What's up guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I want to take you truly
behind the scenes of my youtube set up. Now over on my Instagram. If you follow me, usually
I share a lot of the behind the scenes of what's happening in my life. And on one day
on Amazon Prime Day, actually I told you guys that I bought a bunch of equipment to do a
massive upgrade for my youtube channel because I finally hit 100,000 subscribers. So not
only was this a gift to me, but it's also a gift to you guys cause I obviously want
to keep getting better when it comes to creating videos. Now unfortunately there was no Amazon
prime deals on any of these things that I have, but the least that I can do is at least
give you a walkthrough of what's truly happening behind the scenes.
So if you're interested in learning about my Youtube set up specifically all the way
down to the type of equipment that I'm using and seeing how I've set everything up within
my bedroom, then make sure you keep on watching. I'm going to put a disclaimer right now that
I am not a tech guru or a tech expert. And in this clip I'm going to show you, really
proves it. So right now you are watching this video from my new camera, which is the Sony
a 64 one no Sony a sixty four thousand eighty six thousand four hundred now obviously I
really struggled with pronouncing the camera name alone. So if you are someone that's looking
for serious tech advice, make sure you check out my friends at think media. I actually
referenced this video right here and I followed it to a t in a sense of figuring out what
exact equipment to buy and I literally copied exactly what that video recommended.
So make sure you check out their video if you are looking for the techier side of things.
However, if you're an average Joe like me, you don't know much about tech and you want
an opinion from someone who is not techie at all, then you're in the right place. So
with that disclaimer aside, I'm going to explain to you the camera that I'm using right now.
Now, the camera that I'm using right now is called the Sony a 6,400 and I'm not going
to lie. It really hurt me to buy this camera. And the big reason for this is because it's
kind of expensive. It was really over my budget, but the reason why I ended up investing in
this camera is because a lot of pro youtubers were saying that this was the legit thing.
Not only this, what really swayed me over were two factors specifically. One was the
auto focus. Apparently the auto focus on this is superb and I'm going to have to agree wherever
I go, the focus stays on my face and even if it doesn't, it actually focuses really
fast. Let me give you an example.
Hmm.
As you can see, the focus on this is really awesome and I love, love, love this. The reason
why is because with my old Canon camera, which was the T5i, which actually I talked a lot
about in this video right here, why I share all of my old equipment. The problem is is
that sometimes it wouldn't focus on my face and therefore it made my filming super inefficient
because I would always have to get up out of my seat to make sure that I was actually
in focus because I didn't want to risk building an entire video out of focus. Now that I have
this camera, I am guaranteed that wherever I go I am always going to be in focus and
therefore I don't have to get up out of my seat and check every time and it's like Bam,
Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam.
All the footage is done because I'm not having any hesitations about my focus. Not only this.
The second reason why I decided to invest in this camera is because of suburb 4k quality.
Now I was very torn between buying this camera and the Canon m50 and the reason why is because
the Canon m50 is a lot cheaper and is also highly raved about in the youtube community.
Based on my research, a lot of people recommend a Canon M50 as the best camera for Youtubers.
However, this camera, the Sony a 6,400 is now pretty much the new kid on the block and
now a lot of youtubers are saying that this camera is far more support, specifically the
4K function. Now obviously, does everyone need 4k videos? No, but I'm going to tell
you exactly why I've decided to film in four k.
It's not because I think that my audience is watching videos in 4k, but because of two
reasons. First, I found out that youtube actually ranks videos that have four k a lot higher
in the algorithm. Not only this, what swayed me over of buying this camera is thanks to
Shawn over at think media and what he said was, when you buy this camera, you're basically
future-proofing yourself. Meaning that, yes, nowadays, a lot of people film in 10 ADP.
However, who's to say that next year or the following year? Maybe the next big thing is
watching videos in four k and that's kind of where the trend is heading. So I know that
by investing this money in this camera, I know that this camera's actually going to
take me farther and further in the future. Now, the next big upgrade that I did was my
audio and audio is actually not the first thing that I've ever upgraded through the
evolution of my channel.
