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Countryman microphone used for “1000K To Tokyo” documentary

Since its beginnings as a community-based environmental action group in Japan, Life Recycled and its members have worked tirelessly to bring awareness to the subject of coastal pollution and combat the problems it creates. Michael Reid, the group’s founder and an avid expedition kayaker, is documenting his 621 mile kayaking expedition “1000K To Tokyo” up the coast of Japan to raise awareness for the cause.

Reid used a Countryman B3 Omnidirectional Lavalier microphone to capture every comment for this documentary (after literally destroying a variety of products he attempted to use for audio capture purposes).

His particular microphone is outfitted with Countryman’s flat frequency response capsule and the microphone itself is mated to a Zoom H4n digital field recorder using a custom made XLR female to male 90-degree elbow, which enables everything to fit into the confines of an Aquapac waterproof case.

“The B3 was attached to the top of my PFD (personal flotation device) just above the zipper, about three inches below my chin,” Reid explaines. “When I was doing wet exits, the mic’s position was placed upside down so it could clear any water which happened to be on the top of the B3 when I emerged from the water.”

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