Judith, what kind of mic are you using with it?
Peter Shute
>—–Original Message—– >From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus- >bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Judith Hoyle >Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2012 3:00 PM >To: BirdingAus >Subject: [Birding-Aus] Clarification – use of Olympus recorder to boost >hearing > > >Dear All, > >I am posting this to clarify a couple of things I said in relation to >using this recorder to pick up bird calls. Firstly, you definitely need >to wear ear buds/head phones to pick up the calls. Secondly, although >it works without a mike attached, it is certainly much better with a >directional mike for locating the direction of the bird calling. This >may be a deal breaker for many as it all adds to the clutter that we >have to carry anyway. I tackle this problem by suspending the mike in a >plastic tube and attaching that to a belt lug via a carabiner, but you >still have to take it out and wave it around every now and then! > >Thanks to David Stewart for making me think about this a bit more. > >Kind regards > >Judith ===============================
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