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Originally Posted by Vindellama
Maybe because a H5 comes with a low noise semi-professional grade built-in preamp, and a decent quality condenser capsule. That with the proper configuration and placement can sound almost as good as a laptop-interface-mic combo, costing only a fraction of it. Not everybody is a pro willing to spend extra on a laptop, an interface, and a couple of condenser mics for recording demos anywhere, when you can do it decently expending much less.
You can also connect it directly into a DSLR for making videos on the go, and carry it on the camera bag.
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Totally agree. The record and reproduce quality of the Zooms is higher than studio grade equipment of a few years ago.
Mic placement, recording environment and performance are the most important elements (of course a nice tune helps...)
A student of mine, who knows how to swing a mic, recently recorded location sound for a documentary in Indonesia. They had to travel light so just took a Zoom H6, a Sennheiser 416 and a coupe of Lectro lavs. The other 18 graduate film's sound kits comprised of Sound Devices 633 recorders, Schoeps, Sanken and Sennheiser mics etc, often set on a sound stage.
The doco with the Zoom had the best sound of all the films. All of the atmos was recorded on the Zoom with the x/y mic and sounded great. NOBODY from the industry judging panel, film academics or general audiences had anything but praise for the sound.