[waddlesworth]

I have a pretty full on setup, with a condenser microphone on a boom, studio lights and softboxes pointed at me, with a full frame mirrorless camera and a high frame rate capture card.

I tried doing meetings with it, but ended up getting a lot of inane comments about it, particularly as the microphone is in frame. Personally, I don't want to draw attention to myself in a meeting, so I've ended up going back to using a terrible webcam for work, like everyone else.

[npunt]

Visible microphones really take away from the naturalness that you get from a fancy camera, and they make workspaces feel cluttered to boot.

Recommend getting a shotgun mic (AudioTechnica AT875R) and mounted it atop the camera, as these sit out of frame and still have great sound. Worth trying!

[EricE]

I love my Konftel Ego bluetooth speakerphone. $80 at Provantage.com and has really good built in noise cancelation too. Can easily be kept out of frame and sounds great - and you will sound great too.

Way easier than fussing with a shtogun mic and way more forgiving if you move around too.

[lysp]

You should try a shotgun microphone (ie. Rode NTG2)

It is directional, you can get a shock mount for it.

You can also get it quite close but slightly off camera pointing at you.

I'm not a fan of the microphone in frame, so this was my solution.

[krallja]

I always get asked “do you do a lot of podcasts?” the first time I meet somebody

[scyzoryk_xyz]

Ha! That would be the off putting trying too hard effect