Trendy iPhone cameras are extraordinarily succesful video recorders, however sometimes require equipment like lights and microphones to make sure skilled outcomes. Audio gear producer Rode simply introduced a pair of devices meant to simplify this course of, so streamers received’t need to construct a cumbersome rig within the laptop room or haul one to an out of doors area.
The Rode Magnetic Mount is precisely what it seems like. It’s a MagSafe mount with a pair of connection factors for equipment just like the aforementioned lights and microphones. There are two adjustable chilly shoe arms that permit individuals to make use of the telephone in portrait or panorama mode. For the uninitiated, “chilly shoe” refers to metallic connection brackets that lack energy, whereas “sizzling shoe” would seek advice from metallic connection brackets that characteristic digital contacts.
It’s not only for iPhones, as any smartphone snuggled right into a MagSafe-compatible case ought to work. The Rode Magnetic Mount is constructed from high-grade aluminum, so it’s on the pricier aspect when in comparison with the countless barrage of comparable merchandise on Amazon. It prices $90 and begins transport on April 24.
Rode additionally introduced the Telephone Cage, which guarantees to “flip your smartphone into an expert filmmaking rig.” That is mainly a beefier model of the aforementioned accent, with 5 chilly shoe mounts for attaching something a budding filmmaker might presumably want, all whereas preserving the telephone secure and cushty inside its cage.
To that finish, the mounts combine with an array of thread sizes for attaching equipment like tripods and handles. There are additionally cable administration slots, as 5 equipment might imply 5 cables snaking about and threatening to spoil that excellent shot. Once more, that is for MagSafe fashions, which begin with the iPhone 12. It’ll additionally work with one other model of smartphone inside a MagSafe-compatible case. The Telephone Cage begins transport on April 24 and prices $120.
Rode just lately bought rival audio gear firm Mackie and introduced a renewed effort to design and launch merchandise for content material creators. It seems like these mounts are a part of that push. The corporate additionally simply launched a brand new dual-receiver wi-fi lapel microphone for multi-mic setups.
