Sunday
May312009
Very unofficial, but telling, test of the Sennheiser MKE 400
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 9:00AM The MKE400 is a great Mini-Shotgun, cardioid mic. I think I first found this guy when I was trying to figure out what Kevin Sites was using during his stent as a War So-Jo (Solo Journalist) for Yahoo.com. I have yet to determine if this was what he was using, but it doesn't matter because the MKE400 rocks.
I'm going to post a full review on the MKE400 as well as a full write up on audio recording functionality of the 5D. But for now, let me show you how big of a difference a good, narrow pattern mic like the MKE400 makes when shooting on the 5D Mark II.
Sennheiser MKE 400 test from Jonathan Shuler on Vimeo.
Reader Comments (2)
huge difference in ambient pick up between the two. im pretty knowledgable about mic types but what does "cardioid" mean?
Hey Chris! Yeah so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone#Cardioids" rel="nofollow">Cardioid Mics are more unidirectional than say a dynamic mic. Level of directionality goes Omnidirectional, Dynamic (or Sub Cardioid), Cardioid, Super Cardioid, Hyper Cardioid. The term Cardioid comes from it's http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cardioid.html" rel="nofollow">shape. But basically, if you are trying to isolate a subject inside a crowded or bouncy/plastered room think nothing less than Cardioid. I'm a fan of Hyper Cardioid but you have to watch the handle noise.