Boyamic2 Wireless Lav Mic is a Budget-Friendly Option for Creators

A few weeks back I began playing around with a set of wireless mics sent to me by the team at Boya. It’s the Boyamic2 Wireless lav. Let me be straight with you; initially I didn’t have much interest in this mic set because there isn’t much one can say about mics. But of course the buzzword of AI was thrown into the description. So I took a look for kicks and giggles at the very least. I’ve not been the biggest fan of the label “AI” getting slapped onto EVERY DADGUM PIECE OF TECH today. Most of the time it’s a bunch of bunk that’s not very helpful or useful. Just marketing buzz. Well, I can’t say that in the case of the Boyamic2.

Boyamic2 lavalier mic

Like most wireless lav mics today, you get a pair of mics (transmitters) and one receiver to capture the sound. The receiver allows you to pipe the audio into your camera or smartphone. Just use a TRS cable or a dongle. Pretty easy to use.

Boyamic2 lavalier and receiver

Boyamic2 lavalier and receiver

Nothing new here. So what’s the deal with this mic?

So Boya has touted having much better noise-cancelling in these mics to help provide a better listening experience. Granted, one must also consider other recording variables with a bold statement like that. Variables such as mic placement, what the actual ambient sound is, where the ambient sound is coming from, wind and more. In my testing, the environment was pretty tame. Some wind here and there, but even with that in consideration, the Boya2 did offer pretty effective noise cancellation on the fly with its AI.

But I have to give some additional credit. Even without the active noise cancellation activated, the mics do a pretty nice job with picking up the audio you actually want instead of the whole environment. Here’s a screenshot of room tone captured by my professional, studio mic - the Heil PR 40*. Notice the room tone is coming in at about 1kHz in the spectral display. And I mean BARELY at that because you can barely see the purple color in the spectral display.

Now take a look at the Boyamic2 in the same room with the same spoken word. It’s doing a really great job as it barely capturing room tone at 2kHz in the spectral display. So yeah, credit where credit is due.

The Boyamic2 is available now online* with competitive pricing. As previously mentioned, they’re very easy to use with either your camera of choice* or your smartphone. The key is you’ll spend a lot less time in post-processing trying to clean up your audio for your podcast or other content.

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Canon Announces Its C80 Cinema Camera

On the heels of announcing its flagship camera and update to its popular portrait camera, Canon has announced another update to its cinema camera product line with the C80.

image credit Canon USA

This is an update to its C70 cinema camera that I really enjoyed. The update includes a few big changes and a pretty solid price. The C70 has a Super-35 sensor. The C80 has a full frame sensor. The C70 topped out at 4K resolution. The C80 tops out at 6K.

image credit Canon USA

A couple of years ago I talked about the C70 and its prowess. It definitely gets the job done for cinematographers, but it did have limitations when it came the Super-35 sensor. One being the crop factor as well as the difference in depth of field. I guess Canon took the hint from creators about this.

Other tech specs include two recording codecs, XF-AVC S and XF-HEVC S. Oh and yes, you can still shoot Canon RAW. I’m curious to know how the battery performs. Canon has had a bit of an up-and-down-and-up reputation when it comes to battery life on some of its cameras. I also wonder if the media slots are still SD card slots or now CF Express Type B. No mention of this in the press release.

UPDATE - The camera does have dual SD card slots. With that said, I recommend using V90 cards* for high resolutions and framerates.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get my hands on one of these Cameras, but I’m curious. I love the form-factor and the fact that it’s now full frame. More information on the announcement can be found on Canon’s site here.

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Building Your First DaVinci Resolve Node Tree For Color Grading

On my recent Creator Office Hours, I shared my understanding and workflow when it comes to coloring video footage in Davinci Resolve. Yes, I’m a proud Adobe Creative Cloud user and still use Premiere Pro* for video editing, but I also use DaVinci Resolve. Not to mention, I wanted to share this because not everyone can get Adobe Premiere Pro, but DaVinci Resolve is free with plenty of useable tools in its free version. So here’s a Creator Office Hours session with an overview of building out your node tree for color correction and color grading. Hope it helps you. Thank you for watching and thank you for being in my Patreon community.




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Ya Better Get Some Lights - My Appearance on Office Hours with Alex Lindsay

I had the pleasure of being on Office Hours with Mr. Alex Lindsay today. I enjoy being on this panel, but I struggle with waking up on time to be on the mic with them on a regular basis. Some days I can’t be mic ready at 6am. Lol!

Check out the discussion below as we answer questions from the community regarding various items in photo and video such as slomo footage, inexpensive cameras, LUT packs and video editing information.

Good Boy

Kylo you’re such a great, dadgum dog. We’re truly going to miss you. I’m sad yet happy that you’re now with your older brother Jax in Heaven running around and playing together again. A few months back we had to have a mass surgically removed from your back. It was an absolute mess, yet you were so chill about it. The vet asked if I wanted to have it tested and I declined. I declined because I could see the reality of age when I looked at you. I hated to admit that I only had a few years left with you. Testing the mass that was removed was just going to state the obvious to me and cost me a ton of money which I don’t have.

You and me went through a lot from the very beginning. I still remember the day of holding you in my arms when I adopted you. Your personality was so much like mine. You were happy, but “even.” I remember laughing to myself thinking, “this rascal is gonna be 100lbs.”

Shortly after meeting, you gave us a scare. You had to have surgery to remove a blockage in your stomach. Apparently, you thought football gloves and socks tasted great. 🤦🏾‍♂️

Then I spent several days with you in a Penske moving truck driving across the country. It was so cool to see your enthusiasm to get in the truck and ride for hours and hours and days and days across the USA. And boy, did you STINK after a few days in there. I remember your heavy ass sleeping on my legs in the truck when we’d stop driving for a night to get some rest.

You adjusted nicely to California. And when it was time to make this latest move to a different neighborhood, you were a trooper. And you helped us make sure our youngest boy was able to get through high school graduation and off to college. Thank you for seeing that through.

Your work here is done, Kylo. You provided 8 years of great love and service to the family. Well done, sir. I am selfish and want more years with you, but that’s not fair. This is the circle of life when it comes to pets. You were patient with me as a parent when I probably could have done some things better. You were helpful when I needed those minutes of chill time to “let go” and “reset” myself. When I just wanted to sit on the porch, you understood and just did the same with me. Peacefully and quietly. Thank you. Cancer SUCKS, but as I said previously, I’m grateful that you’re not suffering or feeling any pain. Granted, if you felt pain, we never knew. You are a tough and resilient dog. Only recently we saw discomfort in you and we hated that for you. Be well, Kylo. Many, many THANKS to you for not only what you did for the family, but what you did for ME.