SETUP & EQUIPMENT

Things that I use. Last updated on 3rd June, 2020

I am frequently asked about my setup, the hardware and software I use for my work, or what kind of equipment one should choose. Since I don’t always have the opportunity to give an answer as precise as I would like, I thought a page describing the setup I am using could be a good idea. Listed here are the Hardware, Cameraware, Software and Paintware that I use.

Bodies

• Panasonic Lumix DC-S1H
• Canon EOS 7D Mark II
• Canon EOS 700D
• Canon G7X Mark II
• GoPro Hero 7 Black

Lenses

• Canon 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS
• Canon 50mm f/1.8
• Canon 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II
• Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 G2
• Canon 500mm f/4L IS

Accessories

• Peak Design Capture Pro
• Peak Design Everyday Bagpack 30L
• Manfrotto MVH500A Fluid Drag Video Head with MVT502AM Tripod

Camera Trap

• Canon EOS 700D / Rebel T5i
• Canon 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS
• Custom built sensor & trigger
• Camtraptions Sensor & Trigger
• Camtraptions Camera Housing
• Customized PELICAN Case
• Nikon SB-28 Flashes

Laptop Setup:

1. MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018), 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM.
2. MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), 128GB SSD, 4GB RAM.
3. Logitech MX Master 3 wireless mouse.
4. Logitech G300 mouse.

Drawing Tablet: Wacom Intuos Pro (Small).

Audio

1. Yeti Blue Microphone
2. Rode NTG2 Shotgun Microphone
3. Rode Wireless Go
4. TEAC R-919X Casette Deck

Miscellaneous Hardware

1. TP-Link WR841N Router
2. ipAccess NanoBTS (For signal boosting)
3. D-Link DFM-560ES (connecting Landline Telephone to Server)
4. HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3545 All-in-One Printer
5. Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II (2016, to scan old negatives)
6. Belkin 4-Port USB2.0 Hub
7. Transcend 4-Port USB3.0 Hub
8. Transcend USB3.0 Card Reader
9. 1 TB Western Digital My Passport HDD (2014)
10. APC BackUp UPS Pro 1000

DIY Electronics:

1. Arduino Uno rev3 board.
2. C.H.I.P
3. Onion Omega 2
4. Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (2016)
5. Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB (2019)

OS: OSX Catalina

Editing Environmen: Powerful editing tools

• Final Cut Pro X powerful non-linear editing tool with a magnetic timeline
• Logic Pro X powerful DAW with a special flair
• DaVinci Resolve, ediing and colour grading tool
• Adobe Premiere Pro powerful NLE
• Adobe Photoshop for all thins related to image creation
• Adobe Illustrator and [Sketch] for creating vector illustrations & mockups

Desktop Apps: The few desktop apps that I do use include:

• iTunes
• Microsoft Office for there is nothing better
• Flux for it slowly warms the colors of your screen based on the time of day.
• Barrier to swiftly travel between both Mac screens
• WebStrom for all things Web, manage my website
• Sublime Text for editing quick bits of code (this site is coded using sublime text)
• Tower for Git version control
• Scrivener for writing. It has a brilliant zen interface
• Tweetbot for Mac for it is the best Twitter client out there
• MarsEdit for managing WordpPress blogs
• Airmail for Managing emails and because the default Mail.app sucks
• VLC. What else to use then?
• MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab to record and edit old Casettes & Vinyl
• Sip or pickr for collecting colours from anywhere
• SketchUp & Rhineceros for 3D modelling
• Dropbox & Cloudapp for sharing files

Development: I use iTerm2 for command line fu. I spend most of my time on either terminator or browser. Some of the terminal tools that I use daily:

• Vim for some coding
• Sometimes Git. Though I really don’t know how to use it efficiently
• aria2c for downloading things
• Autojump for quickly moving around my system
• PDFtk for all things pdf. I only deal with pdfs when syncing docs between my devices
• Some custom scripts
• EAGLE, for Schematics & PCBs

A5 blank notebook and Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5mm Fineliner for sketching when I am working on a user interface

Browser: Some of the must have browsewr extensions:

• LastPass, as passwords are important and are pretty hard not to forget
• AdBlockPlus, for the annoying ads all over the Internet
• honey, who doesn’t like a nice discount
• TunnelBear, for the safe and secure environment that the web is supposed to be

Web Apps: Some web applications I use often

• Most of Google stuff
• Google Drive for file management. Special mention because it helped me move away from the hassle of the HDD environment. half decent document suite
• Facebook for the same reason every other people do
• Twitter for bite sized updates

Apple iPhone: I work on my mobile very rarely. Nevertheless, here are some apps that I use:

Photos:

• Instagram for sharing photos
• PhotoTransfer - to quickly transfer photos from iPhone to Mac
• Flickr to share hi-res photos, since Facebook fucks up
• Lightroom for taking RAW photos

Reading & Learning:

• Kindle for ebooks
• Swiftly to learn the Swift programming language
• TED
• Duolingo for learning languages (currently learning Spanish)

Social:

• Twitter for in class entertainment!
• Facebook messenger and main app
• Ello, distraction free networking
• Google+, just for the sake of it
• Whatsapp for staying in touch
• Periscope for live streams
• Skype because I’m too lazy to attend offline meetings
• Zomato - who doesn’t want to eat good food?

Music:

• Apple Music
• SoundCloud for indie stuff

Tools:

• Slack & Trello for project management
• tawk.to - website chatting program

Update Log

• 25th February 2015 - Created
• 13th January 2017 - First Update
• 7th September 2017 - Added Cameraware section
• 5th February 2020 - Added some new items
• 3rd June 2020 - Removed Paintware section, added & updated items