Re: some questions about equipments.

["Luis do Carmo" lecarmo]

I agree with Martyn. Although the Schoeps MK 21/41 were the best sounding small 
diaphragm capsules I've ever used, they've let me down a couple of times 
because of humidity. And I also agree about Sennheiser mics: an all weather 
"working horse".

I would add that a double MS will give you 4 discrete channels, which is a 
great surround sound experience, but it lacks the center
 channel of a 5.1 system.

A double MS array is an agile "point and shoot" type of gear, which is very 
handy for documentaries, and if you have a narrator or whatever spoken material 
covering the center channel, no one will really notice its absence. But if one 
has the time for setting up a bulkier gear and are in the field to record just 
the sound I would go for a 5 channel setup.

Luis