Gear List

Will Iverson

Will Iverson

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Gear List
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I have been slowly upgrading the gear I use to make my videos on my YouTube channel. Here's the gear list in case you are curious!

Studio Setup

For a computer, my daily driver is an Apple Mac Studio.

I was using this Satechi hub, but I can't recommend it as a) it seemed to fight with other USB devices and also was comparatively slow. Instead, I now have a Samsung PCIe 4TB SSD in this ACASIS case to expand the storage so I have plenty of room for editing, and I'm getting much better transfer speeds to the SSD (roughly double what I was seeing with the Satechi hub).

I'm using this Amazon soundbar - it tucks underneath this Sony monitor nicely and sounds very, very good for a computer speaker.

For a monitor, I found an Apple Studio Display on sale for closer to $1,200. It's tough to recommend at $2k, but you can find them on sale for quite a bit less.

I was very skeptical of the Stream Deck at first. In practice I have found it extremely useful. I can tap a button and set the lights to daylight spectrum and brightness. Tap another button and it sets the lights for recording (color, temp, and power) as well as setting the audio devices up correctly. I do find it kind of sad that I can't just assign these scripts to run without the special keyboard, but oh well. If you don't want to spring for the big one but want the software/hardware stuff as a combo check out the Stream Deck Mini.

Outdoor Setup

I originally was going to take the Sony ZV-E10 out to shoot outside. Now that I'm shooting at least one video a week in my studio, I decided to go ahead and get an Sony a6700 to take outside. Among many other reasons, the a6700 is water resistant, which is kind of big deal living in the Seattle metro area.

  • Main camera body - Sony a6700
  • Main lens for outdoor shooting - Tamron 18-300 F/3.5-6.3. It works great for everything from nice closeups to birds in trees.
  • Outdoor filter - K&F 2-in-1 55mm
  • Out and about microphone - DJI Mic 2. If you are using with a Sony camera be sure to grab this adapter to stream digitally directly to the camera. If you are doing stuff professionally you can capture 32-bit float audio on the DJI Mics directly and 24-bit wireless straight to the camera.
  • Outdoor filter - NEEWER 2 in 1 67mm Variable ND Filter ND2–ND32&CPL Filter

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