Judith, what kind of mic are you using with it?
Peter Shute
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [birding-aus-
> On Behalf Of Judith Hoyle
>Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2012 3:00 PM
>To: BirdingAus
>Subject: [Birding-Aus] Clarification - use of Olympus recorder to boost
>hearing
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>I am posting this to clarify a couple of things I said in relation to
>using this recorder to pick up bird calls. Firstly, you definitely need
>to wear ear buds/head phones to pick up the calls. Secondly, although
>it works without a mike attached, it is certainly much better with a
>directional mike for locating the direction of the bird calling. This
>may be a deal breaker for many as it all adds to the clutter that we
>have to carry anyway. I tackle this problem by suspending the mike in a
>plastic tube and attaching that to a belt lug via a carabiner, but you
>still have to take it out and wave it around every now and then!
>
>Thanks to David Stewart for making me think about this a bit more.
>
>Kind regards
>
>Judith
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