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Newbie. Olympus LS-P4 recording not good. Do I need a better mic? Help!
In this country NTG3 and 5 are about £450 (new), and the NTG8 about £800 to £950 and are indeed excellent microphones. (An ME66 + K6 + Windshield is about £400) All can be bought for less in a used condition.. I assumed that Phil was interested in relatively low budget, simple, lightweight...- iveljay
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- Forum: Bird Sounds Recording
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Newbie. Olympus LS-P4 recording not good. Do I need a better mic? Help!
If you are listening to your recordings over headphones, played back from the recorder, there is an item on the playback menu labelled Noise reduction, that is quite effective too. A parobolic mic is great to have, they do tend to be a mite expensive, I did a homebuild once, but it lacked the...- iveljay
- Post #6
- Forum: Bird Sounds Recording
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Newbie. Olympus LS-P4 recording not good. Do I need a better mic? Help!
Brief update. A quick experiment - I don't have a high gain shot gun to hand, but tried the built in mics on the recorder, the ME31 and a cheap long shotgun of Chinese origin. To be honest the results were not vastly dissimilar, all I suspect are better than your tie pin mic. I shall see if I...- iveljay
- Post #5
- Forum: Bird Sounds Recording
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Newbie. Olympus LS-P4 recording not good. Do I need a better mic? Help!
Marc is right in what he says. The Rode video mics are not in the same league as the Sennheiser he mentioned, but will be a vast improvement, they are compact and easy to interface with your recorder, it just plugs straight in using the cable supplied. You will find a small handgrip will help...- iveljay
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- Forum: Bird Sounds Recording