07Jan Portable Audio Recorder – Belt Mounted
Here’s a clever little tip for carrying around a portable audio recorder ‘hands free’ and at the same time having quick access to the screen and controls. Vimeo member Bruno Chansou uses a B-Grip Camera Belt (found here Amazon)
B-GRIP EVO Camera Belt – via Amazon
B-Grip Camera Belt Holster System – via eBay
The B-Grip Camera Belt Holster
DSLR Belt Clip Camera Holster
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January 7th, 2013 at 10:47 am
I’d personally not walk around with the heaphone jack sticking out the side like that – it’s just asking to be broken off. (Been there, done that, absolutely no joy…) 3.5mm jacks are tend to be worse off than 1/4″ ones, but there’s always a risk of damage to the board inside the case when torquing/shearing the connector from outside.
I much prefer right angle plugs for that reason. The lever arm is shorter and much less likely to get caught on something.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:11 am
That’s freakin’ brilliant! If it’s mounted on my right side, the 3.5mm jack on the Zoom H4N is on the body side so it would actually be protected from getting broken off. Another advantage for me is that I do a lot of photography, and hate having the camera strapped around my neck.
January 7th, 2013 at 11:48 am
I’ve been doing this for a while. I agree with David it wouldn’t be ideal to walk around with the headphone jack sticking out like in the picture, but the recorder actually is parallel to your legs, making the jack face either ahead or behind you, safe from most obstacles. I’ve never had a problem and this is quite a nice solution I feel.
January 7th, 2013 at 3:22 pm
This is exactly why I love Cheesycam. Great tip.
January 7th, 2013 at 6:57 pm
Great idea. I’ve been trying to find a small belt clip to attach to the H1 for a good lav arrangement. Although these look good for the application above, theyd be too big to hide an H1…Anyone found anything that would work for that?
January 8th, 2013 at 2:14 pm
I have played around with this idea in the past, but never brought it to fruition. Doing it with that cheap clip system (which I would never trust with a DSLR) seems like it would be a great setup for run-and-gun dual-system shooters.
January 8th, 2013 at 7:39 pm
@ ted h
Thank your friendly neighborhood frugal filmmaker for this tip.
He suggested using an old fashioned cell phone belt holster. The kind for brick fones. Dollar tree is best place to find them
January 13th, 2013 at 12:13 pm
Thank you for comments.
@David
You’re right. I intend to buy a new headphone cable with right angle connector.
March 13th, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Awesome just got this but what do you have on the grip belt that is holding the extra cable?
April 4th, 2013 at 6:21 am
@Jesse.
For hold extra cable I added myself a small hook with strong tape.