Olympus is not forthcoming about the noise specs on these mics. I wrote and
received the reply "We do not have a published specification for the
signal-to-noise ratio."
I guess it will be up to someone who owns it to compare it to the M10. (my
understanding is that the M10 is the current champ in terms of low noise
internal mics. Correct me if I'm wrong, please!).
John
--- In "Raimund" <> wrote:
>
> John Crockett wrote
>
> > I just found this information about battery life on the Olympus America
> > Audio Blog.
> >
> > In case the columns don't line up, that's 2h 45m for 48V phantom, PCM at
> > 44.1kH/16bit. Far short of 12 hours. I suppose with a couple of spares and
> > an external charger that might be doable, but it's a bit disappointing to
> > me. I'm waiting to hear from Olympus about mic capsule specs.
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> The LS-100 comes with a tiny 3.7V/925mAh Li-ion battery (the larger internal
> battery of the TASCAM DR-100 is 3.7V/1800mAh). One can therefore not expect a
> very long battery life with phantom-powered mics. That limitation is simply
> set by the available battery technologies that no one will currently be able
> to overcome.
>
> So, if you need a longer battery life, you will either need to carry
> additional USB power packs or you had to choose a larger recorder such as a
> Fostex FR-2LE or SD7xx.
>
> I still have not examined the noise level of the internal mics of the LS-100.
> In contrast to the SONY PCM-M10, they are cardioids. So, I guess that they
> will be slightly more noisy (similar to the ones in the SONY PCM-D50).
> Because they are cardioids, they will also need more decent wind screens. I
> already tried the recorder in my backyard without any windscreen and got
> heavy wind noise even if there was only a gentle breeze...
>
> Regards,
> Raimund
>
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