100K Giveaway Winners - Deity S-Mic 2 Shotgun Microphone

In celebration of the channel reaching 100,000 subscribers, Deity has generously offered to give away 2 of their S-Mic 2 Shotgun Microphone Location kits. And here are the two winners!

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F8 and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Links to gear used in this video:

Deity S-Mic 2 Shotgun Microphone (Amazon) - This episode recorded with this mic.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - I used this to record this episode, including the audio directly from the S-Mic 2

Panasonic 12-35mm F/2.8 OIS Lens (Amazon) - Used on the Pocket 4K camera

Aputure COB 120dII - key light

Aputure Light Dome II - soft box for key light

Aputure COB120t - background light

Copyright 2019 by Curtis Judd

Music Copyright 2019 by Cary Judd. Used with permission.

100K & Microphone Giveaway!

Thanks to everyone for helping build this community where we focus on lighting and sound for video. Get yourself registered at the link above for the chance to win a Deity S-Mic 2 shotgun microphone. This is my favorite shotgun mic in the $350-ish price range and definitely a great mic for any filmmaker's kit.

And here's to 100K more joining our community!

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F8 and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Links to gear used in this video:

Deity S-Mic 2 Shotgun Microphone (Amazon)

Golden Age Project R1 Active mk III Ribbon Microphone (Amazon) - the big mic you see that I used to record this episode

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K - I used this to record most of this episode

Aputure COB120t (Amazon) - Key light in the talking head clips

Aputure Light Dome Mini II (Amazon) - Newer version of the smaller soft box with faster setup

Lupo Superpanel Full Color 30 - RGB 1x1 panel light for the background

Panasonic 12-35mm F/2.8 OIS Lens (Amazon) - Used on the Pocket 4K camera

Copyright 2018 by Curtis Judd

Music Copyright 2018 by Cary Judd. Used with permission.

80K Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing to celebrate 80K subscribers! The lucky winner of the drawing was DAZ Studio - congratulations!

A big thanks again to Aputure for generously supplying the Deity microphone for DAZ.

If you'd like to see our review of the Aputure Deity Shotgun Microphone, have a look here:

Thanks to EVERYONE for your support and encouragement!

Thank You Giveaway: Aputure Deity Shotgun Microphone

Congratulations to DAZ Studio, the winner of the giveaway and happy new owner of an Aputure Deity Shotgun microphone! Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing and to Aputure for their generous gift!

Our Light and Sound YouTube community just hit 80,000 subscribers - thank you! Our good friends over at Aputure have offered to give away a Deity shotgun microphone to celebrate. To enter the drawing, all you need to do is subscribe to my channel and Aputure's channel using the form above. Don't worry if you're already subscribed, this will just enter you into the drawing.

We reviewed the Deity microphone last year and found it to be a really versatile and dependable mic. If you don't have an XLR-based microphone, this will be a great start. If you already do, this will be a nice addition to your kit. 

Thanks for all your support and encouragement! Get out there and make some great sound.