U am no expertm but my experience with trying to use clip-on external microphones with digital recorders is that the main problem is air flow past the microphone as you move about. I am told that some come with wind guards to help with this, so you might want to investigate this. Regards Graham Lewis (Sent from home) ________________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of william lomas [lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 12 August 2010 07:56 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] clipon mikes hi all, If I use aan external mike with an olympus dm5 will it do the stereo fields of narrow, normal, and wide as the internal mikes do? If I am walkinga round surely external is the only option ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq