CS-3e
Location and Studio Shotgun Featuring Exceptional Off-axis Rejection.
- Location and studio shotgun featuring exceptional off-axis rejection
- Unique design combination of line mic array and second pressure gradient method
- Very sharp pinpoint directivity
- Provides rich human voice characteristics
The CS-3e stands out among shotgun microphones because it maintains directivity over an extremely wide frequency range, especially in the low frequencies. Because of its unique design, the CS-3e is an excellent choice for use in difficult applications, such as close-to-ceiling positions or locations near a noisy camera. Even in such challenging situations, the excellent side and rear rejection of the CS-3e helps to capture only the targeted dialogue without ambient reverberation problems. The CS-3e delivers sharp directional sound even in the lower frequencies. Sanken's original design results in a low proximity effect which facilitates working in a scene close-up and wide, while producing little change in sound character.
In the CS-3e, three directional capsules are arranged in a front-back array to combine line microphone performance and second-order pressure gradient response in a single system. With this unique design, the CS-3e achieves phenomenal supercardioid directivity in the lowest frequencies and throughout the full range in a microphone only 27cm (10 inches) in length. It is significant that the CS-3e picks up the targeted frontal sound sources with exceptional clarity over a wide frequency range - even in noisy ambient environments or in long reverberation spaces - by rejecting undesired noise and sounds coming from the rear and sides.
Parameters
Color | Matte black, Black |
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Sensitivity (nominal at 1khz) | 50 mV/Pa |
Length | 27 cm |
Equivalent level of noise | 15 dB-A |
Frequency range | 50 Hz - 20000 Hz |
Weight | 120 g |
Connector | XLR-3M |
Max spl (1% thd) | 120 dB SPL |
Power suplies | 48 V phantom |
Current consumption | less than 3 mA |
Diameter | 19 mm |
Directionality | Super cardioid / lobar |
Microphone type | Condenser - electret |
Output impedance | 120 Ω |