Sennheiser MKH 416 — Short shotgun condenser microphone. Operates on 48V phantom power. This microphone has set the standard for short shotgun microphones used in location recording and still matches the competition. Windscreen and mic clamp included.

Its excellent directivity and compact design, high consonant articulation, and feedback rejection make the MKH 416 a superb all-round microphone for film and television, especially for outside broadcast applications.  The MKH 416 is a compact pressure-gradient microphone with short interference tube, highly immune to humidity due to its RF condenser design. The MKH 416 can handle difficult exterior filming and reporting conditions without any difficulty. Supercardioid/lobe pattern, matte black finish.

Features

• Interference tube principle
• Very low inherent self-noise
• High sensitivity
• Transformerless and fully floating balanced output
• Rugged, suitable for adverse climatic conditions
• Matt black all-metal body
• Increased directivity
• Optimum S/N ratio
• Lower gain on input channels required
• Lowest noise and greatest signal stability
• Highly immune to humidity in all conditions. Extremely stable.
• Visually “low key”