Griffin Hammond
Documentary filmmaker sharing DIY filmmaking tutorials and the award-winning Sriracha documentary.
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YouTube setup
@GriffinHammondCapture
Cameras11
- Panasonic Lumix GH5 Mark II
$1,497.99cited in 3 videospositive about it

“Well, yeah, and just like you, I'm using a Panasonic Lumix GH5 Mark II as my primary webcam. It's hooked up through a Cam Link 4K and it it does the job really well.”
- Insta360 Link
$199.99cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

“I think I definitely want to keep the Insta360 Link but it still doesn't solve the original problem I set out to solve.”
- Panasonic Lumix GH5S
$2,099.99

“All right, this is the GH5S that I I brought out today for testing.”
View source at 10:58from January 2023 - Toshiba PDR-M1
speaks highly of it
“…and my first uh my first a digital camera was the Toshiba PDR M1 actually I love that camera”
View source at 40:56from October 2022
- Opal C11 video
- Insta360 GO 21 video
- Lumix GH5M21 video
- Insta360 camera1 video
- Sony TRV320 Digital8 camcorder1 video
- Panasonic LUMIX GH71 video
- Panasonic GH5 Mark II1 video
Lenses5
“And right now I have an 8-18 mm lens on it, which is uh often what I might put on a gimbal.”
View source at 5:38from January 2023- 42.5mm lens
speaks highly of it
“…and then I also have in here a 42.5 millimeter lens which is just a beautiful lens if I can get close enough to use it”
View source at 9:41from January 2023 - Lumix 100–400mm
$1,649.99first cited February 2024

“Lots of drone and gimbal work, plus heavily relying on the Lumix 100–400mm to capture those faraway subjects.”
View sourcefrom February 2024 - Lumix 35-100mm lens
$1,199.99positive about it

“…the lenses I've brought here are the 35 to 100 Lumix lens which is also good for documentary and event shooting”
View source at 9:10from January 2023
- Nikon 100-400mm1 video
Camera equipment14
- Elgato Cam Link 4K Capture Card
$99.99cited in 2 videos

“…so I actually have my camera plugged in to a um a cam link an Elgato cam link and then I have OBS open just using OBS as a monitor on my uh on my studio display”
- Westcott mini boom arm
$89.90

“Also mentioned in this episode: Griffin uses this Westcott mini boom arm.”
View sourcefrom December 2022 - Zoom H5 audio recorder
$279.99

“…and I set the audio levels on my zoom H5 audio recorder”
View source at 10:04from November 2022 - DJI RS 3 Mini
$199.00mixed views on it

“And it just so happens that DJI just released the new RS 3 Mini, which kind of looks like exactly what I need.”
View source at 0:17from January 2023
- Lowepro Photo Hatchback1 video
- Pedco UltraClamp1 video
- Mini Lumix battery charger1 video
- The Jumper (2026 Edition)1 video
- Peak Design quick release plate1 video
- Think Tank Photo Perception Pro1 video
- Zhiyun WEEBILL-31 video
- Lumix XLR1 adapter1 video
- Lowepro Event Messenger 2501 video
- Zhiyun Weebill Lab1 video
Sound
Microphones2
- Azden SGM-250CX
$219.00speaks highly of it

“…but this asdin 250cx is a 200 microphone and it's also very good so let's bring the cheaper microphone on this shoot”
View source at 15:43from January 2023 - Zoom H5
$249.99positive about it

“…so the audio recorder I often travel with is this H5 just with I've taped on a USB battery pack”
View source at 13:59from January 2023
Light
Lighting2
“I have some big lights behind me the one lighting me and the one behind me these are both aperture 200x lights”
View source at 20:12from January 2023- Westcott Flex LED light
first cited June 2023

“…so I added a Westcott flex light here bouncing off the wall in front of me to fill in the Gap now it's too bright so I'll turn the key light back down”
View source at 0:53from June 2023
Editing and post
Editing software5
“I ended up getting my Creative Cloud subscription so I still have auditions”
View source at 39:03from November 2022“…let me let me pull it up here Adobe Lightroom can you find it Adobe Lightroom there it is”
View source at 33:05from January 2023“…so I am always converting them in Adobe Media encoder anyway”
View source at 45:52from October 2022- CrumplePop Wind Remover AI2
positive about it

“…so I just tried I tried to plug in that I downloaded called crumple pop wind remover ai2 and um it seemed to work well and I think the plug-in costs like ninety dollars”
View source at 39:31from November 2022
- Final Cut Pro1 video
Recording software3
- OBS
cited in 2 videos

“…so I actually have my camera plugged in to a um a cam link an Elgato cam link and then I have OBS open just using OBS as a monitor on my uh on my studio display”
“…no I had to tab over to audio hijack and check that too”
View source at 38:50from November 2022“…so I was wondering if I was going to lose audition and like maybe I should use rx10 instead”
View source at 38:58from November 2022
AI software1
- DiffusionBee
cited in 2 videoshas reservations
“I plugged the images of us our podcast images into Diffusion Bee, which can take a source image and then reinterpret it and they were all horrifying.”
Productivity software1
- Zoom
cited in 3 videos

“…so of course I spent way too long setting up these four lights in my home office, for a 6-minute remote, Zoom interview.”
Creator tools1
- Artlist
first cited October 2024
“I use the music library Artlist”
View sourcefrom October 2024
Platforms
Hosting platforms5
- Squarespace
cited in 3 videosspeaks highly of it

“I mean not only do I use my Squarespace site to point people to the classes that I've produced the movie Sriracha that I've made I'm using it to point people to the platforms where I can make money”
- Vimeo
cited in 2 videos

“I just put it on Vimeo for for Matt”
“…and then I also have like a a seven hour class that is a variable price depending on that's on Creative live depending on the what they decide to charge for it”
View source at 9:13from October 2022“…so go over to twitch.tv Griffin Hammond and I'll go live there in another 5-10 minutes as soon as I get that set up”
View source at 35:12from January 2023
- YouTube1 video
Courses1
- Crash Course in Doc Filmmaking
first cited June 2024
“My 5-hour documentary filmmaking class”
View sourcefrom June 2024
Desk
Computers2
“Griffin’s been playing with DiffusionBee on Mac.”
View sourcefrom December 2022- Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch M1 Max
$1,799.00

“I have my 16 inch MacBook Pro feels a little bit tight going in but it's actually exactly the right size perfect it's like it's made for this current M1 16 inch MacBook Pro”
View source at 4:52from January 2023
Peripherals1
- Insta360 webcam
$199.99mixed views on it

“But this one can follow me. This is the Insta360 uh webcam.”
View source at 1:41from January 2023
Office furniture1
- Branch Ergonomic Chair
$369.00

“Yeah this is this is a 350 Chair called the Ergonomic Chair by Branch”
View source at 28:19from January 2023
Everything else
Other2
“I've actually brought my like huge Pelican case full of camera here”
View source at 8:22from January 2023“Uh when I got the smoke machine that I have, the uh the smoke genie, it's like a little portable uh smoke machine, it uses these batteries.”
View source at 32:15from January 2023
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