OT: my Zoom H2 review

dibbkd wrote on 5/19/2010, 9:42 PM

I recently bought a Zoom H2, well actually bought the wireless kit with it, but anyway, never had an audio recording device besides the camera onboard mic (which sucked).

So, here's a short video of me comparing my onboard mic with the Zoom H2. (and I know there's Zoom H4N out too, but this worked for what I needed):

Zoom H2 comparision[/link]

How's this compare to an audio recorder you've used?

Edit: This is the wireless kit I got with it: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/658886-REG/Audio_Technica__Wireless_Microphone_Zoom.htmlAudio-Technica Wireless Microphone & Zoom H2 Portable Recorder Kit - Clip-On Mic (T2)[/link]

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BudWzr wrote on 5/20/2010, 8:15 PM

No, the interesting thing was splitting two wired mics as L and R channels via patch cord. That would give quite a wide stereo separation and be close enough for super high fidelity.

If each mic cord is 20 ft, that would be a 40 foot "spread". So if you were to lay that out parallel to something moving.....might be pretty interesting.

Rory Cooper wrote on 5/21/2010, 1:04 AM

Just a thought

Dibbkd doesn’t mention what cam, model etc. if he jacked in a rode pencil mic the audio quality would be better maybe even match the zoom h2?

So the cam’s ability to record is good but the mic’s ability isn’t up to it.?

Any thoughts,

John_Cline wrote on 5/21/2010, 11:39 AM

Sebaz,

It takes just thirty seconds to show you how to stretch or shrink the audio to compensate but a lot longer to explain it in a thread but I did do that in a previous thread, let me see if I can find it.

John

dibbkd wrote on 5/21/2010, 5:14 PM

Just a thought

My camera is a http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665842120Sony HDR CX12[/link].

It's a low-end HD camcorder, doesn't have a place to jack in a mic.

I'm sure the higher end cameras have better audio, so the Zoom H2 will be a big help to me, along with the wireless kit it has.

Laurence wrote on 5/22/2010, 1:35 PM

The bigger Sony recorders have this ultra cool feature where it records at a lower volume and keeps this in a buffer and only uses it when the audio stream distorts. Otherwise it just keeps clearing the buffer. This can be a life saver of a feature. Does anyone know if the new budget small Sony recorder has this feature?