{"id":5340,"date":"2009-09-28T17:33:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2010-08-07T19:24:36","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T17:24:36","slug":"everyone-needs-a-redhead-for-their-zoom-h4ns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/everyone-needs-a-redhead-for-their-zoom-h4ns\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone needs a Redhead for their Zoom H4ns!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I stumbled upon these by accident whilst trawling twitter and vimeo and they made me laugh. Mainly the colour as it made me chuckle!
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They are for the Zoom H4n audio recorder<\/a> which I recommend for any video dslr users out there to record sound. They go over the two directional internal mics and are used a wind gags.<\/p>\n

I actually thought what is the point though, then I watched this video…<\/p>\n

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Zoom H4n + Redhead + Canon Mark II + 85mm + Windy Maui’s North Shore<\/a> from iamkalaniprince<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Canon 5DMKII + Zoom H4n + RedHead Windscreen + My 3yr old talking bubbles.<\/a> from iamkalaniprince<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All audio is from the Zoom H4n with RedHead windscreen on a pretty windy day on Maui.<\/p>\n

canon 85mm<\/p>\n

I was sold. I think a great way of recording sound on your DSLRs one man band is to mount the h4n<\/a> onto the top of the camera and feed the output into the 5d\/7d input so you get identical sound on the camera and the Zoom<\/a>. Perfect for syncing and if you don’t want to record on the zoom<\/a> for just B-Roll then don’t press record, just leave the zoom <\/a>on and feed the sound into the camera. I do recommend getting a splitter though so you can still monitor audio out of the zoom<\/a> using headphones.<\/p>\n

They are cheap too. Just under $35 (free shipping in the US $5 outside)<\/a>. I contacted Kalani Prince<\/a> who makes them in Maui in Hawaii (as you know I love Hawaii, not been to Maui though!) and said the video was great and they look like a great product. He generously has sent me a couple to try out. I had a play with them. No wind here today so I just blew into it and it works great. Simple product like this should of course, but a great little addition to your DSLR kit!<\/p>\n

He sent me the grey one which I will use and the crazy red one which makes my zoom look like Beaker from the Muppet show!<\/p>\n

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