Zoom H4N Pro vs Zoom H6

Don't leave your batteries in it! Unfortunately, the internal clock requires them to keep track of time, if you want to time stamp your audio files - a must if you use it a lot. My first (brand new) pair of duracells were toast after I left them in there for just 3 weeks (without use). There's either some form of internal current leak, or the date/time circuit is just plain inefficient

Battery life. The Zoom H6 simply blows away the others - as well as the Tascam counterparts - on battery life.

No need to buy all those tools of course, especially just starting out, but I'm giving specs purely for reference :) For now, pick a recorder with an EIN of -120 dBu down to -130 dBu, get a windshield for it and start that journey!

They both accept the same microphone attachment capsules but the H5 does not have a color screen. Once again this may be something that you find unnec...

The media could not be loaded. After having done a quick video test for the Kodak Zi8, I decided to do something which would focus more on its audio recording capabilities. I also wanted to test the Zoom H4n, a portable flash recorded I recently purchased.

While this is certainly not a "deal-breaker" sort of issue, it's enough for me to withhold half-a-star. On the other hand, this is also a pretty easy problem to get around if you simply buy any sort of shotgun or lavalier mic to plug in to the device (which I plan to do soon). So this is really only going to be an issue for a small percentage of people. (Though, I could envision someone using this to record vocals for music and being a bit frustrated