpowered ones that are only a few pounds cheaper. For use with a PC you can of course get a USB mike which gets it's power via the USB but I reckon this model is more flexible. The build quality is excellent and the microphone itself is metal and so is the battery compartment. This compartment is nicely made and unscrews very smoothly. The sound quality is streets ahead of the inbuilt mike in my camera and anyone making a video with a live soundtrack should use a separate mike imo unless your camera is high end and equipped with a boom type one. My video camera does not support an external microphone so I use a cheap digital recorder (from Amazon !). There are loads of these - look out for 8gig digital recorder. The quality of the recordings these make are excellent even with the built in mike so I am hoping this will improve it even more. I agree with others on here that the long lead is really good as you can move around and away from your camera or recorder. All in all a great product and definitely worth the extra few pounds over the unpowered ones.

I picked this up as a more convenient solution for recording my voice for YouTube videos in places other than my main computer/console table in the living room, and it's been superb. Sound quality is very good indeed, with plenty of presence (though not quite as much as a condenser mic) and the super-long cable allows a decent amount of flexibility with where you place your camera. Works brilliantly with the OpenCamera software on Android, which has support for external microphones. I have had an occasional bizarre issue where a recording has ended up with some music playing over the top -- I can only assume that I did/said something while setting up the mic that the phone mistook as a voice command! I still tend to use my Marantz Pod Pack 1 mic for Let's Play footage (though this requires spending a bit of time syncing up audio and video during the editing process) but for recording intro segments and vlogs, this is a fantastic bit of kit for an incredibly affordable price, and a great beginner's mic.

If you need a long lead external mic then this is a great one to get. With a built-in pre-amp (1 lithium battery - included) it delivers high quality audio straight into your camera or audio recorder of choice. The sensitivity of the mic actually surprised me. It didn't miss a beat. Of course this can be good or bad. It will pick up rustling of clothing so make sure your wearing something that wont make too much noise. But this should be standard practice anyway when using wearable microphones. Especially when, like this one, the mic has an Omni-directional 360° microphone. In the box you will find the microphone, a metal tie-clip, a windscreen for the mic, 1 lithium (LR44) battery for the pre-amp, the pre-amp itself, and a 1/4" adapter. The cable length is 6 meter (20ft) long. The pre-amp is around 4ft along the cable from the mic. The pre-amp is made of metal and unscrews to reveal the battery slot. It also has a metal belt clip on it so you can attach it to your belt under your clothes. The end of the cable has a 3.5mm plug so will fit straight into your smart-phone or camera. There is a 1/4" adapter should you need it too. If plugging into a smart-phone then the switch on the pre-amp should be switched to 'off/smart-phone' setting. When plugged into a DSLR the audio quality isn't great. But this is the case with any mic as DSLR's have terrible audio capability in general. It is recommended that you use an external audio recorder if using DSLR, then mix back together in your video editor of choice. All in all a great mic my only gripe would be that it's maybe a little too sensitive. I know that sounds picky but hey. It clearly picked up my stomach rumbling during my review video, which can be seen with the link below. Recommended? - YES! eRfJtZvvQTU - Copy and paste that into Youtube search box to see HD video of this mic. Direct link below probably won't show up because Amazon filtering system won't allow it! :( [...]

As an amateur film producer, I bought this to make a series of short films and conduct one to one interviews (vox pops). I have to say for the price I find the quality to be superb. The audio has a great range and really picks up all the detail in the human voice, including the lower and middle bass frequencies. You therefore don't lose any richness in the sound. The quality is excellent and the microphone is very well made and packaged. One very minor negative would be that the small wind shield that fits over the mic falls off a bit too easily when your attaching it to a shirt, however this is not a major issue. The 20 foot length of the cable is brilliant as it allows you lots of room to position your camera for the perfect shot and does not hamper you with having to be too close. I would recommend if you are conducting one to one interviews, that you find a nice quiet location with no extraneous background noise, as this little mic will really pick up things when it is powered on for normal camera use. Effectively it becomes a very small condenser mic. You can also use this as a standard non powered mic for plugging into your mobile phone. (standard mini jack) Overall I have to give this BOYA lavalier microphone 5 stars!

La qualité est remarquable , la longueur de câble est vraiment parfaite , pour le tarif, je le conseille les yeux fermés

Das Mikro wird mit einigem Zubehör geliefert und wirkt sehr hochwertig. Was aber viel wichtiger ist, es macht sehr gute Aufnahmen. Ich trage es bei Vorträgen und nehme stets alles zur anschließenden Selbstkritik auf. Ohne Nebengeräusche wie Rascheln, Rauschen oder ähnliches gibt es stets eine gute Aufnahme. Empfehlung.

La calidad es buenisima por el precio que tiene (16euros me costó a mi). He tenido que usar un adaptador por eso para poder conectarlo a mi camara (Sony a6400), pero funciona de maravilla, con una nitidez brutal. Como punto negativo (aunque para algunos puede ser positivo) es la longitud del cable, es demasiado largo y te queda un fajo ahí enorme. Estaría bien que fuese un cable corto y luego viniese una extensión de cable para tener más versátilidad. Pero bueno, por el precio que tiene...es que no se le puede sacar mucha más pegas.

ممتاز وسعرع رخيص إذا تبيه لي الدسكور او شي لاكن لمن تغير المود هو يسوي ميوت ونا عاجبني ذا الشي بس نوعا ما مزعج لأنه الزر صعب يتحرك وصغير مرا

📦 PACKAGE Non ricordo esattamente come mi arrivò inscatolato, sicuramente aveva la sua scatolina con in dotazione in sacchetto per riporlo a riposo. 🎁 CARATTERISTICHE uno dei primi microfono lavalier che ho acquistato, sinceramente lo presi per la caratteristica del cavo molto lungo che aveva (circa 6 mt.) e in quel periodo era una marca sconosciuta. Non ha mai dato problemi, collegamento sicuro e senza interferenza con il jek 3.5 TRRS è possibile collegarlo sia al telefono che ad una Videocamera. Ha un filtro e amplificatore di segnale con dei selettori per aumentare il guadagno + 10 Db ed il selettore per cellulare/ videocamera. Il microfono è dotato di clip a molla dentata per poterlo attaccare facilmente ai vestiti mentre la cella del mic. È protetta da una spugnina anti vento. Fate attenzione che la piccola spugna è facile a rimuovere e quindi soggetta a smarrimento. Il tutto è possibile riporlo nella comoda e pratica custodia a sacchetto. 🤔 PRO E CONTRO PRO: ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo cavo molto lungo selettore del tipo di input cell. Videocam. Suono catturato pulito CONTRO: la spugnetta del microfono è facile a togliersi anche accidentalmente 😎CONCLUSIONI oggi esistono i microfoni radio ma un buon lavalier io me lo porto sempre dietro, non si sa mai.