 Hey guys, welcome back to my YouTube channel. This is Daniel Rossell here. I'm gonna do a video today just showing some of the Short shotgun microphones that are currently out there on the market both for connectivity over XLR requiring phantom for your mo your more pro camera setups and also ones that terminate in 3.5 mil one-eighth For connecting directly into audio input jacks on DSLR mirrorless and more consumer level gear So guess where I am looking for I'm on BNH and I type in short shotgun and I got more Results than I expected to but I just created a little wish list which I'm gonna jump you guys into to show what I think are some of the more Standout options in this particular product category now firstly. Why short shotgun microphones? So if you take a look at my Canon XA40, which I picked up recently I went for the like cheapest phantom powered shotgun that Basically, I could get an afford because I'm like kind of gradually saving up For these purchases and the camera itself is like a big purchase But this is a not short shotgun so you can see the camera the Canon XA40 comes in at 21 centimeters I think you can see my you can see my mouth. So that's great This is 21 centimeters and the microphone itself is 28 So the point of this is you can see right? That's not so bad having a bit of foam over there But you can see it kind of stretches out past now for portability This is a bit of an issue because if you're you know If your camera bag is kind of tight and you expect it according to your camera Size or pretty close to that a very big long shotgun on a short ish Camera like these compact pro camcorders from Canon might mean like in my case that your camera bag no longer fits That's a bit of a problem if you've invested in a good camera bag So there's a reason that short shotguns have a place if space is not a constraint the long ones are more directional Here's what a short shotgun looks like on my camera the XA40 I shot was this setup at a conference this week and unfortunately My microphone vanished after shortly after the shot was taken. I think some of the one of the audio guys Mistakenly thought it was part of their gear So I'm gonna have to either figure out a way to get it back or buy another one. It's a bit of a bit of a bummer So Regarding short shotguns before I go into the various options Let me just a couple of things to know about them This is this is a resource from sure who of course are a very trustworthy brand in the microphone world They say a short shotgun is less directional than its longer siblings But often useful when length must be minimized It still provides better rejection of off-access high frequencies than a hypercardioid microphone would so think about what they're saying There is that like And I saw this being discussed on the videography subreddit There's such thing as a shotgun microphone being actually too directional for your needs like if your interview talent is moving around a little bit Excessive directionality might be a bad thing on the flip side a lack of Directionality in the in the polar pattern might be a negative too if it's pick if it's picking up a lot of noise from the site so rejection and the polar pattern is very important when it comes to microphones and This is what I've seen I've seen it written in a few other places So I'm you know, I trust sure is correct in this The key the key takeaway here a short shotgun is less directional than its longer siblings and most Professional shotgun microphones come in various sizes. I've noticed your long shotguns your medium shotguns and your short shotgun So that's kind of the playoff. You're getting less in the way of size and as I mentioned with my photo my camcorder It's a lot. It looks a lot better the day the day I got to play around with my short shotgun looked an awful lot tidier It fit into my camera bag better, but you're going to be getting less directionality because it's short the microphone Diaphragm is shorter now regarding short shotgun microphones. I could find on the market That's a dangerous add-all to cart button because no I do not have seven thousand dollars on hand to order every short shotgun microphone in existence I've or I can sort these from price height low and you can see how insanely expensive Microphones can get okay to you didn't read this wrong two thousand four hundred dollars. So when people say that you know Sennheiser is like the top of the microphone market. Nope actually gets more expensive So the pro gear can be super super pricey I'm not you know So I imagine this is used by film and TV where price is just not a concern and they're looking for the very best Money can buy the schlub's money see me T Let's just go back to some stuff that's going to work for most of us regular folk not working in Hollywood So I've heard a bit about this microphone the right coach HC 15 And you can see the reviews on B&H as well Getting down into the more consumer Prosumer friendly price points now my this is the one that I bought and it vanished at the conference was the audio Technica, so that's kind of at the very low end of this particular market jumping up a tiny bit You have the DSE S Mike to S and this is a short shotgun that terminates terminates in XLR and it's also moisture resistant. It's got eight five star reviews on B&H and I've only heard glowing things about deity So for an extra hundred bucks. I'm tempted to I'm tempted to actually go as this guy It's a short body and note that it is phantom powered the moisture resistance is good Because if you're shooting in the rain and your camera is protected now What a resistance does not mean waterproof and just to show you what a short shotgun means that they have the measurement over here You know a full-size shotgun could get up to 28 30 centimeters and if I click into specs I'm sure they have the length up here somewhere. I presume the length is written physical dimensions Dimensions length so diameter of naught point seven five length of five point eight three 148 Sorry, it's got two options 148 millimeters. So that's 15 centimeters So there's quite a big difference between a 15 centimeter shotgun and a 30 centimeter shotgun When you're looking at trying to get it onto a small little rig like this Then you've got the Audio Technica 80 8 7 8 7 5 are the kid is 220 bucks, but if you just want to get the microphone you get down to hundred and 70 there is this one from Arden. That's hardwired. I don't really like hardwired because it you know Sometimes you want to change up the cabling a little bit But this one I've heard good things about as well. It's another short shotgun hardwired, but I don't know if that shock mount is Like hard onto the car. I presume you can take it off that I'll do it's just to show one final one. This one seems to be exceptionally popular in the short shotgun world It's the Sony ECM VG1 and you'll see some knockoffs Places like Ali Express, but it's they're pretty much as expensive Sometimes as the original and this is a $200 short shotgun microphone from from Sony And you know, there's you can watch reviews for all of these on YouTube And it does run on phantom power So if you're gonna have to be properly set up On the camera or camcorder side that you have something which has an XLR in Or you know if you want it you can terminate this in 3.5 I'm not sure you can do it's designed to be used over XLR with phantom power So that is the short shotgun microphone world quick review Based on what I'm recording this video in late May of 2022 Hope this was helpful for some other folks looking to pick up one of these microphones And if you enjoyed this video, please consider subscribing to this YouTube channel