Zoom F1-Lp Lavalier Body-Pack Recorder, Audio For Video Recorder, Records To Sd Card, Battery Powered, Includes Lavalier Microphone

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Forget about these reviews complaining about the lav and bad battery. The lav is great and even superior to my Diety Lav I own. Those who complain about the static sound when it moves don't know how to properly wire somone. The battery door is good so long as you are not reckless when closing it. Just use it the way it's meant to be used and it's good. Great sound. Way better than zoom h1. Solid device. I'll be buying another one, probably the one with the shotgun mic so I can try that out next.

A wonderful product from zoom. It’s amazing.Only that the battery cover should be treated with care. Otherwise it will be broken. On the other hand, it’s a fantastic product for Vloggers and location-sound technicians.

I bought this recorder primarily to use for recording the audio portion of videos for my YouTube channel. I've long had a love affair with my venerable Zoom H6 multitrack recorder, and all the various mic attachments I already own for the H6 fit the F1, as well. Most of the time I use the lavalier mic which came with the F1, but I have also used my SSH-6 shotgun mic, and the EXH-6 XLR expansion module to use a low-impedance XLR mic with the F1. Using the EXH-6, you can use any low impedance mic, as long as it doesn't require phantom power. The Auto setting on the Rec Level works great, and I've never been able to overload the input signal, so no distortion is evident. I'm not a big fan of the metal bars which constitute the belt loop, as I think a) they add unnecessary bulk to the unit, which would otherwise fit even more easily into one's pocket, and b) the bars really get in the way of both the battery compartment door and the micro SD slot door, making it very difficult to remove the tiny, micro SD card from its slot. The F1 has a great form factor otherwise, though. The audio quality is great. Miles above the audio you'll get from any camera's built-in mic. And don't stress over syncing the audio in post. Almost all video editing programs have a function to sync the external audio with the camera audio in a single click. Just make sure you're camera's mic is on so the software has the two signals to compare and sync. If your camera has a mic input, you can connect the F1's headphone output to the camera's input, and then you don't even have to worry about syncing audio in post. The F1 is tiny and easily pocketable, with enough buttons that you don't have to do too much menu diving to do what you need. The F1 works almost perfectly for its intended use, and I'd definitely buy it again.

I have a couple F1s with shotgun mic, lavalier and other accessories. None have failed me yet. The oldest one has a bad battery door and the micro SD card gets stuck. Still works fine. I am rough on equipment. They should make these with 32bit float.