MKE 400

i had the mke 600.. too big, i now have the 400, it's everything you need, best on camera shotgun by far.. just buy that

So, this is part of what I do for a living. I would skip the audio recorder altogether and just go with a shotgun for when you need good on camera, and then get a dual head wireless mic setup like the DJI Mic 3, and both mics have an onboard recorder. My current rig is a Canon R5C with a Sennheiser MKE400 and a DJI Mic 2. The Sennheiser is great, but the fact that it takes conventional AAA batteries and the power switch has no lockout, and it’s easy to unintentionally turn on in a backpack. I’m happy overall with the setup and it’s versatile enough for what i need. I would say you really only need the audio recorder if you’re going to need enough audio channels to do a shotgun AND a wireless mic setup on location. In a run and gun scenario you want to keep your rig as simple as possible - simplicity brings fewer points of failure when you’re shooting.

I’ve been having good luck with the sennheiser mke400

Mk4, imo superior to m930, u87, and all the TLM mics. It’s my beater mic.

I use a Sennheiser shotgun mic overhead. Yeah, it picks up some external noise, but it's really minimal and nobody cares.