Nice to see someone bringing a fresh design approach to small recorders.
I'd be surprised if you'd get 20 hours from the batteries if running 6 phantom powered mics.
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Completely different target market from the 60d. No way could you fix this Zoom device under a camera.
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And I'd be surprised if any vendor quoted their default battery life with phantom on.
I think the idea of this one is that it will attach to a rig, maybe even a beefy on-camera shoe. This is the case with the H4n and similar units. Note the shotgun mic module in the link below.
That shotgun module is a bit of Alice in Irony Land on some level. Camera mounted mics are nearly always a bad idea + shotguns indoors (especially cheap ones) are nearly always a bad idea + cheap shotguns (I'm looking at you Rode) are one of the hottest items in the amateur video world. So the H6 may, regardless of its preamps or other features, be responsible for lots of bad sound and frustrated video shooters.
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you'd think with that modular design - they could make a bunch of different input modules...
Two modules with the unit, XY and MS. Two optional modules, XLR/TRS and Shotgun.
http://zoom.co.jp/news/article/548Also note the 20db pad switches visible on most of the inputs. If this applies to the line in we have a real useful improvement.
Fran