A/V Gear - Inventory



Sources

Goal: portable video studio, low cost

See: The Frugal Film Maker



TOC



Video


Cameras

1x - Cannon, Vixia HF R40 - $300

video cam - Cannon Vixia HF R40

Includes WIFI remote control

Manual

Specs

2x - Canon VIXIA HF R600 - $223, $269

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Manual

Specs

(One is broken. Bad power. Do not change for more than 4 hours.)

1x - Cannon, Vixia HF R800 - $215

video cam - Cannon Vixia HF R800

Manual

Specs

1x - Panasonic (4GB SD Card max)

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Not HD

1x - Hero 4 Session, by GoPro

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Manual

1x - DJI Mavic Air, Fly More Combo, Onyx Black - $1,086 (now $679)

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I used to have a license, but the drone is not legal until a "Remote ID" unit is attached.


Camera Accessories

2x - HDMI to USB 3.0 Video Capture USB C Video - $55

USB3.0 HD Capture

There are cheaper HDMI to USB capture devices. Look VERY carefully . Is it a HDMI to USB (input), or a USB to HDMI (output)? The UBB to HDMI is NOT what you want for video input to your computer. When looking on Amazon use this search term: "hdmi to usb capture". If you can afford it, go with USB 3.0 and at least 1080p.

1x - Mirabox USB3.0 HDMI Video Capture Card, 1080P 60FPS HD Game Capture Device Cam Link with HDMI Passthrough - $34

USB3.0 HD Capture - Mirabox

This one is probably better than the one above because it stays a lot cooler. However, it has color and audio sync issues. I don't use it.

Wide Angle Lens Kit For CANON VIXIA HF R600 Camcorder, Includes High Definition .43x Wide Angle Lens W/ Macro + LensPen Cleaning Kit + Lens Cap Keeper + More - $20

wide angle lens

Lens Hood - $27

lens hood

3x - 43mm Filter Kit For CANON VIXIA HF HF R600 Camcorder Includes 43mm Multi-Coated 3 PC Filter Kit (UV, CPL, FLD) + LensPen Cleaning Kit + More - $12ea

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2x - Neutral Density Adjustable ND Filter ND2 to ND400 - $22

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1x - Step-up Adapter Ring Set Including 26-30mm, 30-37mm, 37-43mm, 43-52mm, 52-55mm, 55-62mm, 62-67mm, 67-72mm, 72-77mm, 77-82mm - $11

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8x - BP-718 Batteries Fully Decoded for Canon Vixia HFR40, HFR600 Camcorder

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3x - Kapaxen Rapid Battery Charger Kit for BP-709 / BP-718 / BP-727 / BP-745 Battery (CG-700) for Canon Select Camcorders

charger

One is defective.

Slik Pro 700DX Super Titanium Alloy Tripod Legs - 615900 - $106

tripod

With - Meco VT-1510 Tripod Action Fluid Drag Head Video Camera - $35

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50 Inch Aluminum Camera Tripod - $10

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14.4oz, 15 inches to 50 inches

Neewer® Photography Professional Tripod Dolly with Rubber Wheels for Camera Photo Video - $40
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Mount Adapters

4x - Camera mount for mic stand, swivel

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Camera mount for mic stand, fixed

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2x - Standard 3/8"-16 Female to 1/4"-20 Male Tripod Thread Reducer Screw Adapter (Brass) Precision Made

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15x - 1/4" 3/8"Metal Threaded Screw Converter Adapter for tripod or stand

1/4in to 3/8in

4x - 5/8-Inch Male to 3/8-Inch Female Mic Screw Adapter

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4x - Mathews 2-1/2-Inch Grip Head, $24.25ea

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These are very versatile, but heavy.

Neewer® Photo Studio Heavy Duty Metal Clamp Holder with 5/8" Light Stand Attachment for Reflector, $15

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2x - 5-Inch Grip Pin, $5.25ea

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Use with mathews grip.

2x - 5/8-Inch Stud with 1/4-Inch-20 Female Thread, $6.50ea

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Media

2x - 64GB SD Cards

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3x - SanDisk 64GB Ultra SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, 80mb/sec, (10)

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SDCard Wallet, 6 pages, 30 slots - DIY

media - SD card holder DIY

This is my own design. It can be expanded to many pages.

SDCard Wallet - DIY construction notes (Use guest/guest if prompted for a password.)

