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Alongside the Sony a6700 launch, the company has also released a new cableless microphone: the ECM-M1. This compact and lightweight microphone has an interesting dial at the back, allowing you to choose from no less than eight different pickup patterns, from ultra-directional/hyper cardioid to omnidirectional. So let’s take a closer look at this 8-in-1 microphone!
The Sony Multi-Interface Shoe, also called MI Shoe, was introduced in 2012. This kind of hot-shoe is implemented inside various Sony mirrorless and cinema cameras, including the Sony a7S III, a7R V, and FX3, FX30, FX6, and FX9 cinema cameras, to list a few.
The MI Shoe allows you to connect accessories to your Sony camera without cables or batteries. Indeed, the camera will power the accessory and communicate data with it. This means that if you connect an MI-compatible microphone to your camera, the sound from the microphone is recorded by the camera cable-free.
Last year, Sony launched the ECM-G1 shotgun microphone for vloggers and the ECM-B10 digital shotgun microphone. This time, the company returns with a lighter, more compact MI microphone: the Sony ECM-M1.
With dimensions of only 64.4 x 40.0 x 72.2mm for a weight of 65g/2.29oz, the least we can say is that the Sony ECM-M1 won’t make much difference on top of your camera. Like other Sony MI microphones, the ECM-M1 features a built-in shock/vibration mount to reduce low-frequency vibrations. The microphone comes with a fur-type windscreen to help in windy outdoor conditions.
However, compared to other Sony microphones, this new model features four capsules in a diamond shape.
The layout of the microphone capsules allows you to select from no less than eight pickup patterns via a dial at the back of the ECM-M1. Depending on the scene you’re shooting, you’ll be able to choose from the following:
What is nice is that the Sony ECM-M1 allows you to record four audio channels. Channels 1 and 2 are set to the audio recording mode you select via the dial, channel 3 is an omni-directional backup recording, and channel 4 is a -20db safety recording of channel 3.
On the left side of the ECM-M1, you’ll also find a filter switch with two modes: low-cut filter and noise-cut filter. Sony says the noise cut filter “removes unpleasant noise through digital signal processing.”
The Sony ECM-M1 will be available this month for $348/€400. In the box, you’ll find a soft pouch, the microphone, a windscreen, and an MI Shoe cover.
For more information, please visit Sony’s website here.
What do you think about this new Sony microphone? Do you often use MI microphones? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments down below!
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Jeff Loch is a French freelance director, editor and colorist, working mostly on music videos, commercials, and corporate films.