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How are you mounting your Zoom H4N?
Those of you that use the Zoom H4N audio recorder with your DSLR camera to record good audio, how are you mounting it to your rig? I can’t use the hot shoe on camera because my LED Lightpanels light goes there. If I am on tripod, I just put it somewhere convenient but I have a shoulder rig that I use a lot if I need to be mobile and I need to find a way of mounting it to the rig without damaging the Zoom…
your thoughts?
Cre8tive Minds Entertainment, LLC
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Check out this thread for some ideas: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/54/859897
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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I use a solution I put together from a company called Bracket1…you can see a video of how I put it all together at
Basically there’s a short curved “arm” with a cold shoe attachment – and I slide the Zoom into that using a small rotating connector that allows me to position the Zoom so that I can see the screen clearly.
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I built 2 of these rigs last summer that will hold (2) cameras for shooting action sports. Used lightweight aluminum alloy strap. The Zoom is fed by either (2)wireless receivers or 1 wireless and a shotgun mic, or any combination with the Zoom built-in mics. The Zoom records audio but also mixes and splits the audio output which feeds the audio inputs of both a DSLR and a small camcorder, which has level controls and a headphone jack. The Panasonic GH1 gets the fixed wide shot and the Panasonic TM700 gets tracking and close-ups. It’s zoom is controlled by it’s wireless remote which feeds the signal to the IR on the front of the lens via a Toslink cable. The Zoom, GH1 and TM700 all have their start/stop buttons on the right handgrip. The $5.00 Chinese start/stop remote for the GH1 also allows it’s on-board mic’s audio simultaneously but obviously you cannot feed it audio from the Zoom. Both cameras have quick release mounts and the entire rig has one as well. I can snap the rig quickly onto a tripod if need be. The whole thing balances very well and is really pretty lightweight. I found all of the components online, but had the basic rectangular pieces heli-arced (welded) for rigidity. Here’s a link to the unit.
https://www.digitalwestvideo.com/content/field-production
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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Is this what you are looKing for? https://www.amazon.com/PEDCO-P-UCA-Pedco-UltraClamp-Assembly/dp/B000ABB4HC/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1302442661&sr=1-9
Depending on how you want to connect your h4n to your rig, there are tons of options.
Jonathan Ziegler
https://www.electrictiger.com/
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Thanks Steve! Very informative! I have a DV Rig Pro shoulder support that I bought back in 2004. I am going to contact bracket 1 and see if there is something they make that will work on my rig! I like the Marshall V-LCD Adapter idea for the Zoom!
Thanks!
Cre8tive Minds Entertainment, LLC
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Here are two alternatives. They mount in your shoe and let you mount multiple devices, such as a light, Zoom, wireless mic, etc.
I have this simple solution.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/126229-REG/Cool_Lux_MD3000_MD_3000_Light_and_Sound.htmlBrent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.netSony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
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I think these solutions that rely on the top of the camera hot shoe as the base mounting point to make the entire rig very top heavy and unstable – I should say I haven’t ever tried one I am just speaking from how I would anticipate it feeling in my hand.
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Steve:
I never shoot handheld with a DSLR. There are just too many issues with jello and wave across the video. I have some kind of support system.
Yes, it is top heavy, and some support systems you can mount accessories. But, I prefer the top mount since I frequently am shooting on the fly and need to quickly switch between a tripod, portable support system, glidecam, slider, etc.
I do know there are some cage mount systems that look interesting. I haven’t had the chance to try them.
Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.netSony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut StudioHP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite
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