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Best Travel Vlogging Gear for Solo Female Travelers
Best Travel Vlogging Gear for travel, youtube and solo female travel. I often have to carry my own luggage, so I appreciate gear that won’t weigh me down. As I’m also filming myself traveling alone, I need travel vlogging cameras and accessories that help me get a selfie on my own.
I share the best vlog equipment for solo travelers. This gear kit is also what I use for blogging and social media content.
Below you’ll also see my vlogging accessories, best youtube vlogging courses, camera bags I use (or have used and recommend) and a video gear checklist.
Remember, the best travel vlogging gear is the one that empowers you to capture your story authentically and share your adventures with the world.
My Best Travel Vlogging Cameras
These are the best vlogging cameras I am rocking. Yes, I take all of them. I’m currently testing to see which can handle it all so I can downsize my camera kit.
My main Canon Vlogging Camera I always carry two, but one went down and I wanted a camera with audio input. Essential for all point and shoot vlogging cameras: Wind Screen to filter wind noise.
Sony ZV-1 vlogging camera My Canon vlogging camera is often sold out, so I also bought a Sony ZV-1 as a backup camera.
GoPro Hero Black + Full Action Kit
iPhone 13 Pro Max (Factory Unlocked) 512 GB
Canon EOS M50 Mirrorless Camera/4K video + Canon EOS adapter M mount. This allows me to get great photos AND video. Ultimately, I found my workload and time schedule had to choose video only. I use my Canon EF/EFS lenses:
Canon 70-300 Zoom Lens – recommended for street photography and safaris! The cheapest zoom lens for Canon
Canon EFS 10-22 lens Best Wide lens and least expensive*
MOVO Shotgun mic with windscreen for 3.5mm adapter for your video cameras.
Rode GO II wireless mic – great mic when you want to go wireless. Lavalier sold separately.
My cheap $7 two-person lavalier microphone set with standard 3.5mm jack. Nothing beat this and it’s still my fave. It is easy to use, straightforward, hard-lined to your camera/phone! Requires an $7 adapter for iPhone. Great for two person interviews and quick turnarounds on social media videos!
Past Vlogging Cameras I Used
Canon 80D DSLR Creator Kit with Rode VidMic | Watch my review. I used aCanon EOS Rebel for many years. Canon Rebel Series Cameras are a great beginner’s camera. They are a smaller DSLR in size and can be as powerful as Mark camera; they are dynamic and flexible, although not full frame.
Sony NEX-5T mirrorless camera was my backup vlogging camera for a couple of years. It had an interchangeable lens but ultimately, you want to choose either team Canon or team Sony as investing in lenses begins to add up. Watch my review
Insta360Nano Camera is a 360 degree video camera and one of the first. I got a lot of great social media shots from it, but didn’t use it as much for video as the resolution was never as good as an actual video camera.
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Best Camera Bags for Travel under $100
Through the years, I’ve gone through a ton of camera bags for travel vlogging. The best camera bags for solo female travel content creators seemed to remain elusive. I juggle a travel journalistic style, am constantly on the go, switching out lenses and gear, I need to be lightweight and do not like setting my bag down like a photographer. These options worked for me and they may work for you. Read my reviews.
Manfrotto Metropolitan Camera Backpack
This is my backup in case my something happens to my other Manfrotto bag
Carries 1 DSLR’+ a lens + point-n-shoot camera+ iphone.
My go to bag when I want to be girly and pack for city sightseeing
Best Travel Vlogging Essentials on the Road
The things you don’t think about until you need them.
Joby 5K Gorillapod This alien tripod makes a great travel tripod. Mounts up to DSLR cameras.
DigiPower Selfie Extreme Stick. It’s not a cheapie selfie stick. It extends to 5 feet, can go diving with me and is enough to stabilize a shot.
SanDisk Portable Extreme SSD, sustains the rugged extremes of adventurous, traveling content creators like myself. Read my SSD review
Pelican memory card case + Sandisk Extreme 128GB cards
You can never have enough memory cards when filming. Sandisk extreme reads speeds up to 90MB/s; write speeds up to 60MB/s . Compatible with GoPro
Insignia USB card reader I always pack a USB card reader for transferring footage from my memory cards to my laptop/external hard drive.
e-SIM so I always have a data plan. Activated from home or the airport WiFi signal
All-in-One International Travel AdapterThis multi plug travel adapter has extra ways to charge via usB
MultiPlug adapterI like to pack this multiplug adapter in my in-flight bag so I can charge multiple things at once during my layover.
Portable mini iPhone charger 5200MaH. (must have) Ideal for in-flight charging but more importantly for charging in hot environments, when your magnetic charger overheats your phone and you have to cool it off before you can charge. This goes straight into your lightning jack to charge.
Peak Design Capture Camera Clip. (optional) Camera holster straps to a backpack strap and secure your camera for speedy access.
All in One Mobile Vlogging Kit for mobile phone vlogging. Not as heavy duty as the 5K but still good.
Home Studio & Video Editing Essentials
USB C to HDMI Multiport Adapter, 7 in 1 USB C Dongle, Has three USB ports and a SD Card Reader. For the travel content creator who has to multitask!
10-inch ring light with 65″ stand for mobile It doesn’t feel sturdy but it works in a pinch. I’ve also mounted the ring on my Joby tripod so it’s perfect face lighting for Zoom conferencing.
Neewer Dimmable LED Diva Ring 18 inches This diva ring works great for a home office studio when you need larger coverage for filming your videos. I use this for filming my acting auditions. Read how to create your YouTube studio setup
Adjustable mobile/ tablet stand for desk Sturdy and love that it is adjustable and collapsable
Seagate Backup Plus 5TB I always take 2 hard drives to back up my video and photos. Seagate is a highly recommended brand for stability. The weight is around 2x an iPhone 6
$20/Month Mobile Wireless Plan ( USA )| Unlimited 5G Cheapest and fast mobile plan for U.S. travelers. Best value if you commit in 6-12 month terms. They have e-Sim options if your phone is compatible. Love it.
Mobile Vlogging Equipment
Clip on Mobile Ring light – Helps in a pinch when you’re filming food in a dark restaurant.
Joby Mobile Vlogging Kit for mobile phone vlogging. Watch my unboxing video to see what you get inside
Portable mini iPhone charger 5200MaH. (must have) Ideal for in-flight charging but more importantly for charging in hot environments, when your magnetic charger overheats your phone and you have to cool it off before you can charge. This goes straight into your lightning jack to charge.
Mgnaooi Magnetic MagSafe iPhone case. Works well with Anker xPop Socket Magsafe charger, Anker nano lightning charger
Bocasal iPhone Wallet Case I love wallet cases because I can store my credit cards while protecting my phone. The removable magnetic case can attach to anything metallic. Perfect if you want to use it to take selfies. Read my iphone travel accessories review
Crossbody Zipper Purse Case with RFID and Magsafe charging for when I want to carry my phone like a purse and have it accessible.
PopSocket is a must for any selfie taking Instagrammer.
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