1 00:00:00,811 --> 00:00:03,321 Okay, so you're getting serious with your YouTube game now, and 2 00:00:03,321 --> 00:00:05,831 you're thinking about upgrading the equipment that you've got. 3 00:00:06,081 --> 00:00:09,021 Maybe you're just starting, but you want to start with the best 4 00:00:09,281 --> 00:00:11,641 equipment that's available to you. 5 00:00:11,641 --> 00:00:14,991 So I'm going to give you all of the information I can about 6 00:00:15,361 --> 00:00:17,451 what I'd call a Pro Setup. 7 00:00:17,471 --> 00:00:21,201 The Pro Gear Guide is where all of information comes from. 8 00:00:21,201 --> 00:00:25,431 It's available at kingofvideo.co.uk, and you can go and download that for free. 9 00:00:25,841 --> 00:00:28,531 And in this Pro Gear Guide, I'm just going to go through the same 10 00:00:28,531 --> 00:00:29,711 as I did in the last episode. 11 00:00:29,711 --> 00:00:32,881 So if you listened to the last episode, I was starting with the Starter Gear Guide; 12 00:00:33,281 --> 00:00:37,221 and this, with the pro gear guide, I'm going to go through cameras, lighting, all 13 00:00:37,221 --> 00:00:41,851 of that kind of jazz and talk about what you can do to upgrade your setup and look 14 00:00:43,196 --> 00:00:44,446 I shouldn't do the intro, right? 15 00:00:44,486 --> 00:00:46,136 This is the YouTube Success Podcast. 16 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:49,876 Of course, the issue here, you've either on YouTube or you'll find your 17 00:00:49,876 --> 00:00:54,456 way to the podcast on Spotify and Apple and all of those good places. 18 00:00:55,016 --> 00:00:57,546 This is a free podcast. 19 00:00:57,586 --> 00:01:03,046 I'm doing this because I love YouTube I love video, spent some time a few 20 00:01:03,046 --> 00:01:06,626 years ago looking at what I really love to do and it's teaching and 21 00:01:06,626 --> 00:01:08,376 talking about video based stuff. 22 00:01:08,676 --> 00:01:11,776 So if you're in for all of that, you want to improve your video game, you 23 00:01:11,776 --> 00:01:14,646 want to improve your YouTube game I'm gonna be interviewing some of 24 00:01:14,646 --> 00:01:16,766 the biggest YouTubers in the world. 25 00:01:16,776 --> 00:01:20,500 I've already done that if we're on episode 9 here, but we've got a 26 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:24,660 few already done and I've got one coming with Jerry in episode 12. 27 00:01:24,660 --> 00:01:26,520 So stick around for all of that stuff. 28 00:01:26,590 --> 00:01:28,490 I'm finding the best people and you're going to get all 29 00:01:28,490 --> 00:01:29,370 of that from this podcast. 30 00:01:29,370 --> 00:01:31,820 So that's intro over and done with. 31 00:01:33,010 --> 00:01:33,700 Oh, no, it's not. 32 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,290 Don't forget to review this. 33 00:01:35,810 --> 00:01:36,460 Share it. 34 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:37,470 Like it. 35 00:01:37,790 --> 00:01:39,310 All that kind of good social stuff. 36 00:01:39,370 --> 00:01:43,200 All of those little indications that are important to us to let us know that 37 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,210 you're actually enjoying this stuff. 38 00:01:44,210 --> 00:01:49,090 And thank you so much for those of you already, even by this episode, who 39 00:01:49,090 --> 00:01:51,160 have reached out to me on the socials. 40 00:01:51,690 --> 00:01:53,280 I am a normal human being. 41 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,220 I know when you listen to podcasts and watch YouTube and some of these 42 00:01:56,230 --> 00:01:59,030 things, you can think though the people that you listen to or that 43 00:01:59,030 --> 00:02:00,410 you're talking to are out of reach. 44 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:01,500 I'm not at all. 45 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,910 I'm not in any way an influencer or a celebrity. 46 00:02:04,210 --> 00:02:06,280 I'm just a normal person who's trying to make 47 00:02:06,810 --> 00:02:09,300 a good living doing this good stuff as well and I absolutely 48 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:10,420 would love to connect with you. 49 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:15,207 So please go and seek me out on the socials, all the links are 50 00:02:15,207 --> 00:02:16,257 in the show notes of course. 51 00:02:16,577 --> 00:02:22,207 Alright, so let's talk about the Pro Gear Guide, the Pro Gear Guide. 52 00:02:22,227 --> 00:02:24,317 This is probably my favourite gear guide. 53 00:02:24,837 --> 00:02:28,307 You know I talked about the budget stuff and I always want to help people. 