We're in Malaysia

and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to show you guys what gear we use

and what cameras and things like that

because apparently a lot of you have been asking

Jessica's been saying, "You need to show everybody what kind of stuff we use to film all our videos"

And in our house it's just kind of all over the place

Using this opportunity, the fact that it's all been packed up in my nice rucksack

I was gonna go show you how everything fits into it, but it's pretty dull

I mean, it's got a padded back; it's got back access

So you put all your cameras in safely

You know, anti-theft

It's got side access so you can get your camera out quickly when you're on the--

you know, on the fly; when you're out and about in the field

It's got this front top bit, which is separate

in which you can put all your chargers

and mic; cleaning kits;

batteries - whatever, all that stuff

The boring stuff

And...

then...

it's got another little front pocket

to put more batteries

'cause you can never have enough batteries

Filters

A new purchase of mine

I'm quite looking forward to using it

They don't really work so well in Brighton in the winter

'cause there's no sunshine

So I've got a polarising filter

Takes the reflection off water

so you can really get those really nice crisp scenes into the sea, rather than the sun reflecting off the sea

I've got a radiating filter, to again

still get the detail of a bright sky, but still have the forefront of the landscape in it

So, yeah, planning to use these when we're in

Thailand, up on the beach in [?] and so on

'K, so that's the bag

Done

Next, we have...

the hard drives

We recently went to these two

We used to use just the normal HHD type

which has got a moving part

Sorry if this is really boring; I know I've gone on about both of these

a lot in a previous video

I think, even--I think I kind of

stole the limelight slightly in Jessica's birthday video

when she'd just had her thumb bitten off by Walter

But basically: perfect

Rugged; hard-wearing; you can drop it; blah blah blah

Really fast. Expensive, but worth it.

Good.

Next thing...

Essential GoPro

This is currently stuck on the glass thingy

So I think we just did a timelapse with this this morning, so we stuck it onto the window

and attempted our first sort of sunrise timelapse; we might have to work on that

This is the only camera we have which is waterproof

so, good for sea; pool;

blah, blah, blah.

So, our audio

We used to use this, primarily

which is the H1 Zoom

It's really, really good and we still use it

You can plug in the [?] Mic

which clips on, so then you can put this in your back pocket

and then have the camera positioned quite a long way away, but still have good audio

Thing is: you have to sync it up with your video

so because it's not directly linked to the camera

you just have to have some kind of auto - you know - like a snap. A snap? A clap.

Or something like that so that you can sync it up

You know like that old-fashioned wooden boards that they used?

That's exactly what that's for

Kind of looks a bit like a microphone, but I think it would look a bit naff if you did your vlogs using this

Oh, lots of people asked, like, "Who takes your photos?"

when it's both me and Jessie in them

Well, there's this clever thing called a remote

A must-have for people who are on their own and don't have a

photographer that's constantly following them around

They're quite small; they're easily lost, that's why we have two

'cause we thought we lost one and we bought another one, and then we found the other one,

but that's just how things happen in our house

Still put it on timer, because you don't want a picture of you doing this

That's gonna look naff

So you put it on a two-second or whatever you want

Press it, and then you've got a couple of seconds to get into shot

Get this out of the way

Cameras are the main thing

So...

We used to shoot with a Sony Alpha 5000

which was really, really good

Perfect sort of vlogger's camera

Had a flip screen so you could see what you were doing

Had a good internal mic

You could change the lenses

but the reason we changed from that to Canon

was because, even though it had a good internal mic,

there was nowhere to put an external mic

Most of the Canon cameras have an external mic input

So then you can attach it at the top and then put your mic in here

and then it all syncs up, so the audio and visual files

are already in sync, because it's all recorded at the same time

So, unlike with the Sony where we had to often use this to get good audio,

and then sync it all up,

we now can just do it all in one, which is so much easier

This is the Canon 70D. So we bought that for that reason

but also, the other reason we got this is because it's got really, really good facial recognition and facial tracking.

So it always makes sure that your face is the thing in focus

and that's why we sometimes have those awkward trying to get our hand in first and so on

The camera we're currently filming on now is the same. It's the Canon M6.

It's got the same kind of software as this; it's just smaller. It's a mirror-less camera.

Which I'll show you -- now.

OK, so I've just swapped cameras

So I'm now filming on the Canon 70D, which I showed you

to show you what I was previously filming on, to show you the rest of the stuff

Which was on this, which is the Canon M6

It's the mirror-less one, so it's a little bit smaller. Well, it's actually quite a lot smaller.

