Question regarding the Zoom H5

JWAR1976 wrote:

Sean Nelson wrote:

JWAR1976 wrote:

..am I able to record say a couple of songs from a band with video, but have audio recorded of the entire performance while I am taking photos, while the H5 is still connected to the camera ?.

You can, as long as you know ahead of time that you're not going to have to leave for some reason (to use the restroom, for example). But it would require you to record on the H5 itself rather then feeding it into the camera for recording. It's no problem to do that, it just means you have to synchronize the audio track when you edit the video, not a big deal.

But, I'd suggest that it's better to record everything on the H5 itself and set it up near the band so that you're free to do whatever the heck you want. Ideally, you'd be able to get an audio feed from the band's sound board and run it directly into the H5, but failing that some place near the stage that you can let it sit where it won't be bumped would probably work too.

Keeping the H5 off the camera means that it won't record bumps or crowd noises close to the camera, and it would give you a lot more freedom and peace of mind while you're shooting other things.

If you've got a second camera it would be well worth setting it up on a tripod and let it run record the whole band while you move around with your handheld camera to get different angles and closeups of the performers. That would let you create a much more interesting video at the editing stage.

The only reason I thought of the R5 is that I know it creates a backup audio file on it while you are recording the video. Another option I was thinking of was having something like the Rode Pro mounted onto the R5 for the audio and having the H5 for just standalone audio recording.

All cameras record audio embedded in the video clips. There are no backup audio clips produced by the R5. If you record 8K you can also shoot proxy video clips of lower resolution. Both the 8K and proxy clips have audio.

The Rode Pro is mono. The internal camera mics are stereo, as are the mics on the H5. You want stereo or mono?

The internal R5 mics are not tinny, they are full range. They are omnidirectional, however, and thus not ideal for recording music in a noisy setting. The H5 mics are directional(cardioid).