Shotgun Mics

A fantastic website has just been discovered discussing and demonstrated/comparing a range of different microphones designed for sound for picture. The URL is: http://www.dvfreelancer.com/articles/shotgun_shootout.html

I have only got experience of using the Sennheiser ME66 / K6 shotgun microphone and have never been particularly impressed with it. It sounds incredibly "thin" and tinny even when used up close, so using it from a fair distance to keep it out of shot produces even thinner results. It appears that either the Audio Technica AT4073A (current price approx. £719 at Digital Village) or the Sennheiser MKH-416 (current price approx. £799 at Digital Village) give far far superior results as the link above demonstrates.