54 00:02:28,672 --> 00:02:29,542 where they're at. 55 00:02:29,642 --> 00:02:33,422 So some people can't afford to invest in more equipment and I 56 00:02:33,422 --> 00:02:35,012 totally understand that and I get it. 57 00:02:35,292 --> 00:02:36,182 I've been there. 58 00:02:36,482 --> 00:02:38,892 Do what you got to do with the money that you have. 59 00:02:39,182 --> 00:02:43,512 But the reason why I love the Pro Gear Guide is because this is where you can 60 00:02:43,512 --> 00:02:48,542 make huge leaps and bounds I think, by just investing in a small amount of 61 00:02:48,542 --> 00:02:53,842 equipment, but also how you can create an environment where it's good for you just 62 00:02:53,842 --> 00:02:55,502 to sit down and record these episodes. 63 00:02:55,502 --> 00:02:58,962 When I'm sitting here in my studio now, I just have to press a few 64 00:02:58,962 --> 00:03:00,612 buttons and I'm ready to record. 65 00:03:00,612 --> 00:03:04,678 Now, one caveat to that is you'll see that I talk about the Sony 66 00:03:04,678 --> 00:03:08,338 ZV-1, actually ZV-E10 as well. 67 00:03:08,788 --> 00:03:10,925 Now, ZV-1 is what English people would call it. 68 00:03:12,325 --> 00:03:14,505 I'll talk about that and I mention it. 69 00:03:14,935 --> 00:03:19,675 I'm actually using a Sony A7C, which is a bit more of an expensive 70 00:03:19,675 --> 00:03:24,438 equipment and there's a Sony ZV-E10, which is even better. 71 00:03:24,558 --> 00:03:26,848 Oh my God, I can't believe I saw that today. 72 00:03:26,848 --> 00:03:30,758 I've got so much GAS, which is Gear Acquisition Syndrome. 73 00:03:31,108 --> 00:03:33,808 I definitely want to go and buy that, but it's like two and a half grand. 74 00:03:33,808 --> 00:03:36,078 So I'm not going to go and do that right now. 75 00:03:36,448 --> 00:03:39,248 My wife would definitely kill me when I've got millions of 76 00:03:39,248 --> 00:03:40,568 cameras already in this office. 77 00:03:41,093 --> 00:03:43,783 I've got to find a way to justify that purchase for sure. 78 00:03:44,263 --> 00:03:48,313 Look, so the reason why it's my favorite is because when you buy all of this, 79 00:03:48,543 --> 00:03:51,363 a small investment, what I think is a relatively small investment, it's 80 00:03:51,363 --> 00:03:52,813 in a long term investment as well. 81 00:03:53,213 --> 00:03:56,843 It dramatically increases the likeliness that you're going 82 00:03:56,843 --> 00:03:58,763 to create video content, right? 83 00:03:58,763 --> 00:04:05,168 And it increases your opportunity to create video content when 84 00:04:05,168 --> 00:04:06,648 you're least feeling like it. 85 00:04:07,158 --> 00:04:09,688 Right now, this is late in the day and I don't know if, in the podcast, I've 86 00:04:09,688 --> 00:04:13,528 already talked about energy — Being in the right energy to film, but i'm 87 00:04:13,528 --> 00:04:14,968 definitely not in the right energy. 88 00:04:14,978 --> 00:04:17,018 If you go watch me on YouTube, you'll probably find them less 89 00:04:17,298 --> 00:04:18,928 excitable as I normally am. 90 00:04:19,278 --> 00:04:20,458 Maybe you'll disagree with me. 91 00:04:20,458 --> 00:04:20,898 I'm not sure. 92 00:04:20,898 --> 00:04:25,285 Let me know in the comments But I'm low energy here, right, but I know 93 00:04:25,285 --> 00:04:26,505 I need to get these episodes done. 94 00:04:26,505 --> 00:04:29,705 So I've been able to come and sit in my office almost 5PM. 95 00:04:30,315 --> 00:04:33,275 Pressed the buttons that I needed to do and I'm ready to record and I'm 96 00:04:33,275 --> 00:04:37,035 good like great, because I've got this permanent setup and it's not far away 97 00:04:37,035 --> 00:04:40,568 from the setup that I'm going to talk about here today, alright, so I think 98 00:04:40,568 --> 00:04:42,198 we've set this episode up well enough. 99 00:04:42,658 --> 00:04:45,338 Let's dig into it and talk about cameras then. 100 00:04:45,338 --> 00:04:49,478 So in the last episode we talked about the Starter Gear Guide 101 00:04:49,508 --> 00:04:50,818 and using your mobile phone. 102 00:04:51,538 --> 00:04:56,508 Now, if you move from a mobile phone to a dedicated camera like 103 00:04:56,508 --> 00:05:01,688 this and there's Sony ZV-1, which is the first recommendation. 104 00:05:01,958 --> 00:05:06,818 Or my previous recommendation, I now tend to say the ZV-E10, 105 00:05:06,838 --> 00:05:08,048 which is the next level up. 106 00:05:08,438 --> 00:05:11,588 The difference between the two, by the way, is one's a point and shoot with 107 00:05:11,588 --> 00:05:14,008 a fixed camera, a fixed lens, sorry. 