Sennheiser MKE 400 review and outside tests

A short review of the Sennheiser MKE 400 Shotgun Microphone. I took it outside and tested it under different situations and in different locations. The camera which was used for the recording was the Canon EOS 550D.

Camera by Anna Riedel.

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Science & Technology

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• Sennheiser MKE 400
• review
• test
• Microphone
• Shotgun
• directional Microphone
• DSLR Microphone
• Canon EOS 550D
• 550D
• EOS 550D
• sound recording
• Sennheiser
• MKE 400
• JahnProductions
• Jahn Productions
• audio
• Rebel t2i
• t2i
• Rebel series
• t2i Sennheiser
• DSLR
• t2i MKE 400

[MegaXplayer]

Does this work with any camcorder with a microphone jack?

[JahnProductions]

@MegaXplayer Yes, it does!

[JahnProductions]

@mooqlisxbq67000 Yes, I am!

[druidweresmycar]

Would this be a good microphone for recording a live performance dony by my band?

[JahnProductions]

@druidweresmycar Oh, that's a difficult question and depends on the sourrounding sound, style of music and the echo, but I really can't say if this is an appropriate mic for music recording. If the music is loud there might be some noise. I think the microphone is able to, but there might be even better ones for that purpose, which are of course more expensive.

[MrPedroFred]

Whats the mic u use at the very closing conclusions?

[JahnProductions]

@MrPedroFred I used the Sennheiser MKE 400 in Plus Mode.

[liamh2]

thanks for this video. I had the same problem, when taping outside with ambient noise--a loud speaker was on, crowd noise, etc. I think my mic was set on the plus side, too. Inside, it's been fine. Thank you!

[Rekedens]

Thanks for the review, gonna go pick one up!

[nobudgetkalle]

Very good review/tutorial and...btw clearly to understand as well ;-) . Thx for sharing. It helps me for my decision. I think, I´m going to purchase this little friend.

Best Wishes

[pappygti77]

Great review...well done! I had the MKE 300 and just recently got the 400 for use on my Pentax K5. I was looking for reviews to see what the optimal settings were and your tests helped greatly. My one gripe with the review and maybe I missed it but you didn't test the different power button settings with the middle mode of the low-cut filter. I would be interested to see how it changed the results of the road test. Thanks again! Jeremy

[DietAndRecipes]

The MKE 400 is a great physical design, but a lousy mic that doesn't get the job done. It simply isn't directional enough. Neither is the Rode. The ART-55 or 6550 is still the winner. There's a cheap ebay shotgun mic that is much butter than the MKE 400.

Also next time you should test indoors where there is echo. That is the real test of these mics.