F3: Sony F3 and Sennheiser 416T

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Harry Lime

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It's been a few years since I've done this so I'm a little fuzzy on how exactly this works...


Does anyone know if I need to provide phantom power to the 416t with a separate unit or if the XLR on the F3 can provide phantom power for the mic?

In the past I've always powered the 416t via a separate external phantom power supply and then fed it into something like a DAT / Nagra etc

I'm guessing that if I power the 416t with its phantom power unit all I need to do is set the F3 to 'line' and feed it the signal.


Anyone?

thanks in advance.
 
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Your post says 416t - T power is not supplied by an F3 - as you will need a preamp that accepts T power - sound devices etc.
if your 416 is "P48" u r good to go - setting the xlr input on the F3 switched to mic-48
 
Ok, thx. Sounds like I'll use the phantom power supply like I did in the past and will simply feed it into the F3 as a line feed.
 
But as Christian said, it's not Phantom power so it is confusing to use that term. It is T-power, and I can tell you from personal experience that I need to power my 416 via my mixers and it cannot be powered from the camera alone.
 
Oops. You guys are right...

I didn't correctly read the label on the power supply.... it is a 12v T power supply.

Sorry, it's been about 10 years since I looked at this thing...

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As I recall you can buy an inline (XLR tube that can attach to the mic) converter that will convert your camera's 48V phantom power to T-power.

Wha are you using the mic for - just interviews on a boom stand or as a handheld boom mic following action.
 
I'm not a sound guy and firmly believe in leaving that to the professionals. But I wanted to shoot rehearsals etc with sound. I guess I could use the stereo mic that came with the F3, but dug up the 416 to see if I could get it working, again. I may go back to the Sony mic for just playing around. From what I remember the 416 has a very narrow pickup cone that needs to be aimed fairly accurately.

thanks
 
I've had great luck with the inexpensive Russian Octava (or Oktava) MC 1032 or MK 102. Sounds better then a 416 IMHO ( and that of a lot of pros) and is dirt cheap.The poor man's schoeps. Does pick upa lot more handling noise as a boom mic though. Only buy from "The Sound Room" as they have a connection to getting good ones from Russia since quality covert isn't good. They clean them up before selling them. A great buy. ALWAYS use with a foamy though as they are sensitive to even minor minor wind noise in the environment. Comes with omni, cardio and hyper capsules. 48 V phantom . Some people like to add low cut but not a severe one. I usually use it bare.
 
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