108 00:05:14,628 --> 00:05:19,478 And the other one's a, I don't know if you could call it a point and shoot 109 00:05:19,488 --> 00:05:22,778 anymore because it has a detachable lens. 110 00:05:23,018 --> 00:05:27,578 All of a sudden, when you've got a detachable lens and it's an APS-C, APS-C 111 00:05:28,148 --> 00:05:32,478 camera, all of a sudden you can start to do really clever things with it. 112 00:05:32,568 --> 00:05:36,648 So the ZV-1, and the ZV-E10, great, you can purchase them, you can pick them up 113 00:05:36,648 --> 00:05:38,598 and you're ready to go straight away. 114 00:05:38,928 --> 00:05:42,748 And actually, when we're talking about those cameras, right 115 00:05:42,758 --> 00:05:44,148 now they're on super discount. 116 00:05:44,168 --> 00:05:46,038 And I know it's Black Friday, but it looks like these 117 00:05:46,038 --> 00:05:47,438 discounts are there for a while. 118 00:05:47,738 --> 00:05:50,508 So you can pick them up, what I used to say is about £700, 119 00:05:50,508 --> 00:05:51,998 but it's about £600 now. 120 00:05:52,558 --> 00:05:55,338 It's probably the same in dollars if you're in the US plus tax, right? 121 00:05:55,348 --> 00:06:00,571 So You can get these cameras relatively cheap and what it means is if you're 122 00:06:00,571 --> 00:06:04,691 using your mobile phone in the previous example You have to stop using your 123 00:06:04,691 --> 00:06:07,491 mobile phone or you have to set it up and put it on the tripod or something 124 00:06:07,491 --> 00:06:11,971 like that When you've got a dedicated device for filming you can just turn 125 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:14,221 it on or have it permanently set up. 126 00:06:14,221 --> 00:06:17,451 So if you're on YouTube, you can see me looking at the camera now as I'm filming 127 00:06:17,451 --> 00:06:21,981 this and this camera that I've got here Is here all the time, all the time. 128 00:06:22,561 --> 00:06:25,711 I just come in, I turn it on, it's connected with a capture card, 129 00:06:25,711 --> 00:06:28,861 we're not going to talk about those in this episode, and I have 130 00:06:28,871 --> 00:06:30,201 a button to turn my lighting on. 131 00:06:30,201 --> 00:06:33,481 In fact, if you're on YouTube, I'll press the button here, you'll see 132 00:06:33,481 --> 00:06:37,341 my lighting go off and my lighting comes back on and I'm away to go. 133 00:06:37,976 --> 00:06:38,466 That's it. 134 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:42,086 You know, I open Ecamm and a few other bits as well, but I'm ready to go. 135 00:06:42,416 --> 00:06:42,926 That's it. 136 00:06:43,346 --> 00:06:46,196 So that's the benefit because it means that for anyone that's 137 00:06:46,196 --> 00:06:49,856 ever set up equipment before, it takes you out of the good energy. 138 00:06:49,856 --> 00:06:50,996 You start to get frustrated with it. 139 00:06:50,996 --> 00:06:52,726 Sometimes things don't work quite as well. 140 00:06:53,081 --> 00:06:57,691 If you're setting up a studio environment or a filming environment every single 141 00:06:57,691 --> 00:07:02,141 time, in reality, you should test that environment because you've moved it about, 142 00:07:02,481 --> 00:07:05,921 you don't know if you've accidentally flipped a switch or something like 143 00:07:05,921 --> 00:07:10,411 that and you can easily disable the microphone, I've done that before, you 144 00:07:10,411 --> 00:07:14,801 can easily turn it into a different mode, you can turn in a different 145 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:19,111 aperture or ISO, all the settings that these complicated cameras have. 146 00:07:19,441 --> 00:07:21,361 You can easily flick some of these switches. 147 00:07:21,891 --> 00:07:25,111 So then when you come back to review the footage, it's dead. 148 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:28,441 The worst one is when the microphone doesn't work and you've got no sound 149 00:07:28,471 --> 00:07:29,881 because you can't recover from that. 150 00:07:30,641 --> 00:07:34,931 So having a dedicated setup means you just know the buttons that you need to press. 151 00:07:35,031 --> 00:07:38,131 There's no chance of you pressing these things and away you go. 152 00:07:39,321 --> 00:07:41,591 So investing in a camera like this is really good. 153 00:07:41,591 --> 00:07:44,521 And you know, the other great thing about it is there's.. 154 00:07:45,721 --> 00:07:48,441 With Sony cameras specifically, they have a million menu 155 00:07:48,491 --> 00:07:49,761 items that can be confusing. 156 00:07:49,761 --> 00:07:51,221 It can be daunting when you first get it. 157 00:07:51,221 --> 00:07:54,661 There's loads of YouTube videos that help you get started with these things. 