Digital Cameras Reviews

Olympus ME 15 Microphone

Olympus ME-15 is a highly sensitive miniature tie-clip microphone with frequency response from 100 – 12.000 Hz. It is ideal solution to record your own voice or from other people nearby.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars Not that great
Simply put, this mic has slightly worse sound quality then the one built into the Olympus VN-5200PC (and I suspect most of the others). It is not remotely directional and can be expected to pick up the same sound whether you are pointing it at your subject or not. In other words, in a noisy room you can expect to get sound salad from everything more than 4 inches away from it.

The only situation where it would be usefull is one in which you need to have the mic close to your mouth and for some reason can’t pick up the 1 ounce digital recorder it is plugged into.

5 Stars Icing on the cake
This makes recording with my olympus digital recorder even better, picks up more and clears up the recording.

4 Stars Olympus ME-15 Mic
The ME-15 not to be confused with the ME-12 (which has no cord) is a great microphone to use with a digital recorder. It is very sensitive which is good if you are in a group and want to pick up comments from others (it will). The cord is pretty long, but not a major issue. I don’t like the alligator clip since it can damage your clothes when you attach it. I would suggest putting a piece of cloth on the teeth of the clip to prevent it from poking holes in your garments.The clip can not be moved up or down so the mic is pretty much where the clip is. For the price it was a good deal since I did not want to hold the recorder (RCA) while speaking and it had no way to clip to your clothes. Overall I am very satisfied.

4 Stars Great little mic
As with another reviewer I was using a self-powered mic which housed three small batteries and I had a lot of recording to do and didn’t want to have to worry about powering the mic, and so purchased this one. With the mic’s power derived from the recording unit itself, in this case a dv camcorder, I was free to natter away ad infinitum. The audio was clean and clip-free and so the mic is recommended.

I’m knocking off a star for the silver clip – bizarre they would include a chrome clip on a clip-mic, and also for the lack of cable length (around 3 feet).

5 Stars Olympus ME-15 Microphone
This is the exact same mike that comes bundled with some Olympus recorders. I cannot tell it from the other that I have that came bundled. It is exactly as advertised and arrived on time.

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