The Sennheiser MKH 416 is a tireless workhorse of a shotgun microphone, loved the world over for its quality and dependability. With its ‘short gun’ interference tube microphone, the MKH416 has good off-axis rejection allowing you to hone in on the sound source.
Its excellent directivity and compact design, high consonant articulation and feedback rejection make the Sennheiser MKH 416 a superb all-round microphone for film, radio and television, especially for outside broadcast applications.
Sennheiser MKH416 Features
- Superb all-round microphone, especially for outside broadcast applications
- Increased directivity due to interference tube principle
- Very low inherent self-noise
- Rugged and weather-resistant
- Increased directivity due to interference tube principle
- Very low inherent self-noise
- High sensitivity
- Transformerless and fully floating balanced output
- Rugged, suitable for adverse climatic conditions
- Matt black all-metal body
Sennheiser MKH-416 Review Video
Sennheiser MKH416 Specifications
| Dimensions | Ø 19 x 250 mm |
| Frequency response (Microphone) | 40 – 20000 Hz |
| Transducer principle (Microphone) | RF condenser microphone |
| Pick-up pattern | super-cardioid/lobar |
| Sensitivity in free field, no load (1kHz) | 25 mV/Pa +- 1 dB |
| Nominal impedance | 25 Ω |
| Min. terminating impedance | 800 Ω |
| Equivalent noise level | 13 dB |
| Equivalent noise level weighted as per CCIR 468-3 | 24 dB |
| Maximum sound pressure level (passive) | 130 dB |
| Current consumption | 2 mA |
| Voltage | 48 +- 4 V Phantom |
