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Setup Tour #1 - Behind the Scenes at Hardware Canucks

2014-08-21
this video was brought to you by NCIX great technology selections and service hey guys this is Dmitry with Jairo Canucks and the set up tour is long overdue and we wanted to give you some insight as to what happens behind the scenes here at Jairo Canucks for our video content so this is my set up tour with some ins and outs of how I do my work you want to film and edit on a daily basis so first let's begin with the desk it's a plain white top to maximize the light whenever I shoot something inside it's large enough to fit everything and at one point I've actually had dual monitor setups there but since it has changed to properly accommodate for my speaker setup that's right I sacrifice one monitor for these speakers now starting with the display this is an IPS 12 bit full sRGB color space 1200 P Asus Pro are 246 q that was a mouthful monitor that served me extremely well with excellent color accuracy and uniformity across the panel however I'll definitely be making a switch towards something higher res maybe 4k as soon as it carries onward the same color specs for appropriate color work on our videos and I love this monitor so much that I've got a few hearts on the quarter that some of you have noticed over time it this monitor has made an appearance once in a while on top is my 1080p Microsoft LifeCam Studio webcam that I'm about to utilize to stream the damn good show while I'm away in Germany moving on to the peripherals I've recently switched the Poseidon Zed from thermal take from my previous Corsair k70 as I do love the blue tactile switchers for typing and especially my maneuvering in gaming has improved this is complemented by the my onyx nail 7000 by far my favorite optical mouse with excellent ergonomics and outstanding sensor that is on top of my in win mouse mat that I got at yes which is fully aluminum with a nice rubber base so it doesn't a slide it cleans very well and so far has provided the most consistent tracking with the mouse and I just can't think of a more perfect combo for the mouse sitting beside the mouse is my only tablet this is the shield tablet that I always have plugged in and charged and mainly use it for Twitter feed and extra content running in the background whenever I'm doing all my write-ups some other few things on the desk is a soft carry pouch for my additional CF and SD cards and decided are my earphones nicely tucked away in their own carry pouch these are the shure se215 s that ii have my total approval as they sound fantastic for external storage i'm running a few drives all USB 3.0 with one of them shockproof this is from a data and it gets put into my backpack whenever I need backup whenever I travel and lastly the Kingston USB thumb drive with a hundred twenty eight gigabytes of space in such compact form and it usually holds my most important files for backup now probably the most interesting part is my audio setup starting with the large and powerful audio engine a 5 plus speakers that are in gorgeous bamboo housing that look fantastic and they sit down iso acoustics speaker stands that allow an appropriate isolation from the below surface plus an adjustable angle to direct them at your ears and not in your stomach and i have recorded a little sample from my daily position of where i said so you can also experience for yourself and how much fun our community so I hope you enjoyed that for the rest of your audio setup they are routed into the GDS labs o 2 + o DAC and amp combo for DAC pass-through only as the speakers already have a built-in amp decided is a pretty common preamp from Focusrite the scarlett 2i2 with a gorgeous brushed red aluminum housing with clean audio pass-through so that keeps me happy all of my review videos are recorded on this audio technica at2020 and adobe edition to really perfect to what you're hearing now now we still get many questions about our headphone stand this is mr. bubble from in win looks a little bit like a wineglass but it has a solid aluminum base and mouth-blown tempered glass shell so it has some imperfections in there and internally and every single piece is unique and I think it fits into my setup quite well as far as headphones go my most recently used pair is Sennheiser HD 800 with an interesting build quality and a really pleasant sound signature that makes them one of my favorite headphones with an absolutely magnificent low-end reproduction for an open style design that's really tight and controlled although I will be honest they don't sit quite as comfortable as the HD 650 s that are my next go-to headphone that I'm not afraid of taking with me on trips and such now my last pair is the HD adj that can withstand being thrown in the bag without any worry plus they are the only closed back headphone that I own and when sound isolation is needed they make an appearance every time and I also use them when recording so they just stay plugged in into my Scarlett my two companions on my desk if you can call them that are my buddy Dave because who doesn't love a minion and this little guy who's made a few appearance in the past and a few