Choice of boom mic

On Jan 13, 3:23 pm, David Hardy wrote:
> I've met a couple of TV recordists in the UK who ONLY use
> hypercardioids in their booms, relying on radio mics most of the time,
> and only using the boom for interviews and the odd off -the-cuff
> moment where someone hasn't got a radio.  Does anyone else do this?
>
> David

Part of the reason I am enquiring is because I am in the process of
upgrading my old SQN to a SD552, and I was thinking perhaps I ought to
consider doing the same with my old MKH416T. Most of the recordists I
am referring to use a MKH50. I don't want to drag up the old merits/
demerits of 416/CS-3e/CMIT-5u argument, I was wondering if anyone
considered an MKH50 to be a possible alternative. I understand that
an MKH50 is not the same type of microphone, and that one should try
and use the right tool for the job etc. One of the recordists I
mentioned says that he doesn't even own a shotgun mic, and uses his
MKH50 for everything, interiors,exteriors, everything. I appreciate
that a 416 could cover pretty much everything, pretty much all of the
time, but It seems that a MKH50 in a zep could cover 80% of situations
better, and a 416 with a softie could cover the remaining 20%? Am I
completely mistaken? I'm just interested in people's opinions.

I should point out that I am mainly talking about TV/Doc/ENG stuff, I
know this is a movie newsgroup, and if I could manage to get myself
work on a feature then I'm sure I could chose to go down the Schoeps
route.

Does any of the above make sense? I'm not sure.

Thanks

David
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