The Sennheiser MKE 600 is a condenser shotgun microphone. It has a high directivity that allows it to pick up sound from the direction the camera is pointing and effectively muffles sounds coming from the side and back. The microphone runs on 48V phantom power, but since not all cameras can supply this power, it also runs on a1.5V AA battery.
With a frequency response emphasized for speech, the MKE 600 is production-ready without the need to fiddle with external EQ and cleanup in the edit. Sennheiser has built in a basic 40Hz low-cut filter that can be switched to 100Hz to ensure vocal intelligibility. Combined with the MKE 600's windshield, which attenuates unwanted noise by up to 25dB, your recordings will no longer be ruined by intrusive noise.
Thanks to its small size, the Sennheiser MKE 600 has the right form factor to get into even small production spaces and record first-class pro audio. The MKE 600 will be your versatile mobile go-to production microphone! The MKE600 effectively attenuates off-axis noise without coloring your audio. The supercardioid/lobar polar pattern of Sennheiser's MKE 600 captures a focused signal even in the most unpredictable environments.
This microphone features a "low-batt" indicator, so you can check the state of the battery. What also definitely adds to the flexibility of this camera microphone is the availability of various accessories such as a fake fur windshield and a tripod adapter to mount the microphone on any microphone stand.
The included shockmount lets you mount the MKE 600 to your camera's hot shoe, and the foam windshield that is part of the standard delivery is excellent for indoor recording.
- condenser directional microphone
- for use with film cameras
- extreme directivity
- solid metal housing
- super cardioid directional characteristic
- frequency response: 40 Hz to 20 kHz
- sensitivity: 21 mV/Pa at P48; 19 mV/Pa with battery operation
- Max sound pressure: 132 dB SPL at P48; 126 dB SPL at battery operation
- Inherent noise: 15 dB at P48; 16 dB at battery operation
- Power supply: 48 V phantom power supply or 1.5 V AA battery
- Current consumption: 4.4 mA at P48
- Battery life: approximately 150 hours
- Dimensions: 20 x 256 mm
- Weight: 128 grams without battery
- Sennheiser article no.: 505453
Comes with MZS-600 shock mount / clamp, MZW-600 windshield, KA 600 adapter audio cable, storage bag and manual