You start your youtube channel. You necessarily wonder you need your new equipment such as camera, mic, light, even drone etc ... To get quality video, you may need ... - Good camera for beginner Youtuber. - Camera with integrated Wifi - Gimbal - Shotgun microphone. - Lapel microphone. - Audio recorder - software  - Storage Disk - etc.... Yes, you need it all according to your objectives of your channel. BUT WAIT!  not necessarily right away. Make Youtube videos with a smartphone is perfect for beginer. Buying everything up front is not a good idea. It's even a bad idea. You have invested a lot of money to buy new camera, mic, recorder, lighting, storage, pc... without knowing if your channel will be really monetized, and if it ever does not work well ... What will you do with all these gears? . . . I always advise you to go step by step.  Start by working with what you already have. Your smartphone is perfect tool for it. And start work your videos : filming, editing, up...