158 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:59,491 When you do, you know that it's so flexible, you can do so many 159 00:07:59,521 --> 00:08:03,361 things, which means you've got more opportunity to be creative than 160 00:08:03,381 --> 00:08:05,301 you could with just a mobile phone. 161 00:08:05,781 --> 00:08:09,071 I reckon some TikTok is, will probably argue with that because you've got 162 00:08:09,071 --> 00:08:10,121 the device with you all the time, 163 00:08:10,121 --> 00:08:16,706 but I would say, strategically creative with your content because dedicated 164 00:08:16,706 --> 00:08:21,716 devices, cameras that are built to be cameras have the most amount of 165 00:08:21,716 --> 00:08:25,466 flexibility as it currently stands at time of filming this episode, of course. 166 00:08:26,408 --> 00:08:29,358 AI is changing some of that as well, by the way, just as a side note. 167 00:08:29,818 --> 00:08:31,158 Okay, so that's phones. 168 00:08:31,168 --> 00:08:34,468 Again, if you want this guide, go to kingofvideo.co.uk for, uh, co. 169 00:08:34,468 --> 00:08:38,778 co.uk and then just click on Start Here and download the Pro Guide. 170 00:08:39,128 --> 00:08:40,498 I'm going to talk about microphones now. 171 00:08:41,928 --> 00:08:43,248 Microphone is a SmartLav+. 172 00:08:43,398 --> 00:08:45,378 So, you know, we talked about that in the last one. 173 00:08:45,378 --> 00:08:46,348 That's a great investment. 174 00:08:46,658 --> 00:08:48,598 It would still work with some of this stuff. 175 00:08:48,958 --> 00:08:51,648 It is built specifically for a phone. 176 00:08:52,078 --> 00:08:55,368 So, depending on the camera, it might work or not work. 177 00:08:55,648 --> 00:08:59,098 But what I tend to look for is when we move across to these. 178 00:08:59,098 --> 00:09:02,128 There's a couple of different types of microphone. 179 00:09:02,158 --> 00:09:02,878 You can have... 180 00:09:03,053 --> 00:09:05,463 What I recommend there, which is the Rode Wireless GO, I think 181 00:09:05,463 --> 00:09:07,093 there's a Version 2 of this now. 182 00:09:07,653 --> 00:09:12,113 Rode Wireless GO gives you an opportunity to be wireless when you're filming. 183 00:09:12,113 --> 00:09:14,913 So right now, I've got the Yeti Nano in front of me, we'll 184 00:09:14,913 --> 00:09:15,953 talk about that in a second. 185 00:09:16,508 --> 00:09:20,938 And if I move away, as I move away, and I talk over here, you'll 186 00:09:20,938 --> 00:09:22,668 notice the sound is not as good. 187 00:09:23,268 --> 00:09:24,518 I'm hoping that's the case. 188 00:09:24,808 --> 00:09:28,388 You can hear me move towards and move away from the device. 189 00:09:28,398 --> 00:09:32,998 If I had a wireless microphone, or a lapel microphone, the sound 190 00:09:32,998 --> 00:09:34,463 would stay with me as I move. 191 00:09:34,543 --> 00:09:36,023 So that's one of the benefits of it. 192 00:09:36,023 --> 00:09:41,353 And also, as you've probably seen in TikTok, Instagram Reels, Shorts, you've 193 00:09:41,353 --> 00:09:45,083 probably seen people interviewing with these Rode Wireless microphones. 194 00:09:45,083 --> 00:09:46,403 I talked about it in the last episode. 195 00:09:46,703 --> 00:09:51,123 They put a DeadCat on the top, the wind muff, as some people call it, and 196 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:55,133 they talk and pass it back and forward to the person they're interviewing. 197 00:09:55,133 --> 00:09:57,193 So, that does happen also. 198 00:09:57,998 --> 00:09:58,888 It gives you a great opportunity. 199 00:09:58,958 --> 00:10:03,038 It makes it a bit more flexible, perhaps, than just using the onboard stuff. 200 00:10:03,188 --> 00:10:05,808 No onboard microphone is good, by the way. 201 00:10:06,288 --> 00:10:12,228 ZV, ZV-1 and the E10, they're alright. 202 00:10:12,983 --> 00:10:13,593 They're not bad. 203 00:10:14,503 --> 00:10:17,853 You know, when you go to things like Descript, software like Descript, you 204 00:10:17,853 --> 00:10:22,253 can use Studio Sound and you can use AI to enhance the sound now, which makes 205 00:10:22,253 --> 00:10:24,343 the onboard stuff even more valuable. 206 00:10:24,773 --> 00:10:27,793 But I would say an external microphone like the ones I'm talking about here 207 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:29,203 is probably where you want to be. 208 00:10:29,793 --> 00:10:30,973 Okay, stick into microphones. 209 00:10:30,973 --> 00:10:33,813 There's also shotgun microphones so if you're not sure about these and you're 210 00:10:33,813 --> 00:10:37,673 listening on the audio, a shotgun microphone is a directional one. 211 00:10:39,453 --> 00:10:41,593 If you're on YouTube you can see me just pulling this one. 212 00:10:41,983 --> 00:10:43,153 It's on down in front of me. 213 00:10:43,523 --> 00:10:46,713 This is a NTG4 actually, I think. 