kye

Yeah I wanted to shrink it as much as I could. I used velcro to mount it on the camera, which also removes some of the vibration transfer from the body. Of course not as good as the native mount. I also modified a cable to reduce the profile of the 3.5" head, but you can find short cables from ebay.  

That's very impressive!  Well done!!

Here's the mic with the foam cover on top of the 700D and Sigma 18-35:

With the flash bracket underneath allowing the mic to be mounted on the side:

Underneath of the same setup - notice that the flash bracket is one of the smaller ones (15cm long) and it's in its shortest configuration:

If you put the whole thing on your palm then you can operate the focus (and maybe the zoom) with your left hand and hold the grip in your right:

or, if you extend it, then you can get to the zoom by going in-between the mic and the camera:

I've used larger brackets in the past to have multiple cameras when I wanted more than one focal length to enable jump-cuts.  This is the only pic I could find, but I'm pretty sure that I actually used it with the mic in the middle like above.  The more angle you put on the bracket the nicer it is to hold, but the more likely the mic or other camera will get in shot if you're using a wider lens.

 
 
 
 
 
On a sound-quality-related note, I have played around with many audio setups too, and found a few interesting things.
In terms of quality:
The primary thing is self-noise (hiss) which you want to be low, the secondary thing is isolation where you pick up less background sounds, and the third is having a safety-track if something peaks, then last is 'sound quality' When YouTubers (and I assume non-audio people) talk about sound quality they are talking about hiss and then about EQ Talking about EQ is silly because you can adjust it in post in every video editing software known to man - at one point I was wondering about buying an expensive stereo mic for ambience, but I did some tests with the built-in mics on my cameras and they sounded just fine (with some EQ in post!) so I saved myself some money and carrying around a separate microphone, and now when I want some ambience I just unplug my shotgun mic and hit record and use the in-built mics I've got the Beachtek unit mentioned and battery life was just awful - 5 hours with freshly-charged rechargeables.  Forget the price of alkalines - it's approaching $1 per hour of use.  I ended up buying the Rode VMP+ which has 19 hours of battery life and means I don't need a mic pre-amp at all, plus it charges via USB.  If you sleep more than 5 hours a night you can literally just turn it on when you wake up and off when you put it back on charge at night!  That makes it much less likely to stuff up a shot by forgetting to turn the mic on.
All of the above relates to on-camera shot-gun style sound setups, and for my home videos.  I haven't messed with lavs or boom mics, so I'll leave that to Ironfilm in the other thread

The problem in the UK isn't caused by the real Police but by the private security companies.
The Police (by and large) know the actual law about theses things and if they don't they can at least be reasoned with in regard to you asking them specifically about which laws you are breaking.
The private security companies think they know the law and also, bizarrely enough, think they have the right to enforce them, both the real law and the ones they think should be law.
The really stupid thing here - which should be blindingly obvious to both the real Police and the pretend ones - is that because of their overt paranoia about photographers then anyone who is genuinely up to no good will of course never be carrying a camera and a tripod because they run the risk of being pulled.
One thing that you do have to be careful of is that, increasingly, what you think is public land in the UK actually isn't, often due to council's selling off areas for development to private companies. It might be a public space and have no deterrent to access but its not actually publicly owned so in that instance the private security companies are well within their rights to ask you to leave. 

Not everyone is as lucky as you...
The US: https://petapixel.com/2016/02/25/ive-stopped-20-times-police-camera-tripod/
The UK: https://petapixel.com/2016/07/16/video-photographer-tests-rights-streets-london/
https://petapixel.com/2011/07/20/six-photographers-test-their-right-to-shoot-in-london/
Australia: https://petapixel.com/2015/11/30/top-australian-photographer-fighting-for-rights-after-near-arrest-on-public-land/
Terrorism video warning about photography in public: https://petapixel.com/2012/08/09/terrorism-prevention-video-asks-public-to-report-photographers-to-police/
And if those are too tame, then this one is just great..  https://petapixel.com/2015/04/21/woman-pointing-smartphone-camera-at-police-has-it-snatched-and-smashed/
That was just a few quick searches of one photography website.
The moral of the story is don't attract attention.

