Whatever you do, BUY mics. Save a bit more to get a real setup.
I'm trying to but I can't
now justify spending 300$/€ extra on something I've not made up my mind about. Not that I don't want them, but I'm still searching which ones. The mic department is very new for me and I'm still exploring stuff like wind noise reduction, stereo seperation, mic placement, etc.
If I can find something I'm confident is the best for my purpose and it justifies the cost, I'll go for it.
The Roland R-05 has been widely recommended to people in Europe, where it is much cheaper than the PCM-M10. You might also check it out.
I checked it out, but at 199€, it's only 20€ cheaper than the Sony. I'm still partial for the Sony in that perspective.
EDIT: delving deeper into microphones, I'm looking for some locally and this one seems reasonably priced:
Soundman OKM II available for <199€ incl. power supply
Hmm, I can get this one and the Sony M10 for about 400€.
Damn, a few days ago I was like "max 200€, max 200€, max 200€"...