Very unofficial, but telling, test of the Sennheiser MKE 400

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.

Loading Brick in Kamion

Africa has a way of reorienting my concept of "mountains and mole hills."

Paul

[col-sect][column]Paul Lokut is the leader of the Kamion Honey Group and a member of the Ik people of northeast Uganda. The Ik–among the most marginalized and impoverished people on earth–have harvested honey for centuries as a food source. Since their displacement from their traditional mountain lands in the 1960s, the Ik have found them selves caught between larger, armed tribes who raid the vulnerable Ik villages when opportunity presents itself. Certain tribes have been know to cut down whole trees to get to bee hives hung in them, destroying the hive in the process.[/column]
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Diaspora

I don't know what it is, but I feel the distance we all have wandered; we estranged brothers and sisters of the world.

Canon Isac Anguyo

A not amazing portrait of a truly amazing man.