the mic uses phantom power (at-897) but you can pop a battery in there as well so there is no phantom power needed.
i have a mini adapter which will plug into a computer, however when recording using the mic and adapter, it records with alot of static.
i also tried having the shotgun attached to the camera and connecting the camera to the computer thru firewire, but my understanding is you don’t get as good quality doing it that way.
any thoughts?