Thanks for the comparison. The 600 seems a little louder than the 400, but when I adjusted my volume to comparable levels, the room rejection became more obvious.
Good comparison! I have both the MKE 400 and the 600, and the 600 definitely has clearer voice pickup, but there's a lot to be said for the portability of the 400. I actually have the MKE 200 too, which is a really handy extra mic as it easily fits onto small cameras like a GoPro or a phone.
Thanks for this comparison, but using the voice setting on your camera really gives this a muted sound. I would love to hear how these microphones compared in the outside test including the naturally occurring high and low frequencies.
Just curious if you have any preference for using to record bird sounds? Would the MKE 400 produce acceptable bird sound recordings from 20 to 40 yards away?
you might hear it about 20 yards but 40 yards seems a bit far for any of these mics to pic up the vocals of birds-especially if there is ambient noise everywhere. I do like the MKE 440 because of its stereo capabilities but the MKE 600 might work for you as well more likely less than 20 yards away with minimal ambient noise. I don't believe I've tested it that far though so I can't confirm for sure.
Not sure if this info is useful to u, but I have recorded bird chirps with my Handycam's (Sony AX43A) integrated mic. Various birds approx 20 yards & beyond. I set the record volume to max and they sounded soft, but were rather pleasant. I am testing the integrated mic🎤 to see if I should get external mic🎤.
@@taku_kumabe Bought the MKE 400 and found that any bird sound I could hear with my ears, the MKE 400 was sensitive enough to make a recordable signal on the normal setting. That does include birds easily to 50 yards away or more.
Cool test, but I really wish people would do these tests using sounds we are familiar with. The problem is that I have no frame of reference for what your voice sounds like in real life.
Shame the 440 doesn't work with iPhone. And if you break the cold shoe on the 400 which is easily done you have to replace half of the mic at a cost, when the actual cold shoe part unscrews.
with the MKE 400 Mobile Kit you get a mini tripod that holds any typical cellphone and a cable that does directly connect to the i-phone. Was not a lot more to get the kit that included the MKE 400 microphone
Do you plug all of these into your camera and shoot on the go? I get horrible humming / static noise while recording on MKE400, similar to you. I want nice clean sound, the mke400 audio quality is more than good enough.
I have no problems with mine. Not sure about the noise you get but my 440 does get static now only because I pulled the cable too much by accident. I have to make sure the cable is not pulled before using it now, otherwise I get noise. One of the drawbacks of the 440!
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Thanks for the comparison. The 600 seems a little louder than the 400, but when I adjusted my volume to comparable levels, the room rejection became more obvious.
Thank you for this test. I own the MKE 440 and your video shows me, that I got the right mic for normal use. But I will aquire also a MKE 600.
You're welcome! Both mics are great and I'm sure you will like the sounds coming out of either of them.
Good comparison! I have both the MKE 400 and the 600, and the 600 definitely has clearer voice pickup, but there's a lot to be said for the portability of the 400. I actually have the MKE 200 too, which is a really handy extra mic as it easily fits onto small cameras like a GoPro or a phone.
Thanks Robert! I agree. I use the 400 for my phone and easy carry. 👍😁
Thanks for this comparison, but using the voice setting on your camera really gives this a muted sound. I would love to hear how these microphones compared in the outside test including the naturally occurring high and low frequencies.
Just curious if you have any preference for using to record bird sounds? Would the MKE 400 produce acceptable bird sound recordings from 20 to 40 yards away?
you might hear it about 20 yards but 40 yards seems a bit far for any of these mics to pic up the vocals of birds-especially if there is ambient noise everywhere. I do like the MKE 440 because of its stereo capabilities but the MKE 600 might work for you as well more likely less than 20 yards away with minimal ambient noise. I don't believe I've tested it that far though so I can't confirm for sure.
Not sure if this info is useful to u, but I have recorded bird chirps with my Handycam's (Sony AX43A) integrated mic.
Various birds approx 20 yards & beyond. I set the record volume to max and they sounded soft, but were rather pleasant.
I am testing the integrated mic🎤 to see if I should get external mic🎤.
@@taku_kumabe Bought the MKE 400 and found that any bird sound I could hear with my ears, the MKE 400 was sensitive enough to make a recordable signal on the normal setting. That does include birds easily to 50 yards away or more.
Cool test, but I really wish people would do these tests using sounds we are familiar with.
The problem is that I have no frame of reference for what your voice sounds like in real life.
Thanks for making this video
Very interesting Taku
MNy thanks! 👍
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Shame the 440 doesn't work with iPhone. And if you break the cold shoe on the 400 which is easily done you have to replace half of the mic at a cost, when the actual cold shoe part unscrews.
with the MKE 400 Mobile Kit you get a mini tripod that holds any typical cellphone and a cable that does directly connect to the i-phone. Was not a lot more to get the kit that included the MKE 400 microphone
@@orangeempire1745 strange as even sennheiser said to me it doesn’t work with the iPhone.
The person above was referring to the MKE400. The 440 does not have a mobile kit as far as I know.
Do you plug all of these into your camera and shoot on the go? I get horrible humming / static noise while recording on MKE400, similar to you. I want nice clean sound, the mke400 audio quality is more than good enough.
I have no problems with mine. Not sure about the noise you get but my 440 does get static now only because I pulled the cable too much by accident. I have to make sure the cable is not pulled before using it now, otherwise I get noise. One of the drawbacks of the 440!
how do you plug your mke600 to your camera?
It plugs in without any adaptors as it comes with the 3.5mm cable.
@@taku_kumabe thanks! can you see the mic sticking out in the frame with widelense? It looks quite long