stresses me out when youtubers hold their condenser mics in hand as they do a piece to camera

if you're going to do this you should get something that's designed to be handled

it also bothers me deeply when they do that with lavalier mics but i try not to let it show because it's obviously a bit of some sort

@codl i saw a claim once that it's a gen z thing where "high production quality" (having the mic out of frame) is seen as less "authentic", so literally the lowest effort thing to do that sounds good is to just hold the mic close to your mouth, looks be damned

idk if that's actually it but either way it doesn't really bother me, i'm just happy that it sounds better (i'm a sucker for proximity effect)

@trwnh yeah you might be thinking of this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0arvnAlV_C4