Sennheiser MKH416

Sennheiser MKH416 hire in Melbourne. The shotgun microphone on more film sets, news crews and voiceover booths than any other. The classic sound people keep coming back to.

Shotgun mic hire usually starts and ends with the 416. It's a transformerless RF condenser with a short interference tube, so it reaches for the voice and ignores what's off to the side. Low proximity effect, low self noise and up to 130 dB SPL before it breaks up. The RF design makes it immune to humidity and moisture, which is why it keeps working on a cold Melbourne morning or a boiling Melbourne summer's day on a beach when other condensers start crackling. Short enough to sit on a camera, light enough to boom all day and the sound every voiceover studio in the world has used for decades.

It's the shotgun in both our location sound kits and the mic we put on the boom for exterior dialogue on our own jobs. Outside, nothing beats it. Inside a small room, swap to the Schoeps MK41.

Good for: exterior dialogue, documentary, interviews, news and run and gun, voiceover, camera top mounting, reality and broadcast outside broadcasts.

Good to know: Comes with a mic clip, foam windsock and case. Booming outside? Add the Rycote Windshield 416 when you book, because foam alone won't survive a Melbourne day.

What’s Included

• Mic clip
• Foam windsock
• Case