Sennheiser MKH 8060 Short Shotgun Condenser Microphone

The MKH 8060 is the short shotgun (lobar-pattern) capsule in Sennheiser's modular MKH 8000 series, sized and voiced for boom operation on feature films, documentaries, and studio dialogue where a full-length shotgun would be too long or too heavy to swing all day. Its tighter-than-cardioid pickup keeps focus on the subject and reduces pickup from the sides while staying easier to handle in tight interior spaces than a long shotgun.

Built on Sennheiser's RF (radio-frequency) condenser design rather than a conventional DC-biased capsule, the 8060 delivers very low 11 dB(A) self-noise and stays stable through the humidity and temperature swings that plague standard condensers on an outdoor shoot - a genuine advantage for ENG and documentary crews working all day in variable conditions. A 50 Hz to 25,000 Hz frequency response is tailored for dialogue and on-camera work rather than full-range music capture. The capsule mounts to the shared MKH 8000 amplifier body, so a kit built around this platform can swap in the 8070 long shotgun, the 8050 supercardioid, or other MKH 8000 capsules as a scene requires. It runs on standard P48 phantom power over a 3-pin XLR.