[Curt Coggins] "or am I missing the conceptual boat here?"
Not completely missing it, you're kinda teetering on the gunwales...
YES you can use the 416 with the XLH1 (I do it all the time) because the H1 puts out 48v phantom. BUT... that is for a hardwired situation, where the mic is cabled right to the back of the camera. You were asking about wireless.
The majority of radio mic transmitters (except some very expensive and high-end ones) do
not put out the phantom power needed to power the mic, and in the case of radio mics
that is where you need the phantom power... it makes no difference if the camera outputs phantom or not.
I'm not sure if there are any actual "phantom powered" receivers, I've never used one that worked that way (you have to remember that while phantom power is high voltage... 48v... its actual amperage is miniscule... so phantom is much higher voltage and much lower amperage that receivers would require).
This part is pretty much a non-issue anyway... virtually all on-camera receivers operate off their own internal batteries. Or those that have additional DC inputs can be powered from the power tap on the A-B bricks. But as I said, I woudn't bother... just throw the little 9v battery in the receiver like it is intended... I've yet to see a receiver that wouldn't operate for several
several hours on its internal battery.
Your remote shotgun (or other type) microphone would need to be self-powered (with an internal battery), or need no power at all. A mic
requiring phantom power such as the 416 would not be a good choice, unless you had some other external way to power it.
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