214 00:10:47,043 --> 00:10:48,043 It sits above me. 215 00:10:48,053 --> 00:10:51,253 It's not the one I'm using for the sound here, but the shotgun mics, what 216 00:10:51,253 --> 00:10:56,293 they'll do is they'll avoid the sound around them, and just, they get the 217 00:10:56,293 --> 00:10:58,633 sound direct, directly in front of them. 218 00:10:59,293 --> 00:11:03,683 So it means that when you're filming, you've got a better chance of getting 219 00:11:03,703 --> 00:11:05,363 the audio from the thing in front of you. 220 00:11:05,693 --> 00:11:08,373 Of course that doesn't work if it's two way, if someone's behind it, 221 00:11:08,823 --> 00:11:11,873 but for certain situations, that would be really, really useful. 222 00:11:12,233 --> 00:11:14,433 And then of course you've got lapel mics, which we've talked about before. 223 00:11:15,238 --> 00:11:16,698 Okay, so they're some good examples. 224 00:11:17,098 --> 00:11:21,588 Investment wise, £100 maybe for the Wireless GO, £150 maybe. 225 00:11:21,888 --> 00:11:28,585 I've actually got a really nice set of microphones, which is the DJI, uh, DJI, 226 00:11:28,885 --> 00:11:34,850 DJI, it's the, it's the version of DJI's Rode Wireless GO and the reason why I 227 00:11:34,850 --> 00:11:36,250 like it is it comes in a little case. 228 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:41,280 It's a chargeable case and it's got two microphones built in and one receiver. 229 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:44,440 So you put the receiver on the camera and then you got these two transmitters. 230 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:49,975 So if you want to do on-the-road interviews, like podcasts, that kind 231 00:11:49,975 --> 00:11:53,615 of thing, you can give one microphone to your guest, one to you, and it 232 00:11:53,635 --> 00:11:56,025 sends them both to the receiver. 233 00:11:56,548 --> 00:11:59,898 I think it also record, you can also press record on those devices and it'll 234 00:11:59,898 --> 00:12:01,308 record to the device itself as well. 235 00:12:01,308 --> 00:12:04,828 It's so valuable, you know, like, this gear is a dream from when I 236 00:12:04,848 --> 00:12:06,448 started the video company in 2013, 237 00:12:08,348 --> 00:12:12,068 this stuff that we're talking about here just didn't exist or was so expensive. 238 00:12:13,353 --> 00:12:16,763 So to have it available for £100 or a couple of £100 is just a dream. 239 00:12:17,273 --> 00:12:18,473 Let's talk about lighting then. 240 00:12:18,473 --> 00:12:21,343 So the lighting I have in here, if you're on the YouTube channel, 241 00:12:21,353 --> 00:12:22,683 you saw me turn it off earlier. 242 00:12:23,073 --> 00:12:26,843 In the guide, I talk about Key Light Airs and Key Lights. 243 00:12:27,083 --> 00:12:29,883 So the difference between the two, the Key Light has a.. 244 00:12:29,913 --> 00:12:33,123 like an attachment that you attach to a desk. 245 00:12:33,763 --> 00:12:35,113 It's like a screw on attachment. 246 00:12:35,593 --> 00:12:41,328 And the Key Light Airs have a desktop stand, which is the ones I've got. 247 00:12:41,338 --> 00:12:43,728 I've got two of them and they stand either side of me. 248 00:12:43,928 --> 00:12:48,075 Actually, if you're on YouTube now, you'll see that's turning one off and that's 249 00:12:48,075 --> 00:12:51,788 turning the other one off and then turning one back on and the other one back on. 250 00:12:51,788 --> 00:12:54,498 So you'll see the difference it makes. 251 00:12:54,498 --> 00:12:57,748 And that, so their individual controls on my Stream Deck, we'll talk about 252 00:12:57,748 --> 00:13:00,838 that in a minute, and then I've got a dual control, which turns them both on. 253 00:13:01,218 --> 00:13:03,448 When I'm recording like this, I want them both on. 254 00:13:03,448 --> 00:13:05,798 And the reason why that works in that way is because the 255 00:13:06,218 --> 00:13:09,998 key Lights are wireless, so they connect to your wireless network, they connect 256 00:13:10,008 --> 00:13:13,248 to the computer that you're working with, or your mobile phone, and then 257 00:13:13,248 --> 00:13:16,508 you've got a remote control to turn them on and off, and that's part of 258 00:13:16,508 --> 00:13:20,498 this setup that I was talking about where I say, ' You want to go in and 259 00:13:20,498 --> 00:13:22,028 press a few buttons and you're ready.' 260 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:24,258 That's part of what makes that all happen. 261 00:13:24,898 --> 00:13:26,598 And so these key lights are just fantastic. 