A look at my current, as well as past, camera gear choices for filming my hiking and backpacking videos. 

Gear Currently Used

• Ribs Front Pack, large 11 liter pack for holding all gear
• Sony HDR-CX380, primary camera
• GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition, secondary camera
• GoPro Waterproof case and Skeleton case for improved audio quality
• GoPro Head mount strap and “quick clip” for clipping to baseball caps for POV shots, but also useful as a method of standing the GoPro up for various angled shots.
• Wasabi Power extended life batteries for Sony camera
• RavPower 10,400 mAh USB battery pack or
• RavPower 7,800 mAh USB battery pack and camp lantern
• Zoom H1 digital recorder for secondary audio, both in the field as well as used in conjunction with an Audio Technica lavaliere mic during indoor shoots.
• Joby Gorillapod Flexible Mini-Tripod

Software Used – Adobe Creative Suite

• Adobe Premiere Pro (primary software used for video editing)
• Adobe SpeedGrade (for color grading and color matching of cameras)
• Adobe Audition (for some audio cleanup work)
• Adobe Photoshop (for YouTube thumbnails and some in video effects)
• Adobe After Effects (rarely, but for occasional “heavier” visual effects)