You can choose the spread of the sound with a spherical microphone, you can also record full HD movies "Zoom Q2HD" review

It is convenient to have a voice recorder when interviewing an interview or a lecture, but what you can do is to be able to accurately grasp the atmosphere of the place if you can shoot movies at the same time. Furthermore, if you can specify the range to pick up sound with the microphone, it is possible to reduce noise and to record the conversation clearly. So this time we have a spherical microphone and adjust the angle picking up the sound with a width from 30 ° to 150 ° "Handy recorder with zoom streaming function Q2HD(Tax included 10,950 yen) "I decided to actually try purchasing it and trying out usability.

◆ Photo review

The letters of the package are English, but the manual etc in Japanese is Japanese.


In addition to the main body, the contents are handling instructions, AA batteries × 2, SD card × 1, etc.


The size of the main body is 51 in width × 126.9 in height × 35 mm in thickness, it is about this size when it is held with the hand of an adult man.


Comparing the size with the iPhone 4S, it looks like this.


Equipped with 1 / 3.2-inch 5-megapixel CMOS sensor and capable of recording with MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 (MOV).


A spherical microphone that supports MS stereo system and can select from 30 °, 60 °, 90 °, 120 °, 150 ° the width of sound to be recorded.


Weigh about 132 grams with the battery and SD card inserted.


On the back is a 2.0 inch (320 × 240 dot) liquid crystal display.


Batteries use two commercially available AA batteries. The nominal driving time is 2 hours in movie shooting mode and 4 hours in voice recording mode.


Recording level adjustment dial, data delete button, SDXC card slot on the left side.


SD card can be inserted like this.


On the right side are Mini USB terminal, Micro HDMI, audio output terminal, power button.


The top is like this.


On the bottom is a hole for mounting on three legs.


Activate with long press of power button.


The screen at startup is as follows.


Pressing the red and black buttons in the middle starts recording and recording. Press it again to stop.


The menu screen is as follows.


The quality of the movie can be selected from 1080p 30fps, 720p 60fps, 720p 30fps, WVGA 60fps, WVGA 30fps.


PCM (16, 24 bit, 44.1, 48, 96 kHz) and AAC (64 to 320 kbps, 48 ​​kHz) can be selected as voice



◆ I tried using

When shooting video, use it like this.


The movie that actually shot the train entering the station can be seen below. The wind noise has been cut tightly and it is a good impression that the sound of the wheels and so on is picked up even in a situation where the train passes by the side and the wind is blowing. However, in a situation where the wind is hitting the microphone, it is a matter of concern that noise "bubble wrap" enters in some places. Please note that the quality and sound quality of the movie are somewhat degraded when uploading to YouTube, so they are not exactly the same as the original data you shot.

I tried shooting a train passing by "Zoom Q 2 HD" - YouTube


You can adjust the spread of left and right sounds when recording with the built-in microphone You can see the movies recorded with different angles set with the microphone angle below. In monaural mode and 30 °, distance to the train can be felt only by the magnitude of the sound, but from around 120 °, the feeling that the sound moves from left to right is transmitted. In addition, it seems that the train windows etc are inclined and it seems to be spec, and it does not mean that you are using video effects in particular.

◆ Mono
Record the train pass through monaural sound using "Zoom Q2 HD" - YouTube


◆ 30 °
Using "Zoom Q2 HD" to record the passage of the train at 30 ° microphone angle - YouTube


◆ 60 °
Using "Zoom Q2 HD" to record the passage of the train at 60 ° microphone angle - YouTube


◆ 90 °
Using "Zoom Q2 HD" to record the passage of the train at microphone angle 90 ° - YouTube


◆ 120 °
Using "Zoom Q2 HD" to record train passages at 120 ° microphone angle - YouTube


◆ 150 °
Record passage of train at "Mike angle 150 °" using "Zoom Q 2 HD" - YouTube


People who want a device for simple image recording as well as those who want a recording device that can finely adjust the spread of stereo because there is particular attention to the sound quality is a product of need checking.