262 00:13:26,618 --> 00:13:28,618 Now the price of these is a couple of hundred quid. 263 00:13:28,968 --> 00:13:31,948 I think the key light airs were about £120 each. 264 00:13:32,468 --> 00:13:35,518 The Key Lights, the original Key Lights were about £180 I think. 265 00:13:36,193 --> 00:13:40,983 The super powerful, the very strong and just, you know, with it, Elgato stuff, 266 00:13:40,983 --> 00:13:43,753 I just love the build quality of those lights. 267 00:13:44,053 --> 00:13:46,343 You know, when you're looking at NEEWER, I talked about the ring 268 00:13:46,343 --> 00:13:49,883 light that's behind me in the Starter Gear Guide, like, yes, they're good. 269 00:13:50,193 --> 00:13:51,443 And I like the NEEWER stuff. 270 00:13:51,443 --> 00:13:53,223 I think it's good build quality there as well. 271 00:13:53,723 --> 00:13:54,713 Also Aputure. 272 00:13:54,733 --> 00:13:59,433 We used to use these Aputure lights, which again are more expensive, but 273 00:13:59,443 --> 00:14:04,943 oh my God, we traveled the world with those Aputure LED panels, tens of maybe 274 00:14:04,943 --> 00:14:09,463 even a hundred thousand plus miles in a suitcase with these led panels. 275 00:14:09,463 --> 00:14:13,463 And they just never let us down for seven years we use them, and then never let 276 00:14:13,463 --> 00:14:16,553 us down, but they were more expensive than the other ones I mentioned here. 277 00:14:17,428 --> 00:14:19,768 I discount them off this list as the Pro Gear Guide. 278 00:14:19,768 --> 00:14:22,088 I would say that they're kind of expert level. 279 00:14:22,088 --> 00:14:24,488 That's where I would put those things completely. 280 00:14:25,928 --> 00:14:28,438 Also in the lighting section, you'll see that the NEEWER Two 281 00:14:28,448 --> 00:14:30,188 Pack LED Video Lighting Kit. 282 00:14:30,618 --> 00:14:34,278 This has a soft box included. 283 00:14:34,728 --> 00:14:37,068 I don't know if they changed this, we bought these, the softbox 284 00:14:37,098 --> 00:14:40,958 build quality wasn't great, as softbox tend not to be, you know, 285 00:14:40,958 --> 00:14:42,148 they're a bit hit and miss really. 286 00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:46,468 A softbox is something where, if you've got a really strong light, a softbox 287 00:14:46,468 --> 00:14:51,048 or diffuser it's sometimes called, will just spread the light a little bit 288 00:14:51,058 --> 00:14:52,638 more, so you don't get the hot spot. 289 00:14:52,678 --> 00:14:57,348 So if I turn my lighting up, again, you'll only see this if you're on YouTube, if I 290 00:14:57,348 --> 00:15:00,488 turn my lighting up more than it is now, I mean, you can still see some hotspots 291 00:15:00,508 --> 00:15:04,468 straight away, but if I turn it right up, you can start to see it on my forehead. 292 00:15:04,478 --> 00:15:08,378 You see those two bands of light in the middle, just here, the bands of 293 00:15:08,378 --> 00:15:12,198 lights there, and these Key Light Airs, they have some diffuser. 294 00:15:13,088 --> 00:15:16,538 They have like a diffuser on the front of them, so the lighting is not bad. 295 00:15:16,548 --> 00:15:18,738 But it could definitely be better in my office. 296 00:15:18,738 --> 00:15:22,328 I'm, you know, I'm a recovering, recovering perfectionist. 297 00:15:22,348 --> 00:15:24,498 So this would have done my head in a long time ago. 298 00:15:24,528 --> 00:15:27,738 But actually I'm okay with this little bit of additional lighting. 299 00:15:27,858 --> 00:15:29,088 I could set this office up better. 300 00:15:29,258 --> 00:15:30,758 It's the tiniest office ever. 301 00:15:31,288 --> 00:15:32,258 It's not like Americans. 302 00:15:32,258 --> 00:15:35,448 Like Americans have like nice stuff coming from the ceiling and they 303 00:15:35,448 --> 00:15:36,948 have a bit more space behind them. 304 00:15:37,358 --> 00:15:40,528 When you've got these small box rooms in the UK, it's definitely 305 00:15:40,528 --> 00:15:42,208 harder to get everything together. 306 00:15:42,648 --> 00:15:45,258 I would probably say, if you're looking at my stuff on YouTube, 307 00:15:45,888 --> 00:15:48,388 the room probably looks bigger than it is, because it's not at all. 308 00:15:49,275 --> 00:15:52,425 Okay, so anyway, so lighting, so that's good. 309 00:15:52,508 --> 00:15:55,608 would always suggest two LED lights so you can have a left and right. 310 00:15:56,058 --> 00:15:58,858 You don't want them straight in front of you, that's what the ring light will do. 311 00:15:59,328 --> 00:16:00,908 Having them left and right really helps. 