Shure VP83 Camera-Mount Shotgun Microphone for Enhanced Audio
Upgrade your audio game with the Shure VP83 camera-mount shotgun microphone! Experience better sound quality, less noise, and more focused directivity. Ideal for mobile journalists, vloggers, and on-the-go shooters, this microphone is a must-have for capturing professional-grade audio.
Key Features:
- • Superior Sound Quality: Say goodbye to background noise and hello to crystal-clear audio.
- • Long Battery Life: Keep recording for up to 130 hours with just 1 AA battery.
- • Versatile Design: Compatible with cameras and portable recorders, and features a 3-stage gain switch and selectable bass roll-off.
Technical Specifications:
- • Type: Electret Condenser
- • Frequency Response: 50 to 20,000 Hz
- • Polar Pattern: Supercardioid/lobar
- • Output Impedance: 171 Ω
- • Sensitivity open circuit voltage, (at 1 kHz, typical): -36.5 dBV/Pa (14.9 mV)
- • Maximum SPL (1 kHz at 1% THD0: 1000 Ω load: 129 dB SPL
- • Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 76.6 dB
- • Dynamic Range @ 1 kHz: 1000 Ω load: 111.6 dB
- • Clipping Level @ 1 kHz, 1% THD: 1000 Ω load: -2.7 dBV
- • Self Noise equivalent SPL, A-weighted, typical: 17.4 dB SPL-A
- • Operating Temperature Range: -18°C (0°F) to 57°C (135°F)
- • Storage Temperature Range -29°C (-20°F) to 74°C (165°F)
- • Operating Relative Humidity: 0 to 95%
- • Polarity: Positive pressure on diaphragm produces positive voltage on the tip and ring relative the sleeve
- • Housing: Satin-black powder coated aluminum alloy
- • Power Requirements: 1 AA battery (Alkaline, NiMH, Rechargeable Li-Ion)
- • Battery Life: 130 Hours (Alkaline)
- • Net Weight: 133 g (4.7 oz.)













The Shure VP83 camera-mount shotgun microphone is perfect for mobile journalists, vloggers, and run-and-gun shooters. It offers better sound, less noise, and more focused directivity. With a long battery life of 130 hours via AA battery, it's great for extended recording sessions. It features a 3-stage gain switch and selectable bass roll-off. It's compact and lightweight, weighing only 133 g (4.7 oz.), and is compatible with cameras and portable recorders. The microphone has a frequency response of 50 to 20,000 Hz, a supercardioid/lobar polar pattern, and an output impedance of 171 Ω. It operates in temperatures from -18°C (0°F) to 57°C (135°F) and has a storage temperature range of -29°C (-20°F) to 74°C (165°F). The housing is made of satin-black powder coated aluminum alloy and it comes with an attached 3.5mm TRS output cable, a power switch with battery LED, and a windscreen to reduce wind noise. It also has an integrated shoe/tripod shockmount.