Question 1

Can I connect this directly to my Canon DSLR for sound recording?

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I have a canon legria hg 25, okay it's not a DSLR but I have Canon DSLR's also and am a semi pro video maker and photographer. I bought this recorder for two reasons and one of them was to link directly into my camcorder to use it solely as a microphone. It works superbly. I don't know which DSLR you have but as long as it has a standard microphone 'IN' port then you should have no trouble. You will of course need to buy a male-to-male 3.5 audio cable which goes from the Zoom's headphone socket to your camera's microphone 'IN' port. You should go into the camera settings and turn OFF the mixing capability as mixing is where the camera may try to still use its own on-board microphone as well and mix both sound sources together. For optimum results I turn the camera audio gain (input sensitivity level) down to one-fifth of maximum and then use the Zoom microphone dial to fine tune the overall input level. If you camera has an audio level meter then try to make sure that when the room is silent and the microphone should be hearing nothing that the level bar drops all the way to nothing and only rises when a sound is made by you or some other source... if the level does not drop to zero during silence then you will pick up an audible background hum... this is common to almost any microphone where the level settings have not been tweaked for optimum performance. Finally the unit is superb. Okay it's a plastic body and the tripod mount thread is plastic too so if you tighten it too much you will just ruin the thread but as far as how it works... you won't do better. For USB recording, go for the Blue Yeti. I have both microphones and cannot fault the audio quality of either.

Question 2

hi!Does the Zoom H2N have a loging system for tracking the recordings?

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Hi David, not sure what you mean exactly but I think the answer I can give you is that when you record each time it gives each recording it's own file name name I.e. Zoom001, Zoom002 and so on. When I've recorded my band , I've recorded each song separately and therefore they are separate files with the zoom number running progressively. I also use it in the house when I'm practicing and working on new sounds, and I can still say the quality is superb. Once you connect to your mac or PC, the files can then be renamed as you wish. I record in mp3 format for what I need and can say that in tiff or raw format it will be even greater. I've just bought a mains adaptor, and it fits in my compact srl camera case a treat. You won't be disappointed , good luck if you buy! Ps, I have a friend who owns a media production company, and he swears by this product, I only found out about that after I had bought it, so that was a reassuring testament. Happy new year, hope this helps you. Regards paul

Question 3

I want to directly link into my mixer to recordour karaoke performances without external "noise/sounds" so that we have just our track and singers.

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Yes you can take feed from mics and other mixed source to H2n

Question 4

I'm looking for something to record bird song that I can then connect and download to my pc. Will this be suitable?

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I don’t think the internal mics will capture individual bird song. An external directional mic will be needed to achieve satisfactory results.

ASIN	B005CQ2ZY6
Battery Average Life	20 Hours
Best Sellers Rank	11,521 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 25 in Portable Recording Devices
Brand Name	Zoom
Compatible Devices	Personal Computer, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone
Customer Reviews	4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (2,748)
Digital Recording Time	15 hours
Format	WAV
Global Trade Identification Number	04515260010080, 04515260010097
Hardware Interface	Secure Digital Card
Headphones Jack	3.5 millimeters
Item Dimensions D x W x H	4.3D x 6.8W x 11.4H centimetres
Item Type Name	Zoom H2n Handy Recorder
Item Weight	0.29 Pounds
Manufacturer	Zoom
Manufacturer Part Number	H2N
Memory Storage Capacity	2 GB
Microphone Form Factor	Shotgun
Microphone Operation Mode	stereo, surround
Model Number	10005121
Number of Batteries	2 Lithium Polymer batteries required.
Number of Items	1
Product Warranty	2 Years.
Screen Size	1.9
UPC	411378269171 210000050244 884354010065 003103006146
Unit Count	1.0 count

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