Any shotty such as Rode NTG-2 with a dead rat furry cover, and a plug-in transmitter. Good for any ENG situation. If its too windy, place it in the Rode Blimp.

Standard ENG setup down here.

Ben

Glad to see...................
 

someone mention the Senny ME66, seems to be getting a pretty bad press hereabouts lately.

Last used mine at a mammoth street party (The Victorian Festival) "up the coast" aways in Omarou. The missus held the mic and did the interviewing whilst I shot camera and gave directions for questions over the wireless intercom (we were guests of the district Mayor, so pretty well had the run of the place [very cool indeed and did we out - shoot and out audio the local TV bods or what] - did we heck! The "locals" damn near had heart attacks when they saw the contents of my wagon, never seen kit like it).

Used with a Rycote hand held shock mount, no handling noise whatsoever and it even kept an adjacent "Oompah" band at bay despite being only 3 metres away!

Totally too late for our original poster and infinately beyond the stated budget, but I won't be trading mine in any time soon.

It's an oldun but a goodun (bit like me, really).


CS

Chris, don't get me wrong, the ME66 is a great mic BUT it is RIFE with handling noise AND is "growly" in the upper mids compared to the Rode NTG1 & 2 at less than half the price. Sold my ME66 a couple of weeks ago and two NTG1's will be going on camera and an NTG3 will be going on the pole.

EV Re50 or 635a or the beyer M58, I personally use the AT875r in a rode pistol grip and softie via a sennheiser butt plug as it is more sensitive than the dynamic mics but not for in vision, I have a small EV 635a for that.

It is actually missing the first word from each line:-

Two-ply sound inlet basket...
Rugged metal housing...
Rubber-mounted capsule...
Omni-directional.....

The first line shows you that as "ply" on its own does not really mean anything.

In fact the same error is on the MD 46 page as well.

I have dropped Sennheiser a line to let them know.

Talking about handling noise.....

I have never had handling noise problems with any mic.

Most handling noise actually comes up the cable - the remedy is to use a flexible cable and to loop the cable round and hold it against the mic. body making sure it exits through a finger.

This stops handling noise - an old trick I learned in my radio reporting days. Unfortunately broadcasters do not seem to teach reporters mic. technique nowadays, as you can see from all the bad practice on-screen.