Panasonic brings high-quality directional audio recording to its LUMIX lineup of cameras with the new LUMIX DMW-DMS1 Digital Shotgun Microphone, a pocket-sized camera-mounted digital mic with the cutting-edge features today’s creative professionals need to achieve quality audio without compromise.
The LUMIX DMW-DMS1 reliably delivers professional quality audio with its 10mm large-diameter microphone array that features six directional modes (forward cardioid, 90-degree stereo, 120-degree wide stereo, forward super cardioid, rearward super cardioid, and bidirectional super cardioid), 32-bit float recording, and two backup recording modes*.
It’s capable of recording clean and transparent sound in difficult environments with its internal floating shockmount and included windscreen. For harsher wind conditions, the DMS1 has introduced a wind-noise cancellation system that suppresses wind noise without slamming vocals, ensuring you’ll get an open and natural tone even in tough conditions.
Weighing in at only .22 lb, the DMW-DMS1 doesn’t add any fuss to your rig and stays portable and lightweight, drawing power and sending digital audio cable-free via a compatible LUMIX camera’s hot shoe connection pin. Its intuitive physical and adjustable-brightness panel of switches and buttons allows for easy operation even in low-light situations and has a transparent cover so no settings will be accidentally changed during the shoot.
With its flexible directionality and noise-suppression modes, anyone who needs to record professional-quality audio/video on the move should check out the new Panasonic LUMIX DMW-DSM1 Digital Shotgun Microphone.
*32-bit float and backup recording modes only compatible with LUMIX S1RII, S1II, and S1IIE as of February 2026. DC-GH7 and G9M2 will become compatible via firmware updates in the near future.
