Zoom F6 or H6 - Which One for You? (Part 2)

Описание: I've recorded audio for many videos using the Zoom H6, it's a terrific tool with decent audio quality, lots of features, and excellent battery life. But Zoom recently released the F6 recorder with a new level of capability. The F6 combines very low noise preamps with dual ADCs and 32 bit float recording, and the combination nearly eliminates any issue with setting input levels.

I've found this capability to be a real benefit to my projects. For my hula show videos I no longer worry about the drums clipping while the chanting is down in the noise floor. With the F6 I can recover those extra loud and extra quiet parts in post in a way I never could with the H6. When I'm shooting "look at me play guitar" videos where I'm the whole video crew as well as the talent I never lose a track that I played well but set levels poorly.

Still, there are trade-offs and that's what this video is about. Besides the extra cost of the F6 there's the attached mics that make the H6 so handy - using the F6 means bringing mics, cables, mic bar, mic clips, and some kind of mic stand. The H6 has XLR&1/4" combo jacks so I can plug my guitar pickup directly in - the F6 needs some kind of adapter to attach a 1/4" plug to the recorder.

So which of these recorders is right for you??