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fujifilm pic

A shot of me with the fujifilm set to a lens length of 38 mm with 3 lights. In heinsight I look a little agressive but heh, at least it's different. 😅

Camera Setup

So I've been improving my camera setup to help with video recordings, livestreams, Zoom calls, etc.

Equipment

  1. Fujifilm X-T3 - They've already released the X-T4, so if you were to get a professional camera you can get their newer lineup or a Sony Alpha, Canon, etc. The camera is on a Manfroto Arm clamped onto my table.
  2. BlackMagic Decklink Quad PCIe Capture Card - This is connected to the camera with a Micro HDMI to HDMI cable. Alternatively you could make do with a 4K 30 fps capture device such as the Cam Link 4K.
  3. 4 lights - 1 orange and blue light (2 Lights with colored gels) for some color contrast for the background, 1 Quasar ScienceT8 LED Lamp (4') accent light inspired by Dave 2D's videos, and 1 Quasar T8 Light light in front on the Newer stand with a Impact Super Clamp.
  4. Blue Yeti Pro - connected to my computer over USB on a Rode Arm.

Decorations

Decorations help give character to your background, offering some personality and culture. I'm using:

  1. A Yamaha Guilele - A small guitar, though a Bandurria or Cuatro might be a nicer decoration for more of a spanish flair.
  2. A ZZ Plant - Some greenary helps.
  3. A Playstation Hat - I got this as a reward from Playstation's website back in the PS2 days.
  4. Books - Game Engine Architecture, Phyiscally Based Rendering from Theory to Implementation, GPU Pro, The Vulkan Programming Guide. I've been getting more eBooks to avoid making that shelf too huge!
  5. Product Boxes - An iPad, Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super (Thanks Marmoset!), An older AMD card, some keyboards. Product boxes look so good now that they can be decorations! I got this idea from JayzTwoCents.
  6. Paintings - A bit generic I think, I want to try doing something that looks more like Chon's album art, some swirl paintings:

Swirl Paintings

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