Choosing a mic for inconspicuously capturing people near subject

[Run&Gun]

It's a set of made up terms from an article on the topic. - https://www.studentfilmmakers.com/s...and-rigging-by-fred-ginsburg-c-a-s-ph-d-mbks/

Quoting the article:

"Which brings us up to the present. Proximity vs. Transparent Lavaliers (terms coined by the author) Modern lavaliers can be described as being either “Proximity” or “Transparent”." He goes on to describe what those terms mean for the article.

Stupidity on the authors part. Don't make up your own terms or take existing terms and twist them into your own meaning/use them to describe things that they aren't supposed to. That's how people, especially people new to the(an) industry get confused and things go sideways. They think they're being clear and describing/asking for something that they really aren't. It's like teaching someone a foreign language and the teacher teaches them the wrong words. It doesn't help anyone. *Side note*: my senior year in HS, my French teacher also taught Spanish and we were her only French class. She used to get it mixed up all the time and start teaching us her Spanish lesson for the day...

 

[Jim Feeley]

It's a set of made up terms from an article on the topic. - https://www.studentfilmmakers.com/s...and-rigging-by-fred-ginsburg-c-a-s-ph-d-mbks/

That's interesting. Fred Ginsburg, who wrote that article, does (or at least did) a lot of work with/for Audio-Technica, and I'll guess (without reading closely) that he wrote the article on AT's site that Jon links to. Nothing wrong with all this, and I think Fred was trying to convey useful info to new users. But as PaulUK says, I've never heard the terms used to describe different classes of lavs.

I just don't think of them in that way. I own a bunch of lavs and over the years have probably used maybe 20+ different models. But I can't think of one or two that had extra reach (or whatever) compared to others. There may be differences, but I'd think they'd be slight.

Perhaps a good wedding videographer would have a good idea since they often (I think) put a lav on the groom and use it to pick up both bride and groom (in weddings with both a bride and a groom, that is).

Sorry I'm not helping...