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The Run-and-Gun ENG Kit: Station-Grade Lights, Wireless and Mics for Broadcast News
Most ENG kit lists are written for a crew with a truck. This one is written for the…
Best Webcam for Streaming and Video Calls
A webcam is the one camera in a creator kit that gets judged after compression. Twitch delivers a…
Best XLR Microphone for Video Work: Voiceover, Podcast, and Interview Picks
An XLR microphone is half of a chain. The other half is the preamp in the interface or…
Elgato Wave Go: The $99 Clip-On That Turns Into a Handheld
Elgato’s first wireless microphone is a $99.99 kit called the Wave Go: a 7-gram clip-on transmitter, a USB-C…
Blackmagic PYXIS 6K vs Sony FX3: The $2,245 Question
The Blackmagic PYXIS 6K records 12-bit Blackmagic RAW to a CFexpress card and writes a small H.264 proxy…
Black Friday Wireless Mic Deals for Creators: DJI Mic 3, Rode Wireless Pro, and the Rest
Black Friday is Friday, November 27, 2026, and Cyber Monday is November 30. This page is the watch…
Sony FX5 vs FX3: What the Extra $600 Buys in Post
The Sony FX5 writes 16-bit X-OCN RAW to the card. The FX3 writes 10-bit XAVC to the card…
Sony FX3 vs FX30: The Difference Shows Up in the Edit
The FX3 and the FX30 write the same files. Same XAVC S, S-I and HS codecs at the…
DJI Mic Mini vs Rode Wireless Micro: The $80 Phone Mic Question
Two kits own the bottom of the wireless mic market for phone creators. The DJI Mic Mini is…
Shure SM7B vs SM7dB vs MV7+: Which Shure Do You Need
Three Shure microphones, one deciding number: how much clean gain sits between the capsule and the recording. The…