My studio setup
Every app on my pages is written, tested and used on this desk: a MacBook Pro and a colour-true monitor, small honest speakers, a microphone, a big trackball, a Stream Deck, and a Pixel for the Android apps. If you want to work the way I do, here is the same gear. The links go to Amazon.de; buying through them costs you nothing extra and supports the free apps.
Sound
What I hear and what I record: honest monitors and a microphone that does not lie.
ADAM Audio D3V
Desktop studio monitors, black. The pair on my desk: small, precise, true down low.
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ADAM Audio T5V
The 5-inch studio monitor, for a room a bit larger than a desk.
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ADAM Audio A7V
The 7-inch near-field monitor, when the mix has to be right.
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RØDE NT1 (5th generation)
Large-diaphragm condenser microphone with XLR and USB, shock mount and pop filter.
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RØDE NT-USB+
The USB studio microphone: plug it into the Mac or the phone and record.
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Where the apps are written, tested and edited.
Apple MacBook Pro 14" (M5)
Every Mac app on these pages is built and tested on a MacBook Pro.
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Apple MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Pro)
The big one, for video editing and long sessions.
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BenQ PD2705U, 27" 4K
A colour-accurate 4K monitor for photo, video and design work.
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Google Pixel 10 Pro
Every Android app is tried on a Pixel before it is called done.
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Cameras and lenses
What I film with: Sony full frame and the Cinema Line, and the lenses I really carry, the good ones and the cheap good ones.
Sony α7 V
Full-frame mirrorless body, 33 MP: the main camera, photo and video.
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Sony FX3 (FX3A)
The full-frame Cinema Line camera with the XLR handle; on Amazon.de now sold as the FX3A.
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Sony FE 24-105 mm F4 G OSS
The one zoom that stays on the full-frame body: wide to portrait, F4 all the way, stabilised.
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Sony E PZ 18-105 mm F4 G OSS
The power zoom for the crop sensor: smooth zooms for video, F4 constant.
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Sigma 18-50 mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary
Small, cheap and bright: F2.8 for the crop-sensor Sony.
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Samyang AF 12 mm F2 E
The cheap and good wide angle for the crop sensor, with autofocus.
On Amazon.de →Viltrox lenses with a screen
Prime lenses for Sony E with a small display on the barrel: the aperture and the focus distance right where the hand is. Rare, and very useful.
Viltrox AF 16 mm F1.8 FE
Full-frame ultra wide with an LCD on the lens.
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Viltrox AF 35 mm F1.2 LAB FE
The LAB 35: F1.2, an OLED display, two Fn buttons and a focus limiter.
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Viltrox AF 135 mm F1.8 LAB FE
The LAB telephoto portrait lens, F1.8, with the display on the barrel.
On Amazon.de →Wireless microphones: Hollyland
The Hollyland family, from the clip-on for the phone to the 32-bit Lark Max 2: pick by where you record.
Hollyland Lark Max 2
The top Lark: 32-bit float, AI noise reduction, recording inside the transmitter.
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Hollyland Lark M3
Two transmitters with a camera receiver and a USB-C receiver: the newest small Lark.
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Hollyland Lark M2
The tiny button microphone, 300 m range, for the phone and the camera.
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Hollyland Lark M2S Mini Combo
The M2S with the titanium clip, a camera receiver and a USB-C receiver.
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Hollyland Lark A2 Duo
Two transmitters, one receiver, the charging case.
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Hollyland Lark A1 Combo
The simple magnetic one, two transmitters and two receivers.
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Hollyland Lark C1
Plug into the iPhone and talk: the smallest set.
On Amazon.de →Wireless video: Accsoon CineView
The camera's picture without a cable, to a monitor, a phone or the editing desk: the whole CineView series.
Accsoon CineView HE
HDMI transmitter, 2.4 + 5 GHz, 1080p60 to the phone and a receiver.
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Accsoon CineView SE
SDI and HDMI, dual band, for the bigger cameras.
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Accsoon CineView SE 4K
The SE in 4K30, HDMI and SDI, transmitter and receiver.
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Accsoon CineView Nano
The small 5 GHz HDMI transmitter: the picture straight to up to four phones.
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Accsoon CineView Quad
The receiver with SDI and HDMI out and an OLED display.
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Accsoon CineView Master 4K
4K60 over 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz, SDI and HDMI.
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Accsoon CineView Master 4K Lite
The Master 4K's lighter set, 4K60 HDMI/SDI.
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Accsoon CineView Master 4K II
The second Master 4K, 4K60.
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Accsoon CineView M7 Pro
A 7-inch 4K60 touch monitor with the wireless receiver inside.
On Amazon.de →Hands on the desk
Keys, a trackball and buttons: the tools my apps are made for.
Logitech G915 X (wired)
The low-profile mechanical keyboard of the G815/G915 family.
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Logitech G515 LIGHTSPEED TKL
The wireless, compact one of the same flat family.
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Kensington SlimBlade Pro
The big trackball: the whole hand rests, the ball does the work.
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Elgato Stream Deck MK.2
15 keys with screens. Stream Deck Control (Mantra) turns it into an app switcher with F1 and F2.
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Elgato Stream Deck MK.2, white
The same deck in white.
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Elgato Stream Deck XL
32 keys, for more apps on one page.
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Razer Goliathus Chroma 3XL
The biggest desk mat: keyboard, trackball and deck on one soft surface.
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Razer Strider XXL
A hybrid desk mat, firm on top, soft underneath.
On Amazon.de →DJ corner
For the DJ Mantra app and for the nights the music goes on.
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