Interviewing

I have this wonderful digital audio recorder that the department has lent me to do my interviewing. It's an Olympus DM-10 and apparently costs a small fortune. At Amazon, it's nearly £200, no, £300. But it records well over the speaker phone - I haven't got to meet any of my interviewees yet. It's small and fits into my hand and it's unobtrusive. I like it so much that I might get myself one. I suppose I could justify it if I am going on to do the doctorate and I do interviews again. And it would also be useful for one of my hobbies- recording what my older relatives say about family history. I'm convincing myself...