Shure
VP83F LensHopper
Small-diaphragm condenser · Supercardioid · 50–20,000 Hz
- The VP83 with a microSD recorder built in — it captures its own audio when the camera's preamps are not worth using.
- Identical capsule and identical 129 dB ceiling to the plain VP83; the recorder is the whole difference.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve traced from a graph the manufacturer actually publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. Shure publishes figures for the VP83F LensHopper but no response graph, so the numbers are in the spec table below and the chart stays empty.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for supercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Shure |
|---|---|
| Model | VP83F LensHopper |
| Type | Small-diaphragm condenser |
| Form factor | Shotgun |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 50–20,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 14.9 mV/Pa · -36.5 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 129 dB SPL |
| Self-noise | 17.4 dB(A) |
| Impedance | 171 Ω (output) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | one AA battery |
| Weight | 133 g |
| Price tier | Pro |
| Introduced | — |
Every figure above is from Shure’s own published datasheet for this model — see the datasheet. A dash means the manufacturer does not publish that figure; it does not mean zero.
What it gets used for
- Broadcast
MicSense tags microphones by the job on a live stage, not by studio category — so you can filter for “kick in” or “monitor vocal” instead of working backwards from “large-diaphragm condenser”.
Compare it against the alternatives.
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