External Mic and Power for GoPro Hero 7 Black

[StevieBee]

Need to do some vox-pop interviews and for various creative reasons, will be using a GoPro. Two things...

Is it possible to run an external power supply to the camera rather than having to keep changing over the batteries?

And would anyone have any recommendations on a half-decent external microphone. This has to be a hand-held mic.

Cheers in advance.

[rst99]

You can use external power via a powerbank into the USB-C port. You need to remove the battery door if you are going to use the gopro frame. The door just unclips.

No idea about the external mic - could it connect to the HDMI port next to the USB?

[Fordo]

To attach an external mic on the 7, you need this rather clunky adapter that plugs into the USB port:

https://shop.gopro.com/accessories-3/pro-3.5mm-mic...

It’s a shame they got rid of the mini jack mic port they had on the older ones.

The adapter gives you a mini jack port for a mic, and a USB port- so I think in theory you can run power through that, but I’ve never tested that myself.

As for a handheld mic, not sure I can recommend a good handheld reporter style mic- most of those will be xlr and require phantom power. Might be worth looking at what rode offer- they do a lot of mini jack mics designed for use with dslrs.

GoPro, plus battery bank, plus audio adapter, plus mic, is going to be quite a funky bundle of bits to rig up!