You'll notice in the beginning I was using the built in microphone on my camera and this
was the result: what's up everyone! Welcome back to my channel. Now in today's video,
you are actually in for a treat because I was sharing with you my tips, tricks, secrets,
and hacks on how exactly I find fresh and new content ideas for social media. Now as
you can hear, it's super echoey and also I got a lot of complaints from my own subscribers.
That's when the next phase of my upgrade started to happen and that's when I opted for a lapel
mic. This is a microphone that you actually attached to your shirt and the reason why
I like this is because if my cat's running around or if there's a siren outside, as long
as the microphone is near my face, it's gonna always pick up me my voice.
Now, the issue though is that it really limited the type of clothes that I could wear and
also the type of necklaces that I could wear as well. And if you're familiar with my channel,
we all know that necklace that kept clinking into my microphone and ruining my audio and
if you're new to my channel, let me show you an example. Of course, the Internet is a very
vast space nowadays. You can get any information online. That's why as you can see in order
to actually free myself up, be able to move freely in a video, not care if hair is flinging
into my chest. I upgraded to another microphone and specifically I got a shotgun mic. Now
this shotgun mic isn't something that I'm putting necessarily on my camera, but I'm
putting it on a boom stand and what the boom Stand looks like is this
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As you can see right beside me, a microphone is literally dangling right in front of me
so that my audio is superb in my videos. Not only this, this microphone is from road, it's
called the road video Mike Pro plus, and it's one of the best microphones on the market
for youtubers and that's why I decided to buy it. Now, if you're interested in the price
of it with the boom stand, this is how much it costs currently and if you're also interested
in just getting the shotgun mic alone, which is honestly fine if you're doing sit down
videos like me, then you could check out the price here as well. Now obviously the reason
why I chose the boom stand is just because I wanted to make sure that it was the closest
that it could be to my face because if it's on my camera I can't necessarily be as close
as I would like.
So that's why I decided to put the boom stand, but of course it's not necessary. However,
if you are having someone in your video and you're doing an interview, let's say, it's
really helpful to have the microphone dangling from the top so that it's catching both people.
Now obviously if your videos don't include people like mine, then you're probably fine.
Now moving onto the next massive upgrade that I did and that is lighting. Now you obviously
noticed in my videos the aesthetic is a lot more different and there's a reason for this.
I was sick of only filming during the day. It was very limiting for me and even though
I personally prefer filming with daylight, I actually needed to make a choice and finally
invest in lighting so that my lighting wouldn't constantly change. For example, if you look
at some of my videos, you'll notice that through the shots, the lighting kept changing and
that's the problem when you're filming with daylight. I always felt like I was racing
against time in order to get consistent lighting. Now if you don't believe me, let me show you
a clip.
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not only was lighting inconsistent because I didn't have artificial lighting, I also
found it to be very debilitating, especially as a business owner with multiple meetings
that I have to go to during the day. Having time to film wasn't necessarily a lot. That's
why by having artificial lights now I can actually film in my room even if it's 9:00
PM 7:00 PM and right now it's 9:00 PM and I'm still filming. That means I'm actually
able to film a lot more videos in one day alone. Speaking of which today I hammered
out five videos in a row, which is insane, thanks to my lighting and thanks to the amazingness
of this new setup versus before I could only film two videos per sitting because the daylight
lighting would disappear and all of that. That's why I highly recommend actually investing
in lighting if you want to actually film more videos in a short period of time.
Now at this point in the video, you might be thinking to yourself, okay, Vanessa, show
us what lights you're using. So for me, I'm using the Phobe Attack LED lights. Now, obviously
this is something that Sean over at think media recommended, like I said earlier on
in this video. So make sure you check it as video to actually know list by list all the
equipment that I'm using because I literally followed it to a t. But basically I got these
two lights and right now they're right in front of me side by side or on the two sides
of me. Now obviously I did something a little bit different and I added a softbox cover
in order to actually diffuse the light a little bit more. As per the recommendation of my
video editor. I'm not really sure if it makes a huge difference because I've actually had
it tried filming without it because all this equipment is still pretty fresh.
