Sennheiser MKE 440 Stereo Shotgun Microphone

The MKE 440 mounts directly to a camera hot shoe and captures true stereo sound using two aligned, factory-matched mini shotgun capsules rather than a single mono capsule with a stereo-simulating trick. That gives run-and-gun shooters, documentary crews, and vloggers a realistic stereo image of a scene - ambience that actually pans left to right the way the eye expects - without carrying a separate stereo mic and mixer. Its supercardioid capsules stay directional enough to favor what's in front of the lens while still gathering a natural stereo spread.

It runs entirely on its own two AA batteries, so there's no phantom power or external mixer required - point the camera, mount the mic, and shoot. A 50 Hz to 20,000 Hz frequency response covers dialogue and ambience, and a switchable low-cut filter helps tame handling noise and wind rumble on the move. It ships with a shock-mounted hot-shoe adapter and a foam windscreen, and outputs over a standard 3.5mm stereo mini-jack for a direct connection to camera or recorder mic inputs.