Answers.Body: <p>There are multiple answers.</p>
  
  <p>The easiest and cheaper solution is to get a shoe extender.</p>
  
  <p>The more professional way is to get an external recorder specifically designed for DSLR mounting. Look at the products of BeachTek and JuiceLink for examples.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I keep reading that for proper sound you should use an external recorder like the Zoom H1 or H4N with your DSLR. Until now, I was only using an external microphone, namely the Takstar SGC-598, without an extra recorder.</p>
  
  <p><strong>My question is, how do you mount both the mic and the recorder on the DSLR which has only one hot shoe.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Recently, I've been shooting my first documentary video, holding the camera just like that with no steadycam, shoulder rig etc. Also, I was on my own so there was nobody to hold the microphone (and potentially a recorder) separately. Therefore I had to attach it directly to the camera.
  Having only the camera with little extra gear made the shooting very dynamic which I liked.</p>
  
  <p>I looked at a few Hot Shoe Y-Adapters but none really convinced me.</p>
  
  <p>Do you have any experience with a setup like this? How do you mount mic and recorder on the camera?</p>
  
Tags: <dslr><microphone>
Title: How to mount microphone and recorder on the DSLR?
UserDisplayName: Felix Gehring
ThreadText: # How to mount microphone and recorder on the DSLR?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-08)
  
  I keep reading that for proper sound you should use an external recorder like the Zoom H1 or H4N with your DSLR. Until now, I was only using an external microphone, namely the Takstar SGC-598, without an extra recorder.
  
  **My question is, how do you mount both the mic and the recorder on the DSLR which has only one hot shoe.**
  
  Recently, I've been shooting my first documentary video, holding the camera just like that with no steadycam, shoulder rig etc. Also, I was on my own so there was nobody to hold the microphone (and potentially a recorder) separately. Therefore I had to attach it directly to the camera.
  Having only the camera with little extra gear made the shooting very dynamic which I liked.
  
  I looked at a few Hot Shoe Y-Adapters but none really convinced me.
  
  Do you have any experience with a setup like this? How do you mount mic and recorder on the camera?
  
  **Tags:** dslr, microphone
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-15. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  There are multiple answers.
  
  The easiest and cheaper solution is to get a shoe extender.
  
  The more professional way is to get an external recorder specifically designed for DSLR mounting. Look at the products of BeachTek and JuiceLink for examples.
  
  
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