Compact while being efficient, this unit is a beautiful aesthetics and easy usability. The manual is only required for operating details and you can start recording right out of the material. The controls are well placed and highly visible player window even in bright light; The accessories are easy to install but be careful not to lose the transparent cover contacts that are essential protection when storing these accessories. The mic pre amps are rather limited as these compact cameras. A pre amp external quality level to enter the "line" allows recording with a minimum of breath (with a microphone quality). But with such an accessory then we lose the compactness of the recorder. A high quality device for miking speech or music or its nature. Do not forget the Sd card because there is no internal memory; 4 R6 allow a few hours of shooting. it suffices to provide an extra set of batteries; Rechargeable battery type R6, like all other devices, autonomy is lower. .