Re: Rode making quiet RF-bias short shotgun

["Rob Danielson" danielson_audio]

At 8:13 AM -0700 9/8/08, Dan Dugan wrote:
>It may have been mentioned here before, but I just became aware of
>Rode's NTG-3 short shotgun. As far as I'm aware, it's the first RF-
>bias (humidity resistant) true condensor that isn't Sennheiser. Self-
>noise 13 dBA.
>
><<http://www.trewaudio.com/products/rode/ntg3/>http://www.trewaudio.com/pr=
oducts/rode/ntg3/>
>
>-Dan Dugan
>

Thanks Dan. This might be the first time a manufacturer has boldly
advertised a mic as "resistant to moisture."  I imagine the NTG3 will
be of use to "professional broadcast and film industr(y)" folks as
Rode suggests, but nature recordists probably place more everyday
demand on high moisture/humidity performance. Would be especially
great if Rode would come out with a figure 8 companion and hold the
same noise specs /price point. Rob D.


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