hello,

i crushed my old shure mic i use to use for recording sounds outdoor's now i been looking at some zoom uni directionl condender mic
probs is most seem to be mono camcorder mic's with zoom fuction controled from camcorder.

anyone know a good mic for recording outdoor's?

hand controled zoom function would be great to get them birdies singing in tree tops, old shure mic came with a tube + shield for that long distance recording.

cheers

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what you need is a shotgun mic. shotgun mics use hypercardioid polar patterns and have incredible range and pointing accuracy.

I know sennheiser makes really nice ones... other than that...you got homework set out for yourself

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thanks sgtfoo

more and more im reading in to wildlife sound recording the more gutted im getting about my old shure mic " ok its was old manual method of zooming in but i got to know a few trick in long distant and isolateing sound's, i tryed looking for the same mic but i guess they was discontinued in the early 90s

time for change,
i seen a few akg shotgun mic's that seem to be strictly audio recording but anything that has a good range seems well expencive excess of £250, i seen a few make's that im pretty unsure on components used on the mic £80 <-- might sound like a telephone mic.
and most seem to make cheapo camera/corder len's and stuff, thats what's keeping me shy in buying..

if anyone out there goes out on recording trip's and has a good mic let me know what make or model so i can look in to it,

tryed and tested is the best method i think.

thanks

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