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Gear for the shoot itself — cameras, capture audio, and the kit that gets footage safely to the edit.
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Audio Recorders & Interfaces for Video Work
There are two kinds of box in this guide, and they solve the same problem from opposite ends.…
The Best USB & XLR Mics for Voiceover
Shopping for a voiceover mic looks like a spec problem. It’s two decisions wearing a trench coat. Decision…
The Best On-Camera & Shotgun Mics
Buy a shotgun mic and the box will tell you two things: a polar-pattern diagram and a range…
The Best Wireless Mics for Creators
Put the current wireless mic kits on a table and they look like one product in five boxes.…
The Talking-Head Studio Kit
A seated talking-head video is the easiest thing to shoot badly and one of the cheapest things to…
The Complete Solo Creator Kit: Camera to Timeline at $1,500, $4,000, and $8,000
Every “creator kit” article on the internet stops at the camera. Body, lens, maybe a mic, grand total…
Edit-Ready Camera Buying: What Your Camera Costs You in Post
Camera reviews are thorough about everything you can see. Sensor size, autofocus tracking, dynamic range charts. Almost none…
The Run-and-Gun Documentary Kit
Documentary shooting has a math problem nobody warns you about. The moment is happening right now, your gear…
Build a powerful, portable, DIT/Data Wrangler Kit for under 6K
Build a powerful, portable, DIT/Data Wrangler Kit for under 6K. From the perfect DIT case to card readers, laptops, software, and everything in between. This guide will get you started on the right path to be a great and reliable DIT.
The Best Action Cameras
The best action cameras for creators who edit their own footage: GoPro, DJI, and Insta360 compared by the role each one owns.