Zoom H4n Portable Digital Recorder Package with Zoom RC-4 Remote

AMAZING! Cant say enough. Buy one and be amazed with the quality and performance of this little thing. This is a great package with $50 or more in extras for the same price. I use this unit with my Canon 5D mark II to add awesome soundtracks to my movies/videos. FYI: For the open rear channels on this unit do a search for shotgun microphone "HTDZ HT-81" or "14.37 inch Professional Shotgun Microphone" and buy 2. You will find them out there for $32 shipped a peace! They sound comparable if not better than my Rode Videomic! So save some money and search them out.

i've not had time to really delve into all the features, or even use it for the purpose for which i bought it (audio for film), however what i have played with sounds fantastic. for someone like me,(pro) i don't find it too complicated to get around and it's fairly intuitive. with that said, if you're new to audio of don't need bells and whistles, i'd look into a 'lesser version'. if you know what you're doing and want an exceptionally good sounding and flexible recorder, this is your unit. i have found it to be very handy just to have lying around to grab for a quick "idea" catcher for songwriting.

it is (or at least seems to be ) a sturdy unit, solid feeling, not flimsy. but buy a better carrying case and an extra sd card for more storage.

my only beef if not with the recorder itself, but with the cubase le software that was bundled with it. NOT intuitive, NOT easy to set up, NOT as easy to use as they would have you believe, but the customer service from steinberg was pretty prompt and friendly (but still was unable to fix my problem).

Zoom H4n...*****

Steinberg cubase le....*

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I offered to record video at a conference as a favor to a friend, and was looking into how to bring audio into my camera. I saw some camera-specific boxes which would take XLR from the board and bring it into the camera, but got the H4n instead, since it can work standalone and as a camera input adapter.

The best recommendation for me was that the pro audio guys at the venue were using H4n as part of their own gear to make audio-only recordings -a business run by someone who has been doing audio recordings at shows and concerts for decades. I felt like I had made the right choice -and conveniently he showed me the optimal settings to use as well. This is a very versatile tool for all audio recording needs -a high quality interview recorder, a concert recorder, and an audio solution for shooting video on the Canon 7D or a variety of camcorders.

It's not cheap, but a great value.

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I love the Zoom. It is compact, easy to use, and records really high quality sound for the price. The on-board mics sound good. It accepts XLR cable and 1/4 inch jacks. My only complaint is that when I plug my unit in to AC power, I get an unbearable amount of 60 cycle hum in my recording. I can avoid this by running it on battery power, which is what I do. However, sometimes, I'd like to have it plugged in so that I don't have to worry about whether my batteries will last through a shoot or an interview or a concert. The battery life is very long, and I haven't had trouble yet, but still, it's one more thing that I have to concern myself with.

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As a video producer/videographer/audio operator, beginning in the days or separate camera and audio operators, to the miniaturized world of all-in-one camcorders, it's nice to be moving back in the other direction of having separate operators. The Zoom H4n is a great tool for those looking for an inexpensive way to capture good field (or studio) audio while capturing video on the Canon 5D. Altough the record level controls are not optimum, I have found the captured audio from the H4n to be of very good quality and easy to work with. My team prefers to use wireless lavs or boom mics for the audio capture. I would recommend the H4n as a good tool for small to medium end producers and production houses that do not want to spend larger amounts of money on audio capabilities.