My Minimal 2023 Youtube Setup/Gear

Hey friends! How's your day going? Thought id give ya a tour around my minimal youtube setup for 2023. Sony ZVE10. Sigma 16mm f/1.4. PowerDeWise lav mic. Amaran 60x. GODOX CS-50D.

After doing video stuff for the last couple years i've found I really enjoy making shots look good and upping the production value where possible. But I don't think that should mean you have to buy an tonne of bulky stuff, especially when you're using it at home.

Please send me over your youtube channels! Would love to check em out and see what you've got going on 😊

My gear! ⭐️

These are affiliate links that give me a little kickback when you buy anything using the links. Anything bought through me is massively appreciated! 😄

🎸 You can check out my free music courses below!

Final cut pro x used for all editing.

0:00 Setup overview
0:30 Camera
2:26 Lens
3:58 Mic
6:05 Lighting
7:31 Diffuser
8:26 Other bits
9:50 The KING of minimal setups

[mike.barnes]

Hey dudes! I hope you’re having a great day 😄

Are you thinking of starting a channel this year? If so what gear are you going to be using?

And please send over your channel if you have one, I would love to check it out! 😁

[Asalraalaikum]

Respect for the SpongeBob quote thrown in 🤭 We’re roughly the same age, always appreciate the throwbacks!

[beeboandbunkle]

its an AMAZING day when we get a new Mike Barnes video! :) - beebo

[sah_vah]

Your super secret weapon blew my mind! Thank you so much for sharing!

[XxNoexX]

Thank you very much for this video! I didn't know about the Adobe's audio Tool 🤯

[tomv]

Wow that Adobe enhance tool is amazing. I will 100% start using that.

[JamieTakesPhotos]

Been binging your videos for the last 24 hours man, great channel! I just started mine again recently too, mostly photography based :)

[timeforgamesYT]

You blew my mind with how the audio sounds on that processed phone recording at the end! Honestly, if you ditch the lavalier mic and record audio with your phone propped somewhere close, it would be extremely difficult to tell the difference.

[thegamesapprentice]

Very helpful vid, I've decided to finally move away from the camera phone and get the ZV-E10 so I can try and be a bit more creative. Just need to figure out how to keep all the dog hairs out of my shots now.

[CameronsGamingRetreat]

Hey mike! Just wanted to thank you for this video, it inspired me to finally start a gaming channel, after having a music channel years ago. Your tips were so useful. Thank you.

[MissCodeBunny]

I'm late to this one 😅 This has been so informative! Thank you so much for sharing your setup with us. *takes notes* 😊

[benm]

Like the great DJ Khaled once said, ANOTHA ONE.

[newobo]

That audio trick makes a huge difference! Very nice 😄

[filmfauxtos]

Omg this adobe podcast thing seems game changing! Thank you so much for recommending! Subbbbed

[edster]

This young man deserves more views, likes and subs. Just saying.

[UranusfromBrussels]

Thank you for this video, I will definitely try the adobe enhance tool for my channel 👌

[ExpressITTech]

Same camera I use can't go wrong with that at all.

[steamdeckguy]

Thanks for the tip about using Adobe Podcast speech enhancer. I assumed you were using some expensive Mic! Technology, eh? I used it on one of my videos to sort out the terrible audio and it worked brilliantly!

[Adam.C]

This was really interesting, I like finding out how the background stuff works. That audio improvement was huge.

[CameronsGamingRetreat]

Hey mike, I think a few of the affiliate links aren’t leading to the correct items anymore (for example the Aperture Amaran is leading to a product that is unavailable, you can still find the product on their page but they must have moved it. Just wanted to let you know so you continue to get affiliate monies 😊