Sound Shark SS1-ACC Long-Range Dish with Accessory Bracket

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The Sound Shark by Klover SS1-ACC Long-Range Dish with Accessory Bracket includes a Klover parabolic collector and a custom accessory mounting bracket that's already been installed. The parabolic collector turns any separately available, omnidirectional lavalier mic into a long-range microphone, enabling wedding, event, and sports videographers to capture audio from 30 to 50' with more clarity than when using a standard mic. In this way, you can use the bundle alongside your previously purchased lavalier to capture audio that makes viewers feel like they're experiencing the action up close.

The parabolic dish design focuses the sound energy from a large area onto a single point, zeroing in on your subject, while rejecting unwanted ambient noise from the side and back of the mic. The shape of the dish shields the microphone from wind noise, ideal for outdoors use.

The accessory mounting bracket allows flash shoe accessories, such as compact LED lights (available separately), to be mounted to the base of the parabolic collector.

What You Get

• Klover parabolic collector
• Custom accessory mounting bracket (already installed)

Key Features

• Parabolic dish collector turns your omnidirectional lavalier microphone (available separately) into a long-range microphone capable of capturing audio from 30 to 50'
• Record speakers from up to 6’ away as if they were wearing a lavalier mic
• Design based on the same technology used by television networks to pick up the on-field sounds of professional sports
• Focused sound, rejects more sound from behind and from the side than any shotgun microphone
• Parabolic dish shields the microphone from wind, for outdoor use
• Custom accessory bracket allows flash shoe accessories, such as compact LED lights (available separately), to be mounted to the base of the parabolic collector
• Any omnidirectional lavalier microphone can be mounted in the parabolic collector
• Compatible with any camera or digital recorder equipped with a jack for an external microphone
• Small enough to be mounted directly on a video camera, a light stand, a tripod, or a Magic Arm
• Flexible and durable, made from the same material as bullet-proof glass

Applications

Wedding Videographers

• Allows wedding videographers to record long-range sound without becoming a distraction to the wedding ceremony
• Pickup pattern allows the bride, groom, and officiant to be recorded clearly without the need for individual microphones

Event Videographers

• Event videographers can stay out of the way and still capture great audio
• Picks up long-range audio while canceling out background noise

Independent Filmmakers

• Microphone can be placed in the action, yet hidden out of the shot
• Record dialogue without having to mic each actor

Production Companies

• Can replace and even out-perform shotgun microphones in certain situations
• Great for picking up audio from a group of actors on stage or several speakers at a forum
• Gives presenters the freedom to leave the podium and move about a stage

Hybrid Photographers

• Record multiple subjects with a single microphone
• Record subjects from significant distances
• Directionality of the parabolic microphone greatly reduces background noise
• No need to worry about hiding a microphone on your subject when conducting an interview

GoPro Videographers

• Allows recording of great audio with the unique point of view provided by the GoPro camera
• Picks up long-range audio with enhanced directionality

Sports Videographers

• Long-range pickup of the parabolic microphone makes it ideal for recording sporting events
• Microphone directionality separates the sounds of the game from the sounds of the cheering crowd

Bird Enthusiasts

• Ideal for capturing distant bird songs
• Record audio that matches the close-up shots of the birds being filmed