Zoom SGH-6 Shotgun Microphone Capsule Recorder Accessory

The Zoom SGH-6 is a hyperdirectional shotgun capsule module engineered specifically for Zoom's XYH/SGH capsule port ecosystem. Its narrow pickup angle and 78dB signal-to-noise ratio are designed to solve the core challenge of location audio: capturing intelligible, clean dialogue in environments that aren't acoustically controlled. The hyperdirectional pattern means you're not just recording what's in front of the capsule — you're actively excluding what isn't. In a reverberant theater lobby, a noisy film set, or a windswept outdoor location, that directional discrimination is audible as reduced wash, cleaner transients on consonants, and a tighter, more focused stereo image when combined with the recorder's onboard channels.

This capsule is built for professionals already invested in the Zoom ecosystem — documentary filmmakers, ENG crews, live theater sound capture operators, and field recordists who run H5, H6, F4, or F8 recorders as primary or backup recording rigs. The integration is frictionless: the SGH-6 snaps into the capsule port, draws power from the host unit, and appears as the primary input source — no XLR cables, no separate preamp, no gain-staging between capsule and converter. Under session pressure, that simplicity is a genuine asset. The included hairy windscreen gives you immediate outdoor deployment capability, and the compact size keeps the recorder-plus-capsule combination camera-mountable without rebalancing the rig.