Hey friends, Andrew here – hope you're well! So, I've made a heap of purchases
over the last week to upgrade this YouTube setup... I feel like i've basically gone down
the youtube rabbit hole of being obsessed with videography and just making better more visually
appealing videos which thankfully i generally find so much fun now that most of the new gear is here
i think it'd be a good chance to show you what i've upgraded to the things that i've purchased
and my youtube workflow for those that are interested hopefully it motivates you hopefully
you find some of this equipment useful on you maybe add it to your own workflow so the main
upgrade is this sony fx3 here this is replacing my sony a73 which is recording on right now
this sent me back about 5 000 so it's definitely an investment for sure but yeah the fx3 is part of
sony's cinema line camera very similar to the sony a7s three but built specifically for videographers
it shoots full frame 4k up to 120 frames per second in 10 bit 422 and the quality itself is
amazing it feels really sturdy it feels really good in hand but it's also one of the lightest
most portable cinema cameras on the market too which is really cool we also have like a bunch
of quarter threads all over the camera so you can add all sorts of accessories and unlike the a7 s3
we've got three tally lights that light up when you click recording one here one on the top and
one at the front i think plenty of times i didn't know the a7 3 was recording because all that shows
is a small recording dot on the screen the next thing that i got is the sony k3m which actually
comes with the fx3 anyway it's basically an xlr adapter kit that allows direct attachment of xlr
microphones and turns the analog signal into a digital one direct to the camera and yeah it also
doubles as a camera handle perfect for handheld shots and to take advantage of the k3m i got a new
audio technica condenser microphone that i picked up which i'm pretty keen to use and test out
i've heard pretty good things about it it's this microphone here really small i generally think
audio is far more important than video when it comes to youtube videos at the very least
you can get away with subpar video but if you have crappy audio it's just so frustrating to listen to
i also grabbed this sony 18 to 105 milliliter g lens it's crop lens unfortunately but i'm
planning to use it on uh my older a 6400 or a73 anyway for when i need multi-angle product shots
let me open this up um but yeah this is a i've heard good things about this microphone too
it's pretty this microphone what am i saying this camera this camera lens so this one here
pretty pretty simple simple stuff it's a zoom lens g lens uh it's a relatively affordable one
for a zoom lens at seven hundred dollars but yeah this one's great for those looking to you know
kick off the youtube journey or take this content up a step i'm just going to be using this one
for multi-angle stuff but the lens i typically use actually let me grab it right now so this one here
is the tamron 28 to 75 f 2.8 lens literally has not skipped a single beat since i got it and the
image is pretty crispy and the bokeh is creamy it looks like it's gonna go really well with the fx3
i was looking at the sony g master 24 to 70 mark ii lens that just came out but you know three
thousand dollars i'm not sure if i need that type of glass just yet i say this but look i'm probably
going to make the switch really soon but yeah it's on massive pre-order this is my main lens
this is just a backup lens it's a nice g lens but yeah that that's the new lens that i got the next
upgrade that i got is this thing here it is a 4k uh touchscreen monitor from newer and this i just
attached onto the cold mounts and i basically just use the monitor to make sure things are in frame
and in focus so i don't need anything too crazy but yeah about 200 off amazon this thing is solid
i'll leave a link to this one in the description box adding to the camera upgrades i started with
this well not started i got this actually it's a 512 gigabyte sandisk extreme pro card it writes up
to 170 megabytes per second which apparently isn't fast enough to shoot 4k 120 frames on the new
fx3 basically this is a v30 card but you need a v90 card and beyond to film at 4k
120 frames on the fx3 and they're pretty damn expensive i didn't know you needed one so yeah
if you want to unlock its full potential when it comes to the fx3 you will need the sony specific
tough cards which are so so expensive there but almost like a thousand dollars for 250 gigabytes
but the compromise that i got when i realized that you know you couldn't use this one here
i got this card here let me put this down so i got this card here which is the lexar uh professional
2000 x v90 card this card here will let you shoot in 4k 120 frames just not on their uncompressed 4k
xavci mode i stands for intra mode but yeah i figured you know with compression on youtube
the extra intro files just aren't worth the time and the 4k 120 frames on xavc s mode
is more than enough to get super nice 4k slow-mo shots so yeah really really keen to try this out
and lots of pretty cool content on the way for you guys so this is the next item um this one i
am personally really really excited for i mean i'm really excited for everything especially the fx3
but this thing is really really cool so this is the loop deck live let me open it up so
this thing here apparently is pretty good when it comes to editing on final cut and lightroom
and it is essentially just a deck just a deck with a lot of buttons if i can get this out
so this is it this is the loop deck live looks really nice the knobs feel really high quality
and there's a touch screen in the middle sliders on the side and additional buttons
down here what it does is it basically connects to third-party apps whether that be lightroom
you know final cut pro even your hue lights and you're able to just place this down you know next
to your desk and you can control the knobs and get that much more granular with your controls
on different apps this is super useful for editing so hopefully it will speed up my workflow when it
comes to editing these videos but i've heard great things about the loop deck there are
quite a few options i was looking at but the loop deck seemed to look the nicest the cleanest it was
super minimal super slim but yeah i really can't start editing with this deck i just really like
that looks minimally aesthetic it's just nicer to have tactile physical knobs and buttons and
you know you're able to control smart lights and a whole bunch of different apps but i'm going to
be mainly using it to speed up my workflow when it comes to editing photos and these videos and then
finally as part of this entire youtube upgrade i probably don't need more gear at this point this
is probably overkill this is the audio engine a2 plus wireless heard amazing things about it
i just wanted to replace the really old bose companion twos that i have so this is probably
an overdue upgrade i got this in white it looks really nice if i can open it up again
but yeah i listen to music all the time and so i'll be using these when editing videos for sound
reference and um for obviously for music and they're perfect on my small desk minimal white
small footprint here let me just rip these off um yeah this is this is cuter than i thought it looks
larger on photos but yeah pretty minimal looking got this like glossy piano white finish it's got
integrated bass apparently it's handcrafted exterior also bluetooth compatible and i also
got the stands for it here so these just stands just elevate the positioning of the speakers
and yeah just basically hassle-free high-quality speakers that look great on just about any desk
pretty standard stuff here but i thought it was about time to upgrade my older speakers
but these would be great for editing sound reference music bit of a no-brainer but yeah
those are all my upgrades so of course i haven't had the chance yet to test out you know all the
gear and depth obviously but if you're interested in seeing full detailed reviews on any of these
products and getting my opinion on these let me know down in the comments below i'll probably have
a review up for at least the sony fx3 it's what i'm actually filming on right now let me know
if you think that it looks any better i'm also using the audio technica microphone at the moment
and yeah stay tuned for all the updates on the youtube tech gear i also drop a video to my latest
desk setup on the side of the screen here and also if you're curious about my tech everyday carry
i'll also drop a video here too now that you've seen you know all my youtube gear anyway drop the
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and business videos to come as always thank you for watching and i'll see you in the next video