Sennheiser MKH70-P48 Shotgun Condenser Microphone

The Sennheiser MKH70-P48 shotgun condenser microphone is a lightweight long gun microphone designed for focused pickup at distance. Its supercardioid/lobar directionality supports precise dialogue, ambience, and effects capture while helping reduce off-axis coloration in demanding film, broadcast, and location recording environments.

Built for professional long-distance microphone positioning, the MKH70-P48 suits exterior production, sports, documentary work, ENG, and high-background-noise applications. Buyers searching for a long shotgun microphone for film, a phantom powered location recording mic, or a professional broadcast shotgun microphone get selectable tone control and rugged field-ready construction.

Sennheiser’s RF condenser design uses symmetrical transducer technology for extremely low distortion, with a transformerless, fully floating balanced output for professional signal integrity. Switchable pre-attenuation, roll-off filtering, and treble emphasis help adapt the microphone to changing production conditions while maintaining clear, directional pickup.

Key Features

• Long Shotgun Pickup: Supercardioid/lobar directionality supports focused capture for distance microphone placement.
• Low Self-Noise: Exceptionally low inherent noise helps preserve quiet detail in professional recordings.
• Transformerless Output: Fully floating balanced output supports clean signal transfer in production workflows.
• Switchable Pad: Selectable pre-attenuation helps manage louder sound sources when needed.
• Roll-Off Filter: Switchable low-frequency roll-off helps reduce unwanted rumble and handling-related low end.
• Treble Emphasis: Switchable high-frequency boost helps compensate for treble loss during distant miking.
• Rugged Body: Black anodized light-metal housing is built for professional field and studio use.

Technical Specifications

• Brand: Sennheiser
• Model: MKH70-P48
• Official Product Name: MKH 70-1
• Article Number: 003149
• Microphone Type: Long shotgun condenser microphone
• Pickup Pattern: Supercardioid/lobar
• Finish: Matte black
• Equivalent Noise Level: 5 dB; 13 dB with attenuator switched on
• Phantom Power: 48 V ± 4 V
• Nominal Impedance: 150 ohms
• Minimum Terminating Impedance: 1000 ohms
• Switchable Pre-Attenuation: -10 dB
• Switchable High-Frequency Boost: +5 dB at 10 kHz
• Switchable Low-Cut Filter: -5 dB at 50 Hz
• Dimensions: 16.14" x 0.98" x 0.98"
• Microphone Weight: 0.40 lbs
• Shipping Weight: 1.90 lbs
• UPC: 615104031494

What's In The Box

• 1 x Sennheiser MKH 70 microphone