Handheld Wireless Mics?

[r]Evolution wrote on 7/13/2007, 7:54 PM
Do any of you use Mobile /ENG Style Handheld Wireless Mics?

I've been searching for a decent mic/transmitter/receiver for a reasonable price (<$200)
We will be doing ENG style shooting so it will need to run on Batteries.

We want to use Handheld so the Host can select who will speak instead of having them all mic'd and talking over one another.

I've seen the NADY mics that are inexpensive... but I'm not so sure about their quality.
I wish Beringer made some.

Anyone have any recommendations for <$200 mics?

Comments

earthrisers wrote on 7/13/2007, 8:46 PM
I've used Nady wireless mics for short-distance stuff (spoken word, not music of any kind), and they've been fine. I haven't tried them over distances of more than about 12 yards.

I also have both a VHF and a UHF plug-in wireless transmitter for using with my higher-quality mics. Over longer distances, I've run into noise problems with the VHF setup, and never, so far, with the UHF. With the VHF setup, I occasionally get what sounds like a film-camera advancing. I don't know if that's what it is, or some other source of electronic interference... but it's happened lots more than once. UHF is, of course, more expensive...
richard-courtney wrote on 7/13/2007, 9:47 PM
Is that $200 for the transmitter or entire system?
There are units "cubes" that have a built-in female XLR that you plug a standard
dynamic or condenser into.
farss wrote on 7/14/2007, 12:14 AM
Both Senny and AT make a unit that plugs into the bottom of almost any mic, hard to get as they normally come as part of a kit but hassle a dealer and you they'll sell you just the xmitter unit.

But <$200?!

I just bought a AT804L for doing interviews (nice mic for the job too) and it was around $150 and no xmitter. Seriously, if that's all the money you have to spend is there no way you can use a cable?

Bob.
Sidecar wrote on 7/14/2007, 4:16 AM
We had to do a night shoot directly under massive high tension power lines flowing directly from the power plant--a nightmare RFI scenario for even wired mics. The Sennheiser 500 G2 wireless system handled it with not a single problem. I was very impressed. Downside: $1087.00. Audio is so critical though. Reliability and quality are really what it's all about.

Sennheiser_BHPhoto
richard-courtney wrote on 7/14/2007, 3:31 PM
Used at BH http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800522491-USE/Sennheiser_EW135PG2_A_Evolution_G2_100_Series.htmlSennheiser Evolution G2 100[/link]

Can you swing a bit more? Regular price is $500 new. I have bought used from BH
before and have been happy. Just replaced a tripod.
(Sorry Bob not a spreaderless system!)
[r]Evolution wrote on 7/15/2007, 10:42 AM
oooh... that Sennheiser Evolution G2 100 package looks promising. It's only a little over what I was hoping to spend.

Naturally, I'm hoping to get More for Less. I might still check out the NADY UHF system just so I have a A/B comparison.