The camera gear I can't live without

🚀 Creator Journey 13

Hey,

When I started making videos, I was obsessed with camera gear.

Over time, however, I’ve realised that it’s better to own fewer pieces of gear.

Less is more.

If your equipment gets in the way of your creative workflow, that’s when you should reconsider it.

Here are the tools that I have found to be essential for the type of work I do:

• Camera — Sony a7iii

• Wide angle lens — Sony 16-35mm 2.8 GM

• Macro lens — Sony 90mm 2.8 Macro

• Video light – Godox VL150 + Aputure Light Dome II softbox

• Microphone – Røde VideoMic Pro

• Tripod – Geekoto

• L-bracket – SmallRig

• SD card – SanDisk Extreme Pro 128GB

• Computer – 14” MacBook Pro (M1 Pro Base Model

• Headphones – Apple AirPods Pro

While I have a lot of other pieces of gear that I use regularly, these are the things that I can’t live without.

Instead of getting more gear, try to identify your 10 core pieces of equipment and invest in those. It’s better to have less but higher quality gear.

– Leo

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Weekly Favs ⚡️

Tools, content and other things I’ve enjoyed over the week.

🎥 Video – We Surprised Airrack With His Own Movie

– By Sticks

The editing and storytelling in this video is incredible.

📚 Article – How to Wake Up Smiling: The 9 Decisions That Led to a Life I Love

– By Michael Thompson

“Everything I love today, I once feared.”

📸 Gear – My overhead setup

I’ve finally built a permanent overhead setup for unboxing videos and flat lay shots. Let me know if you would like to hear more about this in the next newsletter issue!

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Any thoughts, questions or feedback? I’d love to hear from you! ✍️

👋 See you next week!