3x - Memory Card Carrying Case, 8 pages, 22 Slots - $7.50

sd case

+9x - USB Drives - most are 1GB to 1TB Western Digital Passport.
Most are reformatted to Linux ext3 filesystem.
1x - R/W DVD Drive, usb



Audio

Microphones

3x - Studio Mic, Behringer Ultravoice XM1800S - balanced

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2x - MXL 1006BP large diaphragm condenser microphones - balanced

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2x - Movo LV4 XLR lavaliere - balanced

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1 Omnidirection, 1 Cardioid

Headset mic (balanced, mini-F-XLR)

mic - Headset Microphone - balanced

4x - Unbalanced to Balanced Direct Box

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5x - Voice Recorder,THZY 8GB Digital Rechargeable USB Audio Voice Recorder Flash Drive Mini Hidden Pen Drive Disk (150 Hours) - $14

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Two of these have clips epoxied to them. Great backup, if your main mics fail.

Manual

Lavaliere, clip on mic - unbalanced

This is crap, need to give away.

Long Shotgun (unbalanced)

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This is crap, need to give away.

2x - Small Shotgun (unbalanced)

mic - Vivitar Mini Zoom Microphone - unbalanced

This is crap, need to give away.


Mixers/Recorders

mixer - Behringer Xenyx Q802USB two mic in, two line in - $119

mixer - Behringer Xenyx Q802USB

Manual

Also have a 4 mic in, 2 line in mixer. See: Pyle Bluetooth DJ Audio Mixer - 6-Channel, 16 Preset Effects, USB Interface, 4 XLR Mic/Line Input, AUX, FX Processor MP3 Player

Zoom H6 Six-Track Portable Recorder - Kit $389

zoom 6 track

Zoom H6 Handy Recorder, 16GB Memory Card, Samson Studio Headphones, auxiliary cable, 4 AA rechargeable Batteries with charger, table tripod, XY Microphone, Mid-Side Microphone, 2GB SD Card, USB Cable, 4 AA Batteries, Cubase LE, Hard Case, Foam Windscreen

Zoom H6 Handy Recorder Manual

Zoom EXH-6 Dual XLR/TRS Capsule $70

zoom XLR Capsule

TASCAM DR-40 4-Track Portable Digital Recorder - $174

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TODO: sell this.

Operation Manual

Reference Manual

Addendum

Tascam Digital Recorder DP-006 - $105

tascom recorder

TODO: sell this.

Can record two tracks (mics) at same time.

Manual


Misc. Accessories

2x - XLR to USB - 6ft cable - $11

XLR to USB cable

1x - Universal 8-Port Powered USB 3.0/USB C Hub - $31

8-Port Powered USB 3.0/USB C Hub

This allows for multiple cameras and mics to be connected to USB. OBS can then select the desired device.


Cables

13x - 25ft, balanced, XLR Male to XLR Female, colored (325ft total)

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Black cable is not shown

4x - 25ft HDMI to HDMI cable (100ft total)

See Adapters section for extending. Note: 50ft is the max HDMI cable length.

2x 10ft USB extension cables (not shown)

20ft is the max USB cable length.


Adapters

XLR FF

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XLR MM

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CablesOnline 6ft Mini-XLR Male to XLR Female Plug Pro Lapel Microphone Cable, (XM-206)

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Needed for the headmount mic.

Other Adapters and cables

You can never have too many! Also you should have many different permutations between genders and sizes.

?x - F-RCA to 1/4" M Mono Phono
?x - 2 F-RCA to 1/4" M Stereo Phono
?x - 2 F-RCA to 1/8" M Stereo Phono
?x - 1/8" F Stereo to 1/4" Stereo Phono
?x - F-RCA to F-RCA, 1ft
?x - 3 1/8" F Stereo to 1/8" M Stereo
3x - F-F HDMI connector
2x - F-F RJ-45 ethernet connector
2x - F-F USB connector
2x - HDMI to DVI connector
2x - DVI to display connector

Want Audio List

BEHRINGER XENYX X1222USB - $200

mixer six input

Six mic inputs

Hammer & Anvil MK-ENG600 Professional Supercardioid Shotgun Microphone $80

shotgun mic

Saramonic SR-TM1 Super-Cardioid Broadcast XLR Shotgun Condenser Microphone $200

shotgun mic

Audio-Technica AT8035 Shotgun Microphone $270

shotgun mic



Lighting

2x - ASHANKS Dimmable 100W LED Studio Fresnel spot Light 3200 or 5500K, 11lb, $195 ea

