12/9/2024 Update: I have also tested this trick with the new DJI Mic Mini, and it works for that as well.
The DJI MIC 2 can pair to an iPhone via Bluetooth, but the built-in iPhone camera app (the “native camera app”) does not automatically use it. Various YouTubers and web pages and even ChatGPT say you have to use a third-party camera app that allows selecting the Bluetooth microphone.
But that is not true. You can run an app such a RODE Reporter, select the DJI MIC 2 (or DJI Mic Mini), then run the native camera app and it works fine.
Thank you, RichardTaylorTV, for not just echoing the same junk everyone else is doing.
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is the Rode app free? no catches?
Free download, and I haven’t seen any pop ups trying to get me to subscribe to anything, or any ads. Also just used it with the DJI Mic Mini this past weekend.
Thank you!! This is absolutely correct, you do have to download a secondary app. And i found that once you want to hear the recording you have to disconnect the mic which is tedious but it does work!! Thank you for this incredible video super helpful!
I did not know about playback. It must still be trying to use the Bluetooth mic as a speaker, too? I’ll have to check that.
I found a new issue with Mic 2 getting out of sync with phone video when you record using standalone mode, but no easy solution for that yet.