![]() ![]() This is the biggest in the range, an 8-cell affair with a claimed capacity of 10400mAh. Ex-ProĮx-Pro make loads of battery products and have a range of NP-F batteries. ![]() They get credit for a modest/realistic claim of 6600mAh. The lack of an on-board capacity check makes this more useful for the Lykos than the Hawk Woods adapter. It’s a completely plain affair with no tricks. The battery is a little more expensive at £31 1. I’ve heard good things about Annsmann NiMH AA batteries so thought this was worth a go. ![]() Secondly, the battery can be charged directly from a USB connection. This is particularly useful for use with the SQNR adapter which doesn’t feature any level indicator. Firstly, it features a built-in capacity checker to show roughly how much power is remaining. Two interesting things about this battery compared to other cheap batteries. This was the cheapest battery I tried at £23 and a claimed capacity of 7800mAh. ![]() There are a lot of NP-F batteries about with a range of claimed capacities and a range of prices. Using a single battery type for both has some advantages as I can maintain a general pool of power for whatever’s needed. I already own a Manfrotto Lykos LED light I use for portable setups and that takes NP-F batteries natively. NP-F batteries have become a bit of a standard for video equipment such as monitors, external recorders and lights.That means you can’t just take a small battery for a day when you know you won’t need huge amounts of power, and it means all your power eggs are in one basket. The pricing on the Tracer batteries strongly pushes you towards a single 8Ah battery (£180) vs having two 4Ah batteries (£240).Compared to the 8Ah Tracer option it leaves £110 to spend on batteries which could buy a lot of 6600mAh (roughly 4Ah 12V) batteries from small brands. While the adapter is expensive (£70), it does give access to a wide range of affordable batteries.Of these two the Tracers are significantly more expensive, but it was hard to know how much of the extra expense is justified. The obvious solution to a better power source would have been a (nominal) 12V battery from Tracer or Talentcell. The SQNR has a maximum output of 24W, so should easily provide enough power for the Zoom in all situations. This time I tried a Hawk Woods DV-SQNR which converts Sony NP-F style (aka L-mount) batteries to a 12V Hirose connector. See the tips list for projects with no/low sound budgets available HEREĭan Brockett Lavalier Comparison Description of Shotgun Mic design Shotgun Mic Shootout MicrophoneData.Following on from my previous post about powering a Zoom F8 I decided I did want a more serious solution than the USB step-up adapter and end-up with a different kind of adapter. Need to find manuals quickly? Check out our wiki page of equipment manual links Tips for No/Low budget projectsĬontribute sound tips for projects with no/low budget by entering it HERE See this post comment for a great list of location sound tutorials on YouTube. See THIS LINK for equipment recommendations from the subreddit R/LocationSound Channel on Discord (text and voice channels) and of course Gaffer tape with which anything can be made.This is a short list of some of the equipment utilized We are the sound department responsible for handling the audio when shooting film/video. The reddit for location sound AKA Production Sound. ![]()
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