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Equiv. 1,000W, 1800lux @ 2meters

Neewer Dimmable Bi-color LED with U Bracket Professional Video Light for Studio, 480 LED Beads, 3200-5600K, CRI 96+, 29W, 4.7lb, $110

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Can be battery powered with Sony NP-F550 NP-F970 Li-ion Battery

1x - Neewer 500 LED Photo Studio Lighting Panel, Diffuser, 2 Color Filters(Orange and Blue) and 4 Dimmer Switch - $110

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500 LED (equivalent output of 500 watt). Adjustable brightness from 10% to 100%

2x - - $25 LED lights

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160 LED; 7.5V; 10W; color temp 3200K to 5600K; beam angle 65

Includes AC adapters

4x - 4ft LED Shoplight

light - 4ft LED Shoplight - Home Depot

$40 at Home Depot (Commercial Electric 1000532467, Bright White; Home Depot; Color Temp: 4K; Color Rendering Index: 84; 6in x 2.5in x 4ft; 35W (64W equivalent); 3200 lumens)

2x - Clamp Lights - $8ea

light - clamp light

4x - Philips 455717 100W Equivalent (11W) A19 LED Daylight(5000k) Light Bulb $22 (4 in pack)

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Disk reflector

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Only one 43" ring, that can be 5 colors

3x - ADJ Products F4 PAR BAG NEW VALUE TRANSPORT BAGS - $27ea

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Bags for LED lights.



Stands, Booms

2x - Mike Stand - $20ea

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The stand has two mount points. One at the top of the vertical pole, and on at the end of the boom arm. A fixed camera could be mounted to the vertical pole, and a mic put on the boom. Or the audio recorder could be mounted on the vertical pole.

2x - Neewer Aluminum Photo/Video Tripod Light Stands, 6.23 Feet, 3lb, $13.50ea

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4x - Fovitec StudioPRO - 7'6" Classic Light Stand Kit - Includes Carrying Bag, $38/2

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Each bag can hold 4 light stands, and 2 mic stands.

LimoStudio Photo Studio Lighting Reflector Arm Stand Reflector Stand Holder Boom Arm. I drilled a hole in the end of the boom and added a 1/4" bolt, so that a small light, mic, or camera can be attached. - $30

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The can also be used as a boom-mic stand, or a mount for a back-light.

4x - StudioPRO Yellow Heavy-Duty Tripod & Light Stand SaddleBag (Holds up to 20 Pounds), $6.24ea

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4x - PVC Light Stands

stand - PVC stand - PVC

This can support clamp light, light mounted on the top caps, or the shop lights could be suspended from the top (using a tee). Height can be adjusted from 1 ft to 10 ft. Sand bags should be used if going above 6 ft.

I have enough parts to make 4 light stands, but if the projection stand is built (see below), then only one light stand can be made.

Source: Make a PVC Light Stand for Under $5 - By thefrugalfilmmaker



Power

You can't have too many extension cords or power strips. This is my minimum for 4 cameras, computer, mixer, etc.

1x 100ft
2x 50ft
2x 25ft
2x 6ft
5x 3outlet adapters
5x power strips


Projection

7ft Screen: T Shirt material, 2 PVC stands with cross bars

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Green screen with lights

Green Screen setup. Note: test with video editor before using.

20x - Support Spring Clamp for Background Muslin, Canvas, Paper, Chromakey Screen, Heavy Duty Clip

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10ft Screen: Shock-cord frame, with clip on screen, Light stands (2)

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Projector: BenQ, DLP, short throw 1:1, W1080ST - $949

projector - Benq short-throw 1:1

Speakers - Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX Certified Computer Speaker System (200Watt) - $150

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Make for a small PA system. Mount the speakers on stands with Matthews clamps. Use 2 DI boxes and mic cables from mixer to unbalanced input.



Editing

HW: Computer - System 76 Bonobo laptop, 32GB RAM, 2TB disk, Linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

I'll eventually switch to MX-Linux, because it doesn't require "systemd" and it is not moving away from "deb" packages. "Newer is not always better!"

HW: Monitor Computer - Dell Inspiron 11-3180 laptop, MX-Linux 21
kdenlive - video editing - free

Works on Windows and Linux (Mac packages may be outdated)

SW, Audio: Audacity - free

Works on all platforms

Audacity Manual

OBS Studio - Open Broadcaster Software - free

Works on all platforms

OBS Wiki

How to Use OBS for Professional Video Streaming

How to record video



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