But I do really like this lighting and for the price, I'm really impressed. Not only
this, as you can see, I can actually control the brightness and the tint of this lighting.
I can make it more yellow, I can make it more cool. And also I can change the brightness
as I go. And this is something that I really appreciated. And why I decided to invest in
this lighting specifically. Now, as you can see so far in this video, I've really showed
you the three major game changers in terms of my equipment update. However, there's more
than just these three items. The next item that I want to introduce to you is the lens.
Right now the lens that I'm using is the sigma 16 millimeter 1.4 f. Now, don't ask me what
all that means because I don't actually know. However, I knew that I wanted to make sure
I had the blurry background that a lot of youtubers have and through my research this
lens was actually going to get me there.
Now, truth be told, when I was first making my purchase, I actually had ordered the wrong
lens. I ordered the 30 millimeter thinking that it was going to be perfect for my needs.
However, the problem is is that when I ordered the 30 millimeter instead of the 60 millimeter
lens, it was actually really close up to my face, meaning that my camera actually had
to be super far away from me. Now with the 16 millimeter, my camera is much closer to
me than before, which actually makes me a lot more confident in filming videos. Not
only this because it's the 16 millimeter. You can actually see a lot more in the background
than you did before, which is actually what I prefer in a camera, so it really depends
what your needs are. However, I'm going to tell you right now so you don't make the mistake
that I do, especially as someone who doesn't know much techie stuff, the 30 millimeter,
it was definitely way too close and that's why you can see in this footage that it was
really, really close to my face because I was experimenting with the different angles
and now I'm far more happier with the 16 millimeter.
Now when it actually comes to getting the blurry background, unfortunately the way that
my room is set up, I'm still really close to the background, which is why am I blurriness?
Aka Bulky isn't enough, but as I moved closer to the camera, you'll see the blurriness.
As you can see as I'm coming closer to the camera though, bouquet in the background becomes
a lot stronger. Now. Hopefully as I move into another studio, the vocab will be a lot more
stronger and to the liking that I want, but for now this will do now moving onto some
upgrades that I didn't really anticipate that I would need to make. The first is a new remote.
Now again, if you actually look at this video right here where I talk about my old equipment,
I was using a Canon camera and I had a canon remote. Obviously remotes are only compatible
with certain cameras and the remote that I used to have wasn't really compatible with
the Sony anymore. That's why I now have this remote that is fully compatible with the camera
that I'm using so that I can hit record and stop recording whenever I want so that I don't
have to get up on my seat and manually do it myself.
Now another thing that I didn't expect that I would need to fork over money for is a better
and stronger SD card. Now that I'm actually filming in 4K it's taking up a lot more space.
Therefore actually had to buy a even more expensive SD card at 128 gigabytes where I
used to use only 64 so that was also another purchase that I didn't expect. Another thing
that I didn't expect was upgrading my Internet because of the four k. Now obviously for me,
I work with a video editor, but even if I didn't, the speed in which the 4k videos were
uploading to my drive and to everything else took forever and therefore I actually had
to upgrade my internet as well so that the videos could actually transfer a lot faster.
So it's extremely true that when you actually buy something that's more luxurious or more
expensive, expect to also pay a lot more for the maintenance.
So that's something that I definitely didn't expect when I was making this upgrade. Now
hopefully in this video, even though I'm not a Techie, you guys kind of learned a lot more
about my setup. I'm so far pretty happy with all of this. Now, obviously it took me a while
to actually get used to it. So you're going to see a lot of trial and error when it comes
to my youtube videos, but so far I have to say that I'm really pleased with the results.
Now, if you want more videos, maybe not about tech, but other things like mindset, marketing
and Entrepreneurship and coaching, make sure you check out these two videos right here.
As always, guys, thanks for your patience on watching this video about tech from a non-techie,
and I'll see you in the next one. Bye guys.