At 06:24 PM 9/1/2004 +0200, Gianni Pavan wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm looking around for an affordable shotgun microphone. Of course I'd
>like a Sennheiser MKH-70, but it is too expensive. I'm wondering if you
>could suggest something cheaper and in particular if you have any field
>experience about the Audio Technica AT-815 version B or the older AT-815
>version R.
I own an 815b and it is an excellent microphone for the price. I use it
as an external mic with a Sony VX2000 and its quality is more than high enough
- anything better would be overkill. I also use it with a minidisc recorder for
bird calls and again, it's quite good. It is also very convenient that it runs
on one AA battery, which lasts hundreds of hours. I have no complaints about
frequency response or ambient noise. For my uses (video and nature recording) I
would *not* upgrade to a better shotgun, but instead would add a high-quality
parabola (I guess Telinga is what I'm talking about) stereo setup.
Although I have not tried it, you might consider the AT stereo shotgun
. If I were buying today, I would definitely consider it.
-- Chuck
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Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
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Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
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