Voice Recorder: Sony ICD-UX570: Review

A few days ago I wrote a post and mentioned that I bought a voice recorder, so today I want to write a post dedicated to the voice recorder itself.

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Whenever I’m looking to buy something I always check Amazon first, since they have such a wide selection. After browsing voice recorders for a while I settled on the Sony ICD-UX570 Digital Voice Recorder.

Sony UX Series Digital Voice Recorder Black ICDUX570BLK

This thing is great, and like I said in the other post…has pretty much paid for itself already. It has a USB that slides out of the bottom for charging the battery, and uploading a recording to your computer. The battery last for a long time too. In fact the only time I’ve had to charge it yet was during the initial setup when I got it out of the box almost a month ago. I’ve used it a lot since then…and for long periods of time at that.

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The only complaints I have are that I wish you could name the folders your recordings go into and the recordings themselves on the device. To name the recordings you have to connect the voice recorder to your computer. Which honestly isn’t that big of a deal, but having the option to name files on the recorder without a computer would be nice.

The microphone is pretty awesome and records clearly. I’ve even turned the recorder on to record videos I watch on my phone and they still come out sounding great, almost as if it isn’t from a video; like the person talking is being recorded in the same room as you.

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If you want you have the option to attach your own microphone, for even better sound quality. There is also a slot for a micro sd card to give you more memory to work with.

If you are a writer I totally recommend getting a voice recorder. It has already made my life so much easier and I haven’t even had it a full month yet. If you are anything like me you come up with ideas for your newest book or blog post at the most random times, most of which are when pen and paper are out of sight…and you tell yourself It’s okay, I’ll remember it later when I’m actually writing

…but then you sit down to write and the great idea you had earlier is now gone. That doesn’t happen to me anymore now that I bought this handy dandy little dude. Plus, you can just get Microsoft Word or any other program with a dictate button to write out what you spoke into a written document, which makes writing so much faster, because then all you have to do is correct mistakes if the translation made any.

If you want one, you can get it here: https://amzn.to/3oy5v8t

I said in the post I wrote the other day that I take this little thing with me everywhere I go, which is still true. A few days ago I had a mini panic attack because I couldn’t find it; turns out it was wrapped up really nice and cozy in my bed sheets. Maybe sleeping with it isn’t the best option.

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Photography: My Camera Journey and Print Shop

I’ve finally opened my own print shop (check it out here.) I’ve been into photography for almost as long as I can remember. My first camera was a purple Samsung Spectrum 20. I loved it so much, because it was one of my favorite colors and you could see its guts, which was fascinating to me.

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Product Image 1 - Vintage Rare Samsung Spectrum 20 photography
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As I grew, so did my taste in cameras. As a teenager I transitioned to the Fujifilm FinePix S Series S1000fd: https://amzn.to/3psAALP

Amazon.com : Fujifilm FinePix S Series S1000fd 10.0 MP Digital Camera -  Black : Point And Shoot Digital Cameras : Camera & Photo

I was over the moon about this camera for the longest time. Until I started going to shows, and made some real photographer friends…that’s when I realized my little Fujifilm wasn’t going to cut it anymore.

So, I moved on…to my first dSLR camera- Canon Rebel T1i: https://amzn.to/3t7qH8E

Amazon.com : Canon EOS Rebel T1i 15.1 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with  3-Inch LCD and EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens : Canon Xti : Camera & Photo

I was blown away by this camera. Every picture I took was the best picture ever (in my mind)…but I still wasn’t satisfied. I knew in my heart that I wanted the Canon 5D Mark III, I Just wasn’t ready to pay the price tag for it.

A few years go by and my Rebel T1i is starting to show some wear and tear, cracked screen…amongst other minor things. Around that same time I happened to get approved for a Best Buy credit card with a pretty hefty limit.

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…so guess what I bought with it…

My dream camera Canon 5D Mark III : https://amzn.to/2KW2PDJ

Amazon.com : Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR  Camera with EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens : Camera & Photography

After getting the camera of my dreams, ironically I fell away from photography, even though this was/is in my eyes, the perfect camera…I just wasn’t inspired anymore. Photography had lost its spark.

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Good news though! The spark has been reignited in me.

For years people have been telling me I should sell prints of my photos, and even though I wanted to I sort of always just blew off the idea… “Yeah, one day I will I’d tell them; or “I’m working on it” when I most definitely was not working on it at all.

I finally did it! I opened a print shop.

pastel farris wheel ride photography

Check it out here. (Both photos featured in this post are available now.)

I will be adding new photos often, and I’ll let you guys know when new prints are available in my store. If you like what you see please feel free to share this blog post with your friends.

-laurenmikael

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2021: New Year New…Tagline?

First off I want to tell you Happy New Year! Happy 2021!

Like I said in my last post Someday Morning: Fangirl Friday, 2020 wasn’t a bad year completely.

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What you focus on is what grows…so if you keep yourself focused on the bad parts of life it makes it really hard (and sometimes almost impossible) to see anything good. Think of it as a camera lens; if the lens is out of focus you won’t capture a clear image. Life works the same way. Which is why I don’t watch the news, and I limit who shows up in my social media feeds. Life is good once you start minding your own business.

I will say it wasn’t my favorite year for sure. Now it is time to move on though and leave 2020 in the past where it belongs.

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Since you are supposed to speak things as though they already were, I’m going to go ahead and say that 2021 is going to be a great year. There are a lot of things I want to accomplish this year, but I am going to keep them hush hush until they happen, because Privacy is Power.

I will say I plan on making some changes to the blog soon considering that I don’t date anymore…at least not until I find someone with real intentions; and since I don’t have a Dachshund anymore my tagline for this blog no longer fits. If you have any ideas for a new tagline feel free to leave it in the comments. I need some new ideas; but I really liked the triple D thing I had going on there, it just sort of flowed out of me when I started this website, but as I said- life is different now, so it’s time to do some sort of rebirth of Life as Lauren Mikael and look forward to what is coming next. Even though I don’t know exactly what that is yet. I’m excited about the possibilities that 2021 holds anyway.

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I hope 2021 treats you all well. Expect and believe that and, well…it will. but I’m going to leave this here to make sure you all understand that good things don’t always fall in your lap. You have to do the work to get to what you want.

You can ask God to change things, but you have to be willing to let him make the changes; and he needs you to do your part. Faith without works is dead. Basically, you can’t weigh 1000 pounds laying on a couch eating a Snickers, asking God to make you skinny without any action on your part. You gotta get off the couch and show Him that you are willing to exercise first before you see any changes in your circumstances.

-laurenmikael

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