This Schoeps CMIT RAD-3 Set combines a CMIT 5 shotgun microphone (blue) with a Radius RAD-3 pistol-grip shockmount, Radius 12cm Nimbus slip-on windshield, and a 3-pin XLR jumper cable (9"). This set is ideal for booming indoors or outdoors, on run-and-gun shoots, and in handheld or boompole-mounted applications.
Sized between the short MiniCMIT and the long SuperCMIT, the CMIT 5 shotgun microphone is an excellent, all-around boom mic for indoor and outdoor applications. Highly regarded for film, TV, and location recording, the CMIT 5 offers customizable tone and predictable directionality, even when rotated.
Three selectable filters let you manage boom noise, proximity effect, and high-frequency emphasis, to ensure balanced, professional audio quality. Special construction and filtering effectively inhibits interference from various sources such as radio, TV, and cellular frequencies.
The CMIT 5's supercardioid/lobar polar pattern yields directional characteristics that smoothly increase at higher frequencies while providing low off-axis coloration for natural sound at all angles. With low self-noise, moderate sensitivity, and high SPL handling, the CMIT 5 delivers sonic performance deserving of premium mic preamps.
- The RAD-3 suspension shockmount provides exceptional isolation from movement, handling noise, and other vibrations associated with booming. The mount has soft-coated universal mic clips to fit any mic 19 to 25mm in diameter.
- It includes a pair of standard firmer hoops (black) and a pair of softer hoops (light blue)—so you can get the best isolation for your style of booming.
- RAD-3 comes with a pistol grip handle and embedded XLR holder instead of a boom adapter. The handle has a 3/8" threaded bottom, so you can attach it to a boompole or a stand. All of the components are produced using virtually indestructible thermoplastic elastomers. RAD shockmounts are made in England.
- The 12cm Nimbus is a slip-on windshield designed to reduce up to 25 dB of wind noise generated by light-to-moderate winds, while maintaining high-frequency audio clarity.
- Nimbus is made in England from high-quality acoustic, synthetic fur and has a porous open-cell-foam internal core.
- The specially designed rubber endcap fits snugly around microphones 19 to 22mm in diameter, preventing wind from entering behind the capsule. Small pepper-pot hole openings on the rear endcap to provide fuller acoustic transparency for the microphone.
Pairs of LEDs next to each push button indicate the status of the filters. Even in darkness, the user can read the settings and see that the microphone is operational. The settings are retained when the microphone is switched off.