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You may get a MKH 416 t-power used for 500$ .. but I would never recommend using shotgun as camera mic.. and it's also depending on usage.. what type of stuff you shoot etc.. ref this thread on what factors I look before selecting, renting or buying a new mic: and it's you get what you pay for too..

+1 .. rent before buy..

Too little information.. as senator said.. if you want to buy it.. buy it.. What comes to endless variables that this job is associated with... I try to quiz the following in my mind before considering renting/buying anything for a project .. and it's not in order any kind of; - What type of project? Dirty ENG or indie or short or feature or documentary...? each have different needs.. - Location location location!! check out the INT./EXT.? locations.. acoustics (hello reverb), noise print, weather etc & relatively to shooting dates & times (hello wind and ocean waves!) .. - What the production is doing... much wide shots? actor movements, positions etc. & WHO is going to swing those booms and how much spaces can be treated.. some mics are more forgiving and sometimes you run in the middle of 3 steadicams etc... - Reliability.. humidity..? weather..? MKH416 is a solid tank! NTG3 is cheaper tank but wider pattern.. Sanken CS3e seems to be pretty sweet for weather.. MKH50 for "sweaty humid" indoors work like a treat.. - What does the post production require.. talk to the re-recording mixers etc. before the shoot about their earlier pains - Is the mic going to be in "disaster zone" .. crash mics.. - Other environmentals etc max SPLs.. sometimes things like less self-noise is critical for quiet sources... Sanken CS3e is not for quiet sources IMHO.. and by no means not complete list.. I do like versatile mics but there is absolutely no one mic for every application..

ahh makes sense.. stupid me.. the plug thing inside the capsule would still interface correctly despite small losening of threads..

are those metal threads ~same as in 451EB? I used to have that and got a bit frustrated with those threads when interfacing capsules.. easy to damage.. might have eaten some metal and things get loose with some shake etc movement.. or even corrosion (rare but yes possible I guess) ? does the static happen regardless if you move/shake the mic or not? When I opened a CK9 last time.. the foam bit inside there was pretty much turned into ashes other explanation.. a ghost in your mic..

Hi Marty.. nice work really.. I'm delighted to see piece of ebay'ed hardware used in this way I accidentally started one topic for this already separately..

AGH Duplicate topic pretty much my bad - The creator is actually here (as one would predict that!!) This seems to be interesting development: http://babynetslate.wordpress.com/ Wonder if there is something already in the market for this? Like in the video you can see automatic logging of slates over wifi... Cheers

hows the self-noise in recent versions of CS3e'rs? It was driving me (more) nuts earlier with quiet sources... sure I do film & more controlled stuff mostly.. Glad to hear RF issues would be gone.. and nothing seems to point out anything about issues with humidity...

I've got the problem with rechargeables as well with my MixPre-D.. what kind of worries this hack has.. ? less humidity shielding etc or? the lithium ones go in well but have to bump always to get the last battery out.. it's like a muscle reflex every now on then.. and those lithium ones.. can imagine one getting really stuck there when I manage to forget a pair there after discharging em.. have nice collection of half-used lithium AAs... need easier recycling here in NZ for em..

Attempting to transform one HDD recorder into solid state media.. by replacing the HDD with a IDE/CF adapter so it can suit my foley use better... 1bit is a bit gimmicky but still... a dedicated recorder capable of 192kHz for SFX use etc I found for 500bucks (+shipping) used ..? will add more clear pix later when I receive the IDE/CF bits I ordered.