312 00:16:01,468 --> 00:16:05,708 And then there's just an optional thing here, which is the Stream Deck. 313 00:16:06,268 --> 00:16:10,378 Stream Deck is a little device, the one I've got is three by five. 314 00:16:10,378 --> 00:16:12,028 So I've got 15 buttons on it. 315 00:16:12,568 --> 00:16:14,178 This is a smaller one. 316 00:16:14,178 --> 00:16:15,818 And there's an Excel one that has more.. 317 00:16:16,168 --> 00:16:19,328 the Stream Deck allows me to press those buttons and for things to happen. 318 00:16:19,998 --> 00:16:25,065 Nick Nimmin, who's a YouTuber, who's a fantastic guy 319 00:16:25,065 --> 00:16:26,735 explaining a lot of this stuff. 320 00:16:26,745 --> 00:16:30,215 He showed recently, I watched one of his videos where he showed 321 00:16:30,435 --> 00:16:33,735 you can press a button and a whole bunch of actions happen. 322 00:16:33,735 --> 00:16:35,675 It's like automation off the back of the button. 323 00:16:36,105 --> 00:16:37,715 It's a sequence of events. 324 00:16:37,885 --> 00:16:40,535 So he presses a button, it opens a bunch of programs. 325 00:16:40,535 --> 00:16:44,095 It turns it light lighting on, it hits record, all of those things 326 00:16:44,095 --> 00:16:47,725 in one click of a button just by setting up all those actions. 327 00:16:47,735 --> 00:16:47,755 So. 328 00:16:48,570 --> 00:16:50,430 Stream Deck is just so powerful for that. 329 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:52,010 It's it feels gimmicky. 330 00:16:52,210 --> 00:16:55,530 I'll be honest with you, for something like that, where it's just a bunch 331 00:16:55,530 --> 00:16:57,720 of buttons, it feels gimmicky. 332 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,420 But when you start programming those buttons to do the actions that you 333 00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:04,910 need, all of a sudden the gimmick goes and you just know it's a time saver. 334 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:06,130 Really helps you out. 335 00:17:07,843 --> 00:17:08,453 Okay. 336 00:17:08,453 --> 00:17:10,933 So next I've got the stabilisation. 337 00:17:10,953 --> 00:17:14,223 So this is a tripod and I love Manfrotto. 338 00:17:14,273 --> 00:17:18,763 If I could choose tripods, any time of the day, it would always be 339 00:17:18,763 --> 00:17:25,613 Manfrotto, or Manfrotto as Americans say it, I've had these Manfrotto legs, 340 00:17:26,438 --> 00:17:28,238 professionals call them legs, the tripods. 341 00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:31,558 I had them just the whole time with the video company and 342 00:17:31,608 --> 00:17:32,618 they can travel the world. 343 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:35,838 I think we replaced one of them because we bashed it around a 344 00:17:35,838 --> 00:17:38,058 little bit, but so good, you know. 345 00:17:38,068 --> 00:17:39,738 A lot of them are carbon fiber. 346 00:17:40,108 --> 00:17:41,478 They're just so strong. 347 00:17:41,488 --> 00:17:43,578 They really feel good, build quality wise. 348 00:17:44,038 --> 00:17:47,468 You get cheaper versions of tripods on Amazon, eBay and stuff. 349 00:17:48,148 --> 00:17:50,438 You can just feel the plasticness of them. 350 00:17:50,438 --> 00:17:51,908 And you just feel like they're going to break. 351 00:17:52,198 --> 00:17:56,368 They don't have weight inside them that really, you know, stabilise them well. 352 00:17:56,448 --> 00:17:58,938 And the other thing about the Manfrotto ones that the one I've 353 00:17:58,938 --> 00:18:02,518 listed, there's a Beefree, but I used to use the X Pod ones is 354 00:18:02,698 --> 00:18:06,758 they often have an in, a middle , like a shaft, if you want to 355 00:18:06,758 --> 00:18:10,488 call it that, that pops out and then you can turn it sideways. 356 00:18:10,518 --> 00:18:14,278 So you can film sort of dead on or you can film from the top down. 357 00:18:14,698 --> 00:18:17,728 And that's one of those, one of those strange requirements that you don't 358 00:18:17,758 --> 00:18:21,018 know you want until you've got it and then you don't ever want to go back. 359 00:18:22,236 --> 00:18:25,806 Okay, last couple of things then, well last thing really is capture cards. 360 00:18:25,806 --> 00:18:27,736 I think I said I wasn't going to talk about it, I didn't realise 361 00:18:27,736 --> 00:18:28,606 it was in this Gear Guide. 362 00:18:29,086 --> 00:18:31,976 Capture cards are one of those things that are kind of, in some 363 00:18:31,976 --> 00:18:34,096 ways, redundant now for some people. 364 00:18:34,406 --> 00:18:38,166 I still like to use a capture card, and just to understand what it does. 365 00:18:38,691 --> 00:18:41,331 A capture card will take the output of a camera. 