Schoeps CMIT 5U
Shotgun microphone
Microphone$3,045Manufacturer list price
Specifications
- Type
- Microphone
- Description
- Shotgun microphone
- Topology
- condenser (small-diaphragm) - interference-tube shotgun
- Signal path
- Analog
- Channels
- 1
- Channel format
- mono
- Form factor
- interference-tube shotgun
- Connection
- XLR-3M analog
- Powered
- phantom (P48, >34V range)
- Drivers
- true condenser, single diaphragm, interference-tube array
- Frequency response
- 40 Hz - 22 kHz
- Max SPL
- 132 dB-SPL (P48, THD<0.5%)
- Sensitivity
- -35 dB (V/Pa), 17 mV/Pa
- Polar pattern
- supercardioid / lobe-shaped
- Impedance (Ω)
- 50
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
- Phantom power
- 48V
Details
Controls: 3 pushbuttons: HF emphasis (+5dB @10kHz), steep low-cut (18dB/oct below 80Hz), gentle low-cut (6dB/oct)
I/O: XLR-3M analog output; 3 pushbutton-activated filters
Notable use: film & broadcast boom/shotgun recording
Notes: FLAG: equivalent noise level 14 dB(A)/24 dB(CCIR), S/N 80 dB(A); 251mm length, 21mm diameter, 95g; colors blue/anthracite/chromagreen. price_usd $3045 from Sweetwater listing text (July 2026 search) - verify live. The Colette-based KMIT interference-tube capsule (for use with CMC/CMD amps) is a related but separate product, not rowed here.