Camera and microphones
Sony ZV-10. A great little camera. I like it so much, I bought another one second-hand in 2026.
Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Di III-A VC RXD: I use this lens 98% of the time.
Sigma 16mm f/1,4 DC DN: I use this exclusively recording talking head clips.
Blue Yeti: My primary microphone that I use for voiceovers.
Røde VideoMic Pro Plus: A shotgun mic mounted to my main camera. I use it when I want to record what’s in front of the camera.
DJI Mic 2: A small, wireless clip-on microphone that I use in situations where I’m not in front of the camera while it’s recording.
Content Planning
I use Notion for almost everything. I make my checklists and those sorts of things in a paper notebook.
Editing Software
DaVinci Resolve is my video editing software. Mainly because the free version is very good, and the paid version is cheap for what you’re getting. It’s also a single tool that does everything. That being said, it’s not perfect. Some basic features don’t exist, and certain workflows are quite convoluted. Alternatively, take a look at Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro for Mac, if you want full-featured editing software that has been around for decades and will probably stick around for years to come.
If you want something less complex, there are a lot of options out there, but because of AI, it’s a quickly evolving landscape, so I can’t really give any recommendations.
Graphic Design
Affinity and Canva at the moment. Canva is a great freemium software that runs in your browser and has thousands of great templates that you can customize. Affinity was recently aquired by Canva and they made it free except from some AI-features that you get if you buy a Canva subscription (which is well worth it on its own). Alternatively, there’s Photoshop and the rest of the Adobe tools, which are great, but pricey. You can also find a lot of free tools that can work, but typically you’ll end up paying with your time instead of your money, because they simply aren’t as good as the paid tools.
AI
Wispr Flow is an multi-language voice-to-text app that can write in any text field. And it’s really, really good.
ChatGPT and occasionally Claude. You should already know these.