No, actually, it was directional enough that what’s considered “on axis” is really a cone only inches across. This gets tricky if, like in the recording in this post, the subject is 50′ up in a tree…fractions of an inch can make a huge difference in aiming these things at long distances.

I was impressed by the off-axis response; it was a lot quieter but not strongly colored other than some subtle high-frequency rolloff.