Can I connect this directly to my Canon DSLR for sound recording?

I have a canon legria hg 25, okay it's not a DSLR but I have Canon DSLR's also and am a semi pro video maker and photographer. I bought this recorder for two reasons and one of them was to link directly into my camcorder to use it solely as a microphone. It works superbly. I don't know which DSLR you have but as long as it has a standard microphone 'IN' port then you should have no trouble. You will of course need to buy a male-to-male 3.5 audio cable which goes from the Zoom's headphone socket to your camera's microphone 'IN' port. You should go into the camera settings and turn OFF the mixing capability as mixing is where the camera may try to still use its own on-board microphone as well and mix both sound sources together. For optimum results I turn the camera audio gain (input sensitivity level) down to one-fifth of maximum and then use the Zoom microphone dial to fine tune the overall input level. If you camera has an audio level meter then try to make sure that when the room is silent and the microphone should be hearing nothing that the level bar drops all the way to nothing and only rises when a sound is made by you or some other source... if the level does not drop to zero during silence then you will pick up an audible background hum... this is common to almost any microphone where the level settings have not been tweaked for optimum performance. Finally the unit is superb. Okay it's a plastic body and the tripod mount thread is plastic too so if you tighten it too much you will just ruin the thread but as far as how it works... you won't do better. For USB recording, go for the Blue Yeti. I have both microphones and cannot fault the audio quality of either.

hi!Does the Zoom H2N have a loging system for tracking the recordings?

Hi David, not sure what you mean exactly but I think the answer I can give you is that when you record each time it gives each recording it's own file name name I.e. Zoom001, Zoom002 and so on. When I've recorded my band , I've recorded each song separately and therefore they are separate files with the zoom number running progressively. I also use it in the house when I'm practicing and working on new sounds, and I can still say the quality is superb. Once you connect to your mac or PC, the files can then be renamed as you wish. I record in mp3 format for what I need and can say that in tiff or raw format it will be even greater. I've just bought a mains adaptor, and it fits in my compact srl camera case a treat. You won't be disappointed , good luck if you buy! Ps, I have a friend who owns a media production company, and he swears by this product, I only found out about that after I had bought it, so that was a reassuring testament. Happy new year, hope this helps you. Regards paul

Product Dimensions	6.76 x 4.27 x 11.43 cm; 131.54 g
Batteries	2 Lithium Polymer batteries required.
Item model number	H2N
Colour	Black
Compatible Devices	Personal Computer, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone
Hardware Interface	Secure Digital Card
Scale Length	inches
Material Type	18/8 Stainless Steel
Country Produced In	China
Speaker Count	1
Output Wattage	400 Milliwatts
Proficiency Level	Professional
Battery Type	Alkaline
Colour Screen	No
Media Format	WAV
Standing screen display size	1.8 Inches
Voltage	240 Volts
Item Weight	132 g

Zoom H2n Stereo/Surround-Sound Portable Recorder, 5 Built-In Microphones, X/Y, Mid-Side, Surround Sound, Ambisonics Mode, Records to SD Card, For Recording Music, Audio for Video, and Interviews

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