Comments on: Zoom H2n Review — A Portable Storyteller

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:09:29 +0000

In reply to Piers. I was asking the same question by looking at the photos. The H2n is supposed to be used in the vertical position, not horizontal with its top facing the sound source, isn't that so? That might explain the bad rejection of rear sounds.

By: Piers

Piers — Wed, 16 May 2018 07:31:52 +0000

Thanks for the comprehensive run-down of your experiences with the H2n, it’s very interesting.
I do have one question: is there any particular reason that in the various photos you’ve aimed the H2n at the sound source as though it were an end-address microphone?
…It’s side address, so shouldn’t it be rotated 90 degrees?

By: Gareth Parton

Gareth Parton — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:06:37 +0000

Nice one!

By: Victor Zottmann

Victor Zottmann — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 03:49:46 +0000

In reply to paul. Hi Paul, I'm glad you liked it. Yes, you're right, there is a low end resonance. The problem was that I positioned the mic stand way too close to the foley pit and as I'd perform the sounds, the pit would bump against the mic stand.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:25:55 +0000

Thanks for this very useful and thorough review. One question – I notice the NTG3 foley recordings have a low frequency resonance on them – is that from vibrations picked up via the mic stand perhaps?

By: Cornelius Wilkening

Cornelius Wilkening — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:56:51 +0000

Thanks for the detailed review!
I use an H2n myself as the field recorder I always take with me on trips. It’s a nice step up from the H1 and covers a lot of uses for which I’d bring an H4n otherwise. It’s also less conspicuous than a H4n if you want to put it somewhere and record a bit of ambience or walla, especially if you put the pop filter on it, which blocks the recording light ;) However the H2n isn’t that easy to hold stable without gripping it since it stands upright.
Regarding the lack of bundled accessories, I can’t really blame Zoom. I bought the H2n with accessories as a bundle – costing less than buying both separately – but I’d completely understand if someone would like to only get the H2n. The accessories in the kit are rather basic, so you might rather want a rubberized grip, a gorillapod and a windscreen (I bought the Røde Deadkitten, for example).