The Mac Studio M2 Ultra - A Colorist's Opinion + What Accessories To Get

The Mac Studio M2 Ultra - A Colorist's Opinion + What Accessories To Get
I did it - I pulled the trigger on a Mac Studio M2 Ultra for my color grading business. In this video I'm gonna give you my opinion on it after a few weeks and some spec recommendations.
My grading setup:
Computer: Mac M2 Ultra, 128GB Ram, 2TB SSD + Caldigit TS4 & 4TB External NVMe in Acasis NVMe Enclosure
Reference Monitor: Sony PVM-A250
UI Monitor: Benq SW270C
Panel: Black Magic Design Mini Panel
Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight
Keyboard: Logitech MX Keys Wireless
Various: Wacom Intuos Pro M
Headphones: Beyer-Dynamic 80 Ohm 770
Feel free to ask my anything in the comments. I try to answer all of your questions and will maybe even do a video on it!
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[@viniciusgnali]

was waiting for someone to do a video in the perspective of a colorist, amazing bro. And btw I like the way of your videos, looks like we are having a conversation, pretty cool keep going.

[@sharpcarrier]

I wonder who will watch the whole video. You should speed it up a bit and show some stuff. I like your some videos you have potential. Please try to make those more fun.

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

I actually like it this way! Unfiltered. But I know what you mean. Other people on youtube do it in a mich more entertaining way.

[@philippscheithauer]

all about time spent. but would rather hear from someone that actually works as a professional in a more "boring" way than a full time youtuber that lacks the experience or is super detached from the industry since they don't work there anymore. I see too many videos about creating cool looks rather than discussing really important stuff. good job gavin

[@sharpcarrier]

@@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist Just sent the message out of love:) keep up the goodf work!

[@pawel_stocki]

How much RAM do you usually use for color grading? I'm thinking about buying Mac Studio M2 Max, is 32GB RAM enough for colorist, or is it worth paying extra for 64RAM?

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

32GB are fine most of the time but I would still go for at least 64GB. Just to be safe.

[@knightpsonline]

Just curious are you also using a BMD Ultra Studio 4k for your grading monitor? if not how do you make it work for you going directly from the mac and still maintain color accuracy?

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Exactly what I‘m doing!

[@knightpsonline]

@@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist so you are going though a BMD Ultra Studio 4K?

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

@@knightpsonline yes!

[@knightpsonline]

@@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist nice!! Is there something special about the Apple M chips that this is possible and still get accurate color reproduction without a monitoring card?

[@DavieMorgan]

Gavin what Desk is that u got buddy

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

Hey! It‘s combination of a standing desk frame from Fully and a grey tabletop from the German brand Innwerk. It‘s 2x1m.

[@billkastanakiscom]

I have both a PC like the one you described, and a Mac Studio M1 Ultra, 128GB, 4TB SSD. My PC with the Noctua fans is very very low noise (the blackmagic Ultrastudio does more noise), I bet they did something weird with yours. However for Davinci I use the Mac Studio. It's an excellent machine for Color Grading, Editing etc. I bet you will love it.

[@claudemorcos]

Do you have an updated PC/laptop specs recommendation? also what's your insta so i can say hi

[@Gavin_Haughey_Colorist]

@gavinhaughey.colorist