How to use DJI Mic 2 with a camera (Sony, Canon, GoPro)

To use DJI Mic 2 with a camera, mount the receiver in the camera's shoe, connect the receiver's 3.5 mm OUT port to the camera's mic input with the included camera cable, choose your camera in Recommended Camera Settings on the receiver, then turn the camera's audio gain down and the receiver gain up. On supported Sony cameras, the DJI Mic 2 Camera Adapter replaces the cable with a digital hot-shoe connection.

Mic 2 on a camera — DJI's recommended setup for using the Mic 2 receiver with a camera: low camera gain, higher receiver gain, and the camera preset if your model is listed.

Basic setup

Slide the receiver onto the camera's cold or hot shoe.
Plug the 3.5 mm TRS camera cable into the receiver's OUT port and the camera's MIC input. Don't use the headphone port by mistake.
On the receiver, swipe down, open Receiver Settings, Recommended Camera Settings, and select your camera brand and model. The receiver sets a matching gain. If your camera isn't listed, choose None.
In the camera menu, set audio recording to manual and turn the level low. DJI recommends higher receiver gain and lower camera gain, which avoids the noise of a camera's weak preamp.
Put headphones in the receiver's monitor port or the camera's headphone jack and record a test.

Turn on Power On/Off Camera Simultaneously and the receiver will power on and off with the camera over the cable.

DJI publishes recommended gain values per camera on the Mic 2 downloads page.

Sony: the Camera Adapter

For Sony cameras with the Multi Interface shoe, the DJI Mic 2 Camera Adapter connects the receiver through the shoe. You get digital audio and the camera powers the receiver. DJI's list includes the ZV-E1, ZV-E10, A1, A9 II and III, A7S III, A7 IV, A7R IV and V, A7C, A7C II, A7CR, A6700, FX3 and FX30. It needs Mic 2 firmware from April 2024 or later, and auto power on/off doesn't work through the adapter. Keep the receiver's level bars in the green and yellow.

The ZV-E10 II isn't on the Mic 2 adapter list; use the 3.5 mm cable there. ZV-E10 and ZV-E1 also work fine by cable.

Canon, Nikon, Panasonic

Most of these have a 3.5 mm mic jack. Use the cable, set the camera's audio to manual, and lower the level. Some cameras have a separate "attenuator" setting; leave it off unless levels are very hot.

GoPro and action cameras

GoPro cameras need GoPro's own mic adapter or Media Mod to get a 3.5 mm input. DJI Osmo Action 4 and Osmo Pocket 3 are easier: pair a Mic 2 transmitter directly, no receiver. See Mic Mini and Mic 2 with action cameras.

Zoom H6 and other recorders

The receiver's output is analog, unbalanced 3.5 mm stereo (TX1 left, TX2 right in Stereo mode). Recorders like the Zoom H6 use XLR/TRS combo inputs. Use a 3.5 mm TRS to dual 1/4-inch TS (or dual XLR) breakout so each transmitter lands on its own input, and set those inputs to line level. A straight 3.5 mm to 1/4-inch TRS cable into one input will mix the channels wrongly. The receiver has no XLR output.