Gear

I use OBS for recording almost all my YouTube videos.

When I record, I mostly use OBS as a simple two-scene switcher, one for face-to-camera and one for screen sharing. I don’t add any filters or effects, as I add those in editing for recorded videos. I use Prores 422 LT for the codec, as my video work is not complex enough to need anything higher in terms of quality, but I like having uncompressed footage to edit with. OBS settings are a topic unto themselves, so guess what? That will be a future post 😁.

I have been looking at other commercial options, but haven’t made the switch yet.

Bought from the wonderful mpb.com, I have a second-hand Panasonic Lumix G7 mirrorless camera as my main camera, connected to an Elgato Cam Link 4K. Getting used to using a “proper” camera and optimising the correct settings for capture has and is still taking me some time. I think the last time I had such a device was a Nikon D90 a long time ago.

I switched to the Shure MV7 after using a Blue Yeti for years. The MV7 is a hybrid USB/XLR microphone that lets you to record directly into a computer via USB or connect to an audio interface via XLR. I bought it as I was doing more video work and the Yeti was too large and visually distracting on camera. After a period of time connecting it with USB, I now connect it using XLR to a Arturia MiniFuse 4 or Elgato XLR Dock Mk2.

I love VESA mounts as they get a lot of this gear out of the way and have two double VESA monitor stands. I’ll cover more details on those in another more general setup post, but my latest purchase, this camera shelf, is relevant, and I love it.