Zoom H1 and my needs

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Joe Butch

I'm considering the zoom H1 because it mounts onto the t2i. This will work great for me for vacation videos. But I also have the side dream of making a great short film.

Will the H1 leave me wishing I had the h2 or h4n when I start making a short film? or will it be able to get the job done?
 
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Vacation videos? That's what in-cam mics are for. If you're not booming a shotgun mic, I don't really see the point of an external audio recorder, especially for this particular purpose.
 
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Cracker Funk said:
Vacation videos? That's what in-cam mics are for. If you're not booming a shotgun mic, I don't really see the point of an external audio recorder, especially for this particular purpose.
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I'm filming the vacation videos in a travel channel / Anthony Bourdain type of way. The t2i mic is not that well and has a lot of noise from AGC.


Another option i am considering is attaching the RODE VIDEOMIC using the "hack" for the t2i agc
 
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I see the point...it'll provide far greater sound than the onboard mic. This is exactly why Zoom made it, and made it affordable...for mounting to the camera's shoe and being a great reference mic. I've tried one out and it works great for that purpose. Much better than most cameras' onboard mics.

I don't think it would be practical for use in a small film, though.
 
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Ok, that makes more sense (as far as the vacation videos are concerned). Even if you hack the AGC, the audio quality is still quite poor on the T2i. I assume this is a 1-person crew? A boom with a shotgun would be very beneficial, if it's possible.
 
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Uranium City said:
I see the point...it'll provide far greater sound than the onboard mic. This is exactly why Zoom made it, and made it affordable...for mounting to the camera's shoe and being a great reference mic. I've tried one out and it works great for that purpose. Much better than most cameras' onboard mics.

I don't think it would be practical for use in a small film, though.
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What If I just used it to only record the audio from a good boom mic / shotgun mic (for the short film)
 
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What If I just used it to only record the audio from a good boom mic / shotgun mic (for the short film)
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The H1 doesn't have XLR inputs, meaning you would have to use a cheaper mic with a mini-jack on it. This would make your signal prone to interference. Or you would have to use a Juicedlink or Beachtek adapter to convert an XLR signal to mini-jack, and this would be more expensive than just getting the Zoom H4n.

You would get better sound if you used the H1 by itself on a boom.
 
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