On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:20:37PM +0930, Colin Trainor wrote:
> Based on Carl's suggestion, I've honed in on the Sony PCM-D50 handheld
> audio recorder. I've read some reviews, but not by birders.
> Does anyone have comments on this recorded, with external mic, for
> recording birds.
Raimund Specht, who really knows what he is talking abou,t has
has good info on nature recording equipment here:
http://www.avisoft.com/tutorial_field_recording.htm
http://www.avisoft.com/recordertests.htm
You should compare with the Fostex FR-2LE, the Olympus LS-10 and
Marantzs. You can often get good prices on ebay - if you are willing
to buy there. I have seen little about the Sony but you could search
the naturerecordist list archives:
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/naturerecordists/
or ask on the list. If you aren't using an external preamp, the noise
floor of the recorder preamp is important in nature recording.
Andrew
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