Microphone recommendation for recording 2 channel demos

The Sony PCM-D10 is an awesome portable recorder with excellent built-in microphones.  Also great for digitizing vinyl up to 24/192.  Built like a tank. And right within your budget.  I use mine to record live concerts and recitals, sometimes using external microphones for large ensembles.

Thanks for the recommendation...looks like a nice compact piece.

OP, you might consider renting a pair from a Guitar Center or the like, and they might make a recommendation of what may work for your efforts....
....or do the Amazon 30 day tap dance.... ;)

Shows over I ended up just sticking to the tascam due to lack of time. Recordings were ok. Will post a link when I get my video up. For next year though I definitely want a better setup to give more of a sense of being there at the show.

I saw in 1 of sound sommeliers videos (ns5000 vid) in his reflection it looked like he had a omni lav mic (im guessing a pair) on curve stiff mic attachments attached to his camera.

@moonwatcher not a bad idea. Now that I have time I can experiment with whats good.

Listening to my recordings I am getting a sense that they were good at picking up sounds close up.. the direct sound but not ideal for the room and getting the room reverb and low end... in that regard even my rode video mic was better to some extent.

@smodtactical ​​​as @asvjerry mentioned, you can rent mics from Guitar Center and try several, but their selection is limited. While I like my Rode NT5 matched pair just fine, (for $429), if I had to do it over again, I'd likely have moved up to about the $1000 price point and got some Beyerdynamic MC930 Cardioid mics. Those have a long history in old forums like DATHEADS as being very linear sounding. 

Ironically, for what I do (recording live concerts) a slightly "bright" mic having a +3dB or so bump at 10,000 to 12,000 Hz can help mitigate the "hollow" sound of a large room, but the Beyerdynamic is more linear. 

A bit of history:  Mics were intentionally given a slight boost in the "presence" range long ago when recording was analog such that airiness wasn't lost, but now with digital recording, that isn't as necessary.   Enjoy recording, enjoy listening.