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  • - My name is Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD

  • I make tech videos and reviews

  • and this is what's in my bag.

  • The first couple years that I didn't go

  • I watched a lot of videos from CES.

  • I was part interested in the tech and part interested

  • in all the other YouTubers going to CES,

  • I was looking forward to seeing all the

  • tech that they saw but also seeing how

  • they made the videos about seeing the tech.

  • I don't know, I feel like my first one or two

  • CES's were the most difficult 'cause

  • you get lost, I feel like I've learned over those years

  • how to better navigate things like the convention center

  • and Las Vegas with an extra 10,000 people in it.

  • Like it's not a normal thing to do,

  • but over the years it's evolved.

  • I typically have one backpack, my everyday carry.

  • I don't bring video gear with me everywhere

  • but when I do go to a show something like CES

  • or a new product announcement, something like that,

  • I also bring my camera gear to make a video.

  • So that's why there's two bags here.

  • This bag, I'm pretty sure it's called

  • the airport security something, something

  • because it is the exact dimensions that

  • are supposed to fit in a domestic overhead bin.

  • I'll just start with the meat of it,

  • this is the camera, with the monitor

  • already attached and it's really hard to travel

  • with the whole camera already assembled.

  • So I don't, so the only things that are on it

  • are the SSD reader, the camera mount,

  • the Manfrotto plate, the battery module,

  • the top handle and the side handle.

  • And it travels like this.

  • Every once in a while the TSA guy

  • like recognizes me and he's like

  • am I about to find this Red camera,

  • and I'm like yep that's what's in there.

  • I feel like I almost owe a little bit of

  • my style to how good the camera is at certain things

  • so the Red camera, the Monstro sensor, is amazing.

  • Next thing would be to talk about

  • lenses of choice, I have three lenses now,

  • the 24 to 35, it's a full frame lens

  • for the full frame sensor, it's wide, it's F2,

  • it's fast, so I do find myself bringing other glass

  • but this is easily one of my all time favorites.

  • So a slightly tighter focal length that gets

  • a different look, this is a Zeiss Otus 55,

  • super sharp lens, it's tighter obviously than 35

  • so this is sort of mid range shots

  • that are of things I'm not holding, maybe someone

  • in front of me is demonstrating something,

  • but I just love the look that comes from this lens.

  • And then last but not least

  • is the Canon 100 mil, F/2.8L Macro, I think this is

  • the mark 2, this is another awesome lens.

  • So this has a minimum focus distance of very close

  • and it's 100 mil, so this is getting

  • like super tight macro shots,

  • you can see super fine detail in small things

  • like buttons, and switches, and knobs,

  • worth having if you're shooting a video

  • with anything small at all.

  • Rounding out the top half of this bag is sound devices.

  • 633, it's a mixer, it's a recorder,

  • it's a Swiss army knife of all things audio.

  • Now I don't do audio on the show floor,

  • it's loud, it's crowded, it's another thing to think about.

  • I'm focused on what I'm going to say later,

  • but when I get back to the hotel room or a quieter room,

  • pop the SD card in here, the mic plugs directly in,

  • and this is all things audio.

  • The batteries on the back are Sony,

  • they recharge, they last months, so these are great.

  • And then last but not least, down here at the bottom,

  • red and black XLR cable, can't go wrong there.

  • And the mic, this is the Sennheiser MKH416

  • and I just put it in this to travel with,

  • 'cause it's just slightly fragile, very expensive mic.

  • So that rounds out the video gear.

  • Which takes us here to the rest of the tech

  • that I usually carry on the daily and other things.

  • So you may have noticed a sort of color theme here

  • with all these devices.

  • This is a Herschel backpack, it's red and black.

  • Canon, all their L series glass has red rings,

  • Red is the name of a company

  • that makes red and black cameras,

  • I didn't make that happen,

  • but the fact that it's all red and black here now

  • is pretty great so I don't mind it.

  • The Herschel bag, this is what's with me

  • on the plane, this is my more every day carry

  • that sort of connects to the video gear.

  • So first thing's first, is the laptop.

  • 13 inch MacBook Pro, I don't edit on laptops anymore.

  • So this is literally just a laptop to have a laptop

  • to do computer stuff, this is the one year old MacBook Pro.

  • It gets the job done, I'm just emailing and doing all sorts

  • of laptop things as you'd expect on this.

  • Then next up is, maybe my favorite piece of tech

  • that came out this entire year.

  • This is the 12.9 inch iPad Pro.

  • Anytime there's a lot of typing involved I break

  • out the laptop, all other instances that I possibly can,

  • I'm using the iPad pro, which is like 85 percent

  • of the things I do, so that's great.

  • I do not fly without my Bose QC35's.

  • Then I found these, these are the Surface headphones.

  • These are better looking, these are more comfortable,

  • these are lighter weight, the noise cancellation

  • is almost as good which is fine for me,

  • and the sound quality is great.

  • Can pair to multiple devices so my iPad, my MacBook Pro,

  • and my phone at the same time.

  • They have a dial on the side for volume, they're USB-C,

  • there's just so many better things about these

  • headphones than the Bose.

  • And then actually up here in the little top corner

  • of my bag there's a little microfiber pouch,

  • it's one of my favorite features of this backpack,

  • but I have my Airpods, they're matte black

  • and I have if it's still in here, yes it is,

  • I have a SIM card ejector tool everywhere I go.

  • It's probably not a normal thing to have, but as a guy

  • that's moving between phones often, kinda have to one.

  • Razer included this one.

  • Only non-tech item I think I have,

  • is like I said it's all necessities,

  • would be my extra contact lenses,

  • without contacts I'm almost blind.

  • It only took me missing flight

  • to go back and get contact lenses

  • for me to just now put them in every conceivable

  • place that I travel, so it's in my backpack.

  • There are more in my suitcase,

  • there are more in my duffle bag,

  • they're just around, so I will never not have my contacts.

  • This little Swiss army knife,

  • this is a USB-C and full size USB card reader.

  • So on one side it's full size USB,

  • pop that down micro USB, open that up, USB-C.

  • If you ever need to read a media card on something

  • that doesn't have a card reader, which is most things now,

  • this is made by I don't know how to say that Vanja.

  • Vanja

  • Vanja

  • And that's it, that is what's in my gear bag

  • and my every day bag when I'm traveling,

  • when I'm doing tech things, when I'm at CES,

  • this is what comes with me.

  • Hey thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed what's in my bag,

  • if you wanna see what I make with this stuff,

  • you can check out my YouTube channel,

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  • and on Instagram.

- My name is Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD

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