Equipment

Over the years, LoadingReadyRun has used a variety of equipment. This article contains examples of some of the equipment that has being used over the years.

Main Equipment

• Cameras:
  • Recently a Canon C100 was purchased as a new main camera.
  • The majority of videos are shot with a Canon 60D and a 18-55mm Kit Lens, though a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 is occasionally used for close ups.
  • Sony HDR-FX1 MiniDV is used as a second camera. The videos are shot in 1080i, and edited in either 1080i or DV Widescreen
  • Some videos have also been shot with Tim's camera, a Sony SR12.
  • A Kodak Zi8 and Canon Rebel T2i have being used as backup cameras, and were used to film Phailhaüs - 27 and Hot Water at PAX.
  • Cam uses a Canon Rebel T2i for Loading Time.
• Audio:
  • RODE VideoMic, RODE Boompole and RODE Deadcat windscreen.
  • A Zoom H4N is used for off camera recording as well as monitoring. Audio and video are later combined and synced in Final Cut Pro X.
• Lighting:
  • Two softboxes, one rectangular, and one hexagonal.
• Computers and Software:
  • Main video editing is done with Apple Final Cut Pro on Graham's iMac or MacBook
  • Additional videos may be edited on Apple iMovie, or (in the instance of most Loading Time videos) Adobe Premiere
  • Final video is exported in 1920x1080 .mov files using the Apple H.264 codec
• Still Photography:
  • James uses a Nikon D40, most often with AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6
  • Graham uses a Canon Digital Rebel XTI
  • Apple iPhone pictures are commonly used as well

Streaming Equipment

Paul's Explanation

• A/V Equipment:
  • RØDE NTG2 microphone (boom)
  • Shure SM58 microphone (desk)
  • Shure SM93 microphone (lavalier)
  • Logitech C920 webcam
  • Behringer Xenyx 1204usb audio mixing board (for both game and microphone audio)
  • XSplit software to combine the video inputs and run the stream.
• Streaming Computer:
  • Windows 7
  • Intel core i5 (Haswell) 3.4GHz
  • 8GB RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
  • Magewell PC-100-XE PCI-E video capture card (Connected to Gaming PC and Consoles through HDMI splitter and switches)
• Gaming PC:
  • Windows 8
  • Intel Core i7 (Haswell) 3.5GHz
  • 16GB RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
• Consoles:
  • XBox One
  • Playstation 4
  • WiiU
  • 3DS (modded to have video output for streaming, over USB to the Streaming Computer)