On 8 Aug 1998 00:20:58 GMT, awmont@aol.com (Awmont) wrote:

> > I am still looking for a directional mike to be used with
> > a SONY TRV99. The Sennheiser MKE 300 is not being
> > manufactured any more. I am looking for an sound
> > opening angle of less than 90 degrees (Sony has
> > one with 90 degrees), and a length of less than a foot.

>Canon makes the ZM-100, it is a stereo zoom microphone. In "Zoom" mode it can
>be adjusted for any angle from 90 to 150 degrees. It is powered from the
>camera. I don't know if you'd need an adapter for the power plug or not. I'm
>happy with mine, except that I think it was way overpriced.

The Canon is a nice-sounding mic when in stereo mode (with variable
stereo width), but in zoom mode, it tends toward a rather nasty sound
toward the narrow end of its zoom range. Sony makes a mono-only
variable-angle mic that sounds quite nice in narrow mode (thin in wide
mode...), is quite directional, is fairly cheap, and runs off the Sony
"plug-in power" socket (the Canon doesn't - it needs about 5-volts).
It is the ECM-Z157.