Recording Bird Calls - microphones

[David Stowe <>]

Hi Peter,
Yes it does have the capability for an external microphone - hence the  
question :)
Cheers
David

On 11/02/2010, at 3:24 PM, Peter Shute wrote:

I agree with Andrew, recordings are rarely mentioned for id puposes,  
let alone offered.
Lots of compact cameras do video too, and audio notes, and have done  
for a long time.  But do they allow for an external microphone?  Mine  
doesn't, does your SLR, David?
Lots of phones can record audio these days too, and ought to be able  
to take an external microphone.  Has anyone tried this?
Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
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>  On Behalf Of David Stowe
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Recording Bird Calls - microphones
>
> Following on from that thought, I have just bought a new DSLR
> that records video. I think the idea of being able to record
> sounds/calls as well would be great as per Andrew's comments.
> Does anyone have any suggestions for a suitable microphone?
> Requirements would be:
> 1. Fairly small/lightweight
> 2. Not too expensive, but still making it a worthwhile
> quality jump over the inbuilt microphone.
>
> Thanks!
> Cheers
> David Stowe
>
> On 11/02/2010, at 2:06 PM, Andrew Taylor wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:02:56PM +1100, Carl Clifford wrote:
> > Unfortunately not many birders go out with a Nagra in their back
> > pocket.
> More is the pity.  Its great when links to digital pics are
> posted and we get commentary from people like Mike Carter.
> It'd be good to get the samefor calls.
>
> And these days you can get something much better than the
> classic reel-to-reel Nagra for several hundred dollars, and
> it will fit in your back pocket, e.g:
> http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-LS-10-Linear-PCM-Recorder/dp/B0012754UG
>
> Andrew
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