A good recommendation, Thor. I personally don't like XY miking (M-S is my thing) but this is a decent inexpensive solution which is easy to use and can produce acceptable results... Eric Goldstein -- On 5/1/08, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Would this be the Zoom H2? > > If so, I jusdt recommended this to a client who wanted a cheap way to do > field recording. There is also a chap who is developing a custom capsule for > it to allow recording in ambisonic format (4 channel surround). > > It's a decent unit, but consumer oriented. > > If you want to go the Rollei/Leica route, get a Stellavox. I have a SM8, I > don't know of anything that can touch it at 15ips... > > They're pretty hard to find, but a good alternative if you're not as picky > is a Nagra, also capeable of some fine recording. > > :-) > > Cheers, > Thor > > On 1 May, 2008, at 8:45, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > I'm looking at having to record sound for some of the pictures I'm doing. > > The whole idea just intrigues the heck out of me. > > I'm going to get a recorder myself. > > Looks like an electric shaver. > > 399 bucks. > > Fills up compact flash cards. > > I'll have them filled one with images and the other with sounds at suck > them > > into my laptop at the end of every day or shoot. > > I already did some of this on some of my road trips. > > But an Olympus dictating recorder for 150 bucks ain't the same. > > And no cards. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > markrabiner.com > > > > > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe' > > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe'in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list