I kept wondering what is about you that don't draw as Much attending with a boom Mic and Large Sound Equipment (or camera equipment in this case) as everyone else. 
Sir, you look like Einstein testing for things nobody is quite sure of, in the city. They probably won't suspect that you are part of a film crew. I won't be surprised if some bystanders stand next to you for Yoga lessons and lessons on Eastern Mysticism.
You have almost 2 careers running parallel. The Sound Yogi ?

Maybe it was posted from a RED Hydrogen and none of us can see it in its holographic glory on our regular antique phones?

The Pocket 4k does have four microphones apparently. 

Deep down, I think we all knew this..

From the demo footage that was leaked, the audio did sound very good.

If one lens seems to work fine and others don't then perhaps it could be a bad connection between the lens and the adapter?  I'd suggest cleaning the lens contacts on the offending lenses, on the adapter and on the camera as well.  
It's quick and easy and worst case is the problem persists but now your lenses are a bit cleaner and you've ruled out a possible source of the issue 

@mercer I quoted this from your audio recorders thread as my reply would have been a bit OT there.
I also own the Rode Video Micro and found that you can buy some cheap eBay foam covers that fit quite well and are a lot smaller.  I bought a number of them to get the right sizing (the diameter of the Rode VM is on the larger size for the foam covers) but if you buy one that's a bit too big a cable tie or even a twisty-tie would secure it.  The one I ended up using was for a long shotgun mic and I trimmed it down to length.
I haven't tested them for wind resistance, but it'll be better than nothing and the size difference is huge!  Another 'trick' is instead of using them on the hot-shoe (which makes it look tall) you can buy dual flash brackets (eg http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dual-Flash-Bracket-Holder-For-1-4-Screw-Studio-Tripod-Light-Stand-Camera-GA-/182389726343?hash=item2a77465c87) and get a tripod to cold-shoe adapter which allows you to mount the mic next to the camera instead of on top, which hides the size a little bit.  I found angling the bracket can make it quite ergonomic too.  
Happy to take some pics of the setup if this is useful.

The reassuring thing about the Pocket 4K is that BM are already taking it around to most of the Pro Sales and Rental houses here in Australia and letting people (rental managers, sales people, and industry professionals) play with it. We are still four months away from its scheduled release and the camera is doing the rounds. While they do state that it's a 'preproduction model' so not allowing anyone record footage with it, in terms of issues, these should be greatly minimised as they are getting feedback a long time before release.

When this camera arrives there will be no more rain Jon.
There'll only be sunshine and nice things for everyone.

You know you can decide your shutter on a GoPro with Protune? Gone are the days from the Hero3 where exposure was automatic unless you want that.
 

Sony already has problems with overheating so that's probably why they can't run their sensors any faster.  Even the latest RED cameras are fairly slow sensor readout even compared to Blackmagic.  That's one of the compromises when you build a larger, higher resolution sensor.

We plan for the beer. If any footage ends up actually being captured, that is just a bonus.

I’m always impressed by those here who can tell the camera from the footage. I admit to struggling to see the difference even when I am  told where to look and what to look for! 
It’s like a game of chess - the colour grader trying to make the footage from the various cameras match and the eagle-eyed EOSHDer trying to spot the difference...

There is a deep divide in the vlogging community about where the flip screen should be..  those that use in-camera sound and prefer the screen flips over the top because it looks more natural if they look at the screen while shooting, and those that use an external microphone which is mounted in the hot-shoe of the camera and therefore they prefer a side-flipping screen like Canon.
.....then there are the Sony shooters, who focus on their hand and then just stare into their 16-35 hoping they're in frame!!!    

That's an interesting point.  Many of the reasons it's not suitable for me (as a specialist camera) make it more suitable for the average consumer.
Phones still have huge screens and are already in your pocket, but the 19mm lens does help somewhat.

This is 84.90euros in my country. This is seriously an action camera for the masses. Comes with a box full of accessories inside. Is it as good as a GoPro6, or even 5? Of course not, but most people will be happy to spend a lot less than 100euros (this can be an impulsive buy for a lot of us, even my I consider 84.90euros for a nice little gadget a very fair price), and it comes with 2 years European warranty (German company it seems).
@kyeWaterproof mobile phones can, but it is not advisable to swim with. Even action cams without housings have to be cleaned, and properly dry out, but you can shoot somethings on the beach (not inside the sea, salt is killing everything, even human hearts!), near a pool, or on a river (canoe-cayak!). I would call them splashproof.

As someone with a pretty average life (job, family, house, car, etc) who shoots with my GoPro a lot I actually disagree about them being good for family events.
They're wide angle, which means that you have to either zoom in, which is pretty difficult to hold them remotely still (unless you rig them up, in which case just use a larger camera with IS) or film everything close up, which is kind of strange and the lens distortions are EXTREMELY UNFLATTERING to average people (who don't have the figures of models or people used to seeing themselves on TV).
I actually agree with @Kisaha that the best cameras for recording normal life is the smartphone, as it has many of the advantages but also lots less disadvantages.
Also, I think that action cameras are cameras that require huge amounts of editing to get good end results from.  You film things close up, film things that are moving quickly (either in slow-mo or real-time), put them over fast music and do a fast edit with lots of cuts.  That's the GoPro aesthetic.  I think this video proves that:
In researching a replacement for my GoPro I was reading forums about potential other cameras, and one person said their camera recorded nice quality at first but later on in the file the quality reduced.  One of the replies was to only shoot short clips because "long clips are really boring" - obviously that person assumed the clips wouldn't be edited at all!
Last month I shot a film at a club for a friends birthday (I posted it in the GoPro replacement thread) and I shot it with my GoPro precisely because I didn't want to pass my phone to drunken adults in a club.  Plus I wouldn't have gotten my DJI Osmo Mobile 2 past security - they took a few long looks at my Bobber handle that I had on it.
Completely agree.
I did actually go swimming with my iPhone 8 deliberately at the beach when I first got it as I was wondering if I could replace my GoPro with it.  I haven't edited the footage yet, but I can tell you the 1080p240 at 400% quality from MoviePro app looks absolutely spectacular in full-afternoon-sun, the screen only worked sometimes, and it took a few hours to dry out afterwards before it would charge properly again.  I actually did what you're not meant to do and I plugged it in to charge, so it should have killed something but I was lucky.
With your phone you don't have anything else to carry, you get a nice large screen (huge by camera standards), you can edit in-camera, and you can upload direct from the device.  Action cameras require SD card adapters a full computer or hours of file transfer time, and all the stuffing around that keeps an army of post-production staff employed around the world.
I have a big camera with zoom lens which is good for everything except being discrete (or wider than 24mm), my phone which is very discreet but no zoom, and my GoPro which is waterproof and very wide.  In this sense it's a specialist camera used for very particular things.

I thought they’d already discontinued the pocket ?  Watch that become a cult camera if it isn’t already.
I think they’ll keep the micro going for some time.  It’s really a different camera.
In the photo above the camera has a wooden camera cage, a Noga arm and a BMD 5” VA as the operating monitor. On front is the SLR Magic 10mm T2.1.  I’m manually focussing myself, using peaking on the VA.  
By way of example almost all of this promo is either Ursa Mini Pro or Micro using that exact rig.
This whole scene is shot Ursa Mini Pro
 
 
I have used a LOT of Ursa Mini Pro and Micro in the resident.  Not just as an insert camera, but shooting whole scenes using only the Ursa Mini Pro.  Most scenes have a mix of Ursa Mini Pro and ALexa, and I’d estimate more than 40% of the show is Ursa Mini.
I tend to use the micro camera for these kinds of surgery shots where I can very easily reach into the scene and get super close before diving down to almost inside the surgical field, and then transitioning back to another actor. It keeps it very agile and alive shooting this way.  I’d anticipate the Pocket 2 will replace this rig for these kinds of shots.
JB