View Full Version : I have a sennheiser shotgun Mic that goes on top my cam....


Brent Marks
March 5th, 2005, 01:35 PM
I have a sennheiser shotgun Mic that goes on top my cam....

Can anyone recommend a way I can make it into a handheld mic when I need one?

How can I build or put together some sort of handle or grip for it... that doesn't look to dumb around people??

haha

THANKS

Bryan Beasleigh
March 5th, 2005, 04:12 PM
Which model mic do you have. Many news orginizations are using the ME66 as a handheld. Just don't fidget when your holding it.

If it's an MKE300 than the same might apply but that mic is a tad small to get a grip on.

Brent Marks
March 5th, 2005, 05:24 PM
It's the MKE300

What can I do to it to build some sort of handle for it?

Patrick King
March 5th, 2005, 05:29 PM
Brent,

I think you might be talking about using a Hand Grip or Pistol Grip. Look that up at B&H and see if one of these is what you're thinking.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=search&Q=&ci=8658

Brent Marks
March 5th, 2005, 05:40 PM
Patrick... those bottom two are perfect... BUT


with the 3/8" female on the bottom of the Sennheiser MKE300... when I connect the grip it it wont be strip up and down
it will create an L shape

Brent Marks
March 5th, 2005, 05:43 PM
How would I make this work??

Glenn Chan
March 5th, 2005, 07:08 PM
dv.com did an article on a shooter who uses the Sennheiser MKE300. http://www.dv.com/features/features_item.jhtml?category=Archive&articleId=17501890
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"For interviews, she has the Sennheiser rigged to pop easily off the top of the camera, and she'll quickly pass it to her subject to use as a hand-held."

Maybe you can figure it out from looking at the pictures on that site.

Brent Marks
March 5th, 2005, 07:30 PM
awesome
thanks for the inf guys!

dvinfo.net rules

How can I help build the site up more!

Patrick King
March 5th, 2005, 10:37 PM
When you actually put this info to practice, write us a report on how it worked (and what didn't work). That will help us all.