how much audio is wireless vs. boomed on big budget productions?

oh, wanted to ask - what wireless is derek using now days? (the mixer pictured is one of the top South African features guys)
 
he's got 2000's and 2020's. says he prefers the 2000's! he had 6 or 8 in total that day. I don't know how many he has in total.
 
yeah, he got all his gear stolen in about august last year. ouch. i think he got some pretty cool new stuff though.
 
I am currently shooting a documentary about a highschool sports team and am using wireless set up. I have a boom operator that carries a boom with a Sennheiser shot gun in a zepplin hard wired to channel 3 of the Sound Devices 302 mixer. He also carries two wireless receivers in channel 1 and 2 that are either transmitted to from a lavaliere or a static shot gun located on a stand in a strategic position. The sound devices transmits to my HVX via two wireless transmitters attached to the XLR master line out. Two receivers are on camera and I monitor at the camera through headphones. In some scenarios, I also turn on the internal mics to get 4 channels of sound. I shoot everything 720P/24fps.We start the shoot out doing a 1K slate tone to set levels on the HVX. So far, it's been working good. There is no way I could shoot 80% of what we do with a tethered sound guy. Typically, he is anywhere from 25 - 60 feet from me with a boom picking up dialogue and grunts and groans. We've worked out some hand signals so he knows where I'm shooting and what my frame lines are.
 
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