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Re: Anyone use the Sony PCM D50?

Subject: Re: Anyone use the Sony PCM D50?
From: "Robin" robin_parmar_sound
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:15 pm ((PST))
Daan Hendriks wrote:

> Very true about the XLR ins not existing, but I can 
> operate the D50 easily
> while holding it in one hand, and it fits in 
> pockets of my coat - surely
> that classifies it as a handheld recorder? :)

Sorry, I misstated my claim as to the form factor. I consider the D50 a hand 
recorder but NOT a pocket recorder. It is over twice the cubic volume of the 
PCM-M10 and similar units, those models that I DO consider to be pocket 
recorders. 

Ask yourself this: Would you carry the D50 (plus a wind sock, a protective 
sleeve, and mini tripod) literally everywhere with you? Every single time you 
leave the house? Because that is what I do with significantly smaller 
recorders. 

Similar sized recorders from Samson, Olympus, and Tascam do have XLR inputs and 
phantom power. This justifies the size.

Though I will state again that in my brief use of the D50 I found it excellent 
in every other way.

-- Robin Parmar








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