And this is currently with the 24mm lens, which is what we were filming on just now

So at the moment I've got the kit lens on set to 24

to sort of replicate similar

but you can probably see a slight difference in quality; it's probably not quite as crisp

I think so, anyway

And in order for this type of lens to fit onto this type of camera,

you have to get an adaptor, so we've got this adaptor here

Again, I think that was only £20 or something and it works perfectly fine

And then on top of this, we have this ginormous microphone

The same size as the camera, pretty much, but it's really light; it's just all fluff

This is just one massive fluff-ball

And that is a big wind-muffler

And that's why the sound comes out a lot clearer with this, which you may also notice the difference,

because I've currently taken it off

So, again, a quite good example of the difference

of quality, so previously this was with the Prime Lens

and with the External Mic

Now it's with just the Kit Lens and Internal Mic

The other advantage of using this

is, as I said, the Canon 70D is too big

to just carry around

even for myself, to be honest

when I'm filming - it's fine for photos when you're holding it up close to your face and you've got stability

but when you're holding it out, turned on yourself,

it's too heavy

And when you use it with

the Gorilla Pod - and I think this is the mirror-less Gorilla Pod, so it's a smaller one than most YouTubers use

It's not designed for DSLRs like the Canon 70D

because it doesn't hold the weight

The reason we chose this one is because this is really light

As little as possible

to carry around, so when this is all attached,

so this is the perfect weight for--you know, it's light enough

for Jessica

And I'm sure most of you who watch the channel would know why Jessica--she's not just like a weakling;

she has a connective tissue disorder

and suffers from Chronic Fatigue, so she has a lot of muscle wastage

Doesn't have the strength that, you know,

someone her age would normally have

So we've gotta think about things like that and take things like that into consideration with what gear we use

and what's practical

which is what everyone who is filming and taking photos will think about,

but we have to take that to the next level

So this is a good set-up for us

I mean, to be honest, we'd probably go lighter than this, but then we might be sacrificing our video quality

so...

you know.

A slight 'no pain, no gain'

aspect in it, as well.

So the Canon 70D, a little bit more about this

I mean, I pretty much covered it

The only thing with this: it's quite big, as you can see

It's perfect for my photography

because it's got a viewfinder

A little bit cumbersome for when we're walking around

That's the main thing that Jessica found; it's just too heavy for her.

Like, maybe I could get away with it

and people like Peter McKinnon, who walk around with like a 1D or whatever it is

It's absolutely huge

You know, but he's got biceps

Me and Jessica don't have the luxury of having biceps

The lens currently on this

Is the 50mm

I got this as a birthday present from my girlfriends

Thank you. Clara, Evelina, Andrea, Naomi, Vicky.

Very nice.

It's a must-have for everyone who's into photography

and filming

because for photography it does really good portraits

It's a really nice working distance

and then you get that nice blurry background

So it makes the person or whatever you're taking a photo of

in the foreground just like pop out

You'll find that with prime lenses, so a prime lens being that it's

It's a set thing, so it's 50mm

So you can't zoom in and out

If you want to get a wider shot, you've just got to move yourself

So that's why it's slightly limiting

So when you're filming at home with it - so when Jessica's filming with this at home -

she has to set the tripod up a certain distance away to get enough of her head in the frame

So that's quite limiting in a way

So, for that reason,

even though this is perfect for B-roll whilst you're out and about, when you've got more space to play with,

it's not so good inside the house when you've got limited

you know, dimensions in your room and you can only put your tripod so far away

Another prime lens we have is the 100mm Lens

This is a massive, massive thing, but it is probably my favourite lens

along with maybe the 50

because I really love the blurry backgrounds it produces

And with this, because it's a Macro Lens,

you can get really, really close, and actually what I bought it for was

my dentistry

So that I could get up close and personal to people and record their teeth

And then I realised, "Actually, you know what? This is probably a really good camera to take out and about"

and rather than taking pictures really close up of Jessica's

spots and teeth and things that people don't really want to see,

I thought if we just stand a little bit further away

actually you can get that same similar thing that you do with the 50mm where you have

really clear portraits and a really, really, really nice

soft focus at the back

If you want to buy a lens that takes really good photos and really transforms your photography,

I'd recommend a 100mm or an 85mm lens

if you want to go a slight step above

a 50mm

Obviously this is a bit more expensive and a bit more hefty

than a 50mm lens, but it's almost double the quality, I'd say

We have the Zoom Lenses

which are the Kit Lenses that both the cameras came with

So this is the one that came with the 70D