On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 05:29:23 GMT, "Martian Welk" wrote:

>I just got a Me-66 sennheiser
>if this is a short shotgun
>Then everything i ever said about a short shotgun
>is totally incorrect
>
>i thought it was going to act like our other short shotguns
>instead it acts like a handheld cardiod dynamic
>in my testing the pattern & frequency responce are very close.
>
>i kinda feel gyped
>because we have 10" 59$ mics that have better high frequency responce, and
>more directionality.
>but they are NOT balanced type
>the element area is only 3 1/2 inches on these cheap mics and aparentally
>they are as directional as the 67 not the 66
>yet the 66 uses 6"inches for its element space
>
>how am i gonna
>wedge 2 feet of mic on my camera without it showing up in the lens
>peeves me off when (other than balanced) i got excelent directionality from
>a 10" mic
>All show no go
>
>i also told a lot of people "advice" about the use of a short shotgun based
>on my experience and it would be TOTALLY WRONG if this is what they were
>using.
>
>
>Burn while you learn :-)
>
>END
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I know th' feelin'...;-)
Theory and ad hype is great for getting us to buy, but
a few minutes with "th' lil gem" tells us MUCH more...
As for mics, a little gem made by Sony, hardly 4" long
total, is more directional and has better sound than
anything else I've tried in a shotgun (not many, but
a few...), and it was cheap - and it is, of course,
no longer made...