videos and it's just nice to have and some of you have been asking of why that exists but it was just a gift from a friend and station beside the mini dinosaur is a Kingston USB 3.0 multi card reader so that's about it and now let's move on to the video equipment with the lenses that I use source starting with the macro lens that comes in handy for at least 30 percent of the shots is the Sigma 105 millimeter F 2.8 OS for one-to-one macros for those really close up and personal shots it's an outstanding piece of glass that goes wherever I go and my latest addition is the same young 85 millimeter F one point four that serves me well for shots where I need to compress the background but it's not as tight is 105 millimeter and everyone should have an 85 millimeter in their camera bag next is my kit lens the 24 to 105 f/4 that's by far the most versatile given the availability for the wide-angle and the zoom plus you have image stabilization in there and it's the lens that I use for most trips where I only need to take one lens and not worry about the rest however my most used lens is actually this guy the power 35 millimeter cinestyle lens at t 1.5 with d clicked aperture and incredibly smooth focusing ring with very nice optics and this is the lens that most people ask about and here's an example of what this lens can do so this is fully open at 1.5 ISO 320 with gorgeous bokeh and incredibly clean shadows due to such low ISO next is a 2.8 with iso 640 still clean and we have a wider focusing plane in a slightly sharper image now move this all the way up to f/4 with ISO 1250 and we do get to see some visible noise and that is introduced due to such high ISO and move this up to F 5.6 with 2500 iso and the footage becomes almost unusable due to such high noise and actually thanks to this lens I never have to push my iso over a thousand to keep the cleanest possible footage so this lens is a total beast in low-light situations now the star behind the show is the full-frame DSLR the canon 5d mark ii it's quite old but it's still a damn workhorse and i love it it is running magic lantern so I get audio meters on-screen and many other proper video camera functionality that's built in and I've been thinking of adding a B camera to my set and I'm feeling the Panasonic gh4 has gained everyone's recognition but I would love to hear what you guys think and your input as to what should be my next camera investment with a comment below of course many of our viewers have requested to see my personal machine and what I run to edit all these videos and here she is sitting silently below the desk housed inside the h4 40 from NZXT so this case is elegant and I find it fitting in my setup I haven't changed any fans just kept them at stock and the large side window reveals the color matched cooler and the graphics card and what we have here is the latest NZXT cooler this is the ex 61 with a 280 mm a radiator that is secured up top to keep my 3930k fully under control this is a 6 core chip with 12 threads and I have overclocked that to 4.5 gigahertz I have 32 gigabytes of Corsair Vengeance memory that is fully utilized whenever I render anything and I'm running a reference GTX 770 you know it's not the most powerful kid on the block but as soon as I make my next upgrade towards an X 99 chipset I would like to hear your opinion on what GPU would complement the build all this is plugged into the Asus x79 Pro motherboard with an intel SSD for my OS and my Adobe applications with over 6 terabytes of storage spread over four mechanical drives all this is for backup and cache to keep all the files separated and the nicely backed up in case anything happens I do have a sound card that I don't utilize anymore as I do have a desktop DAC to drive my headphones and the speakers as well but this is the Asus DX 7.1 channel sound card that has served me really well up to this point everything is powered by Corsair 1000 watt power supply that is totally overkill for this type of system but I will be swapping it for a lower wattage unit down the line cable management is fine I didn't spend too much time on it but I do want to show you the side panel in case you are considering the H 440 as due to thick form on it this does limit your total space at the rear and the consequence is the challenging process of actually closing the side panel plus you can see all the little marks that are left on the foam from all the cables that are sort of pressed against it but that is about it we hope you enjoy the detail inside as to what I work with to produce the quality content on a daily basis that we put up on this channel so let us know if I've missed anything that you'd like to get covered and throw in your suggestions as I am planning on moving towards the x99 chipset as this machine hasn't really seen an upgrade or a major upgrade in over two years and if you'd like to get more information we have reviewed most of the items on the channel here so click to view our review so as always thanks for watching don't forget to subscribe to get notified on more setup tours to come as Ebor and naturally posting there soon and we'll see you in the next one
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