Which Shotgun Mic?

[sheetKnows]

Hi all, just to ask you guys and gals, wich is the shotgun you prefer to record fiction, neumann kmr 81, schoeps cmit or sennheiser mkh 60.
How do they difer regarding lateral rejection and handling noise?
I want a shotgun mainly to use in short movies, and documentaries.
Thanks in advance

[philper]

Originally Posted by sheetKnows

Hi all, just to ask you guys and gals, wich is the shotgun you prefer to record fiction, neumann kmr 81, schoeps cmit or sennheiser mkh 60.
How do they difer regarding lateral rejection and handling noise?
I want a shotgun mainly to use in short movies, and documentaries.
Thanks in advance

They all have some handling issues. The Senn MKH60 is the classic Hollywood shotgun sound, and pretty rugged, like a 416 but not as harsh sounding. The Neumann 81 is really a hypercardiod, not a shotgun, the KMR 82 is the real shotgun version and equivalent to the Senn. 816 or MKH70 but I like to sound of it better. The Schoeps CMIT 5 is equivalent in reach more or less to the Neumann 81, but is very smooth off-axis and has that Schoeps "euphonic" thing going on--very beautiful, and also a little more fragile. Another popular shotgun (with me anyhow) is the Sanken CS3-e. This mic is just as directional as an 816 or an 82 but in a MUCH smaller and lighter package--boom ops love it. Unlike all the other mics, it has no rear lobe to speak of, and so is much more usable in live spaces or if you get pinned up against the cieling etc.

Philip Perkins

[sheetKnows]

Thank you so much Philper for your replly

Thats Exactly the kind of info i needed thumbsupthumbsup

[sheetKnows]

PS - Guess i'm going for both the sanken and the schoeps