I have the Rycote covers for the LS10, and I like them. I'd tried to
make my own, but the Rycotes work better and also help keep the stock
foam covers in place.
They are not cheap, however. $35 or so as I recall.
Steve Duncan | www.swduncan.com
On May 17, 2010, at 2:50 PM, "stephen991847" <>
wrote:
> Hi folks,
> As this is my first post I thought I had better introduce myself.
> Having realised how poor my knowledge of bird song was I decided
> that this year I would try to recognise all the songs of birds on my
> local common/woodland. To help this I spent a month recording bird
> song with the video setting on my compact camera. I had a great
> month and found that though I had really enjoyed the process, the
> recording quality was pretty poor. I needed something else. Research
> quickly told me that the voice recorders I had in mind wouldn't do
> for bird song so I dug a little deeper and bought an Olympus LS 10.
> I have had another fun couple of weeks and am really pleased.
> However I have hit two problems namely wind and background noise/
> other bird song. So to my requests for help.
>
> 1. Does anyone make a fluffy cover to go over the two black mike
> covers that come with the Olympus, or can I make one myself without
> affecting the sound quality. Suggestions welcome.
>
> 2. Am I right in thinking that a shotgun mike would help limit
> background noise? I wish to keep things as portable as possible at
> the moment so a parabola system is out of the question.
>
> A Sennheiser MKE 400 is one I am considering. (Is this the
> replacement for the MKE 300?) Is the MKE 400 mike suitable for what
> I have in mind?
>
> Many people seem to suggest the ME66/K6 combination but this would
> stretch my budget a little. My problem is I have no idea what
> compromises are being made in my selection. When buying my DSLR
> camera I knew the compromises I was making and when working within
> those eg. lower ISO, it does all I ask.
>
> If the MKE 400, like the voice recorder before it, is unsuitable I
> would welcome any suggestions or reccomendations.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Stephen
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