366 00:18:41,991 --> 00:18:46,611 It will feed it like HDMI output of a camera and it will feed it into your 367 00:18:46,611 --> 00:18:49,711 computer to the USB port, which is fantastic because it means you get a 368 00:18:49,711 --> 00:18:54,501 full feed from your camera into your computer and it feels like a webcam. 369 00:18:55,028 --> 00:18:59,628 If you're watching on YouTube, you're seeing my camera output 370 00:19:00,028 --> 00:19:04,968 via a capture card into my Mac mini, which is brilliant, right? 371 00:19:05,018 --> 00:19:08,418 The reason why this is kind of redundant is because a lot of the camera makers, 372 00:19:08,458 --> 00:19:10,758 Sony, Canon, they've all done this now. 373 00:19:10,758 --> 00:19:17,338 You can output via USB straight into a computer. 374 00:19:17,918 --> 00:19:21,978 What I find is there's a bit of latency that happens when that happens. 375 00:19:22,053 --> 00:19:23,963 A little bit of a lag with the camera. 376 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:28,503 So you sometimes get problems with the audio not being in sync and it's a bit of 377 00:19:28,503 --> 00:19:30,383 a faff to try and get all that working. 378 00:19:30,913 --> 00:19:36,653 So the reason why I like Capture Card still is because they offer that simple 379 00:19:36,683 --> 00:19:42,223 plug and play away you go, and you know, it sees it as a good device that 380 00:19:42,223 --> 00:19:45,118 you can use, a camera that you can use straight away and you're good to go. 381 00:19:46,155 --> 00:19:47,855 I like stuff that's plug and play. 382 00:19:47,905 --> 00:19:49,735 I like stuff that's easy to use. 383 00:19:49,735 --> 00:19:52,645 I don't want to have to faff around with it — download drivers, download 384 00:19:52,645 --> 00:19:55,105 extra things just to get stuff working. 385 00:19:55,635 --> 00:19:56,895 The Capture Cards give you that. 386 00:19:57,361 --> 00:19:58,741 I've included a couple of there. 387 00:19:59,041 --> 00:20:03,961 I will say the more expensive Capture Cards generally are the better ones 388 00:20:04,021 --> 00:20:06,771 if you find your plug in stuff and it doesn't work really pretty much 389 00:20:06,771 --> 00:20:10,991 straight out the box, it's either a dodgy one, well, I've had a few dodgy 390 00:20:10,991 --> 00:20:14,021 ones where they just didn't work very well at all or they were jumpy, you 391 00:20:14,021 --> 00:20:18,246 know, the picture was a bit dodgy or you do need a driver or something for it. 392 00:20:18,246 --> 00:20:20,146 It might be a non compatible one. 393 00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:22,276 So you really want things like the Elgato ones. 394 00:20:22,276 --> 00:20:27,526 I talk about the 4K60 Pro, which is actually internal to, it's not a 395 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:32,796 USB one, it's an internal card for a Windows machine, things like that. 396 00:20:32,806 --> 00:20:33,766 They're just solid, you know. 397 00:20:33,776 --> 00:20:35,466 Again, talking about the Elgato brand. 398 00:20:35,476 --> 00:20:36,506 I've mentioned that before. 399 00:20:37,146 --> 00:20:39,646 A Stream Deck is now an Elgato brand I think. 400 00:20:39,996 --> 00:20:44,376 They're just solid devices, you know, more expensive, but solid, reliable, all 401 00:20:44,376 --> 00:20:47,056 that kind of stuff that you need when you're doing all of this good stuff. 402 00:20:48,163 --> 00:20:48,793 All right, and that's it. 403 00:20:48,803 --> 00:20:49,813 There's a summary in there. 404 00:20:49,823 --> 00:20:51,693 It tells you what to do next, all those kind of things. 405 00:20:51,703 --> 00:20:53,743 So, that's the Pro Gear Guide. 406 00:20:53,743 --> 00:20:55,623 Go and grab the freebie. 407 00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:57,043 This link is in the show notes. 408 00:20:57,393 --> 00:21:02,703 It's available just kingofvideo.co.uk like all of my stuff is and it really gives 409 00:21:02,703 --> 00:21:04,503 you a starting point and to get going. 410 00:21:04,503 --> 00:21:07,983 And look, I'd really appreciate it if you've listened this far and you 411 00:21:07,983 --> 00:21:10,623 enjoyed this episode and you like the gear that I'm recommending. 412 00:21:10,873 --> 00:21:15,363 Let me know, leave a comment, leave a review, like the post, go on to 413 00:21:15,368 --> 00:21:18,493 YouTube or maybe, like, or share the video or something like that. 414 00:21:18,493 --> 00:21:22,073 Anything that's good to get me a bit more social proof. 415 00:21:22,073 --> 00:21:24,833 You know, I asked for this every time. 416 00:21:25,483 --> 00:21:30,123 Maybe I'll stop asking at some point in the future, but we're episode nine, right? 417 00:21:30,753 --> 00:21:34,643 So we are just growing and we need your 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