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Dan Watson

YouTube content creator who reviews and demos DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, and lenses.

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Capture36Sound2Light1Editing and post11Platforms1Desk10Everything else2

Capture

Cameras17

  • Sony a7R V

    $3,499.99cited in 5 videos

    “…all right guys so this is the Sony 28-70 F2 lens just came out got it on the A7 R5 right now we'll throw it on the fx3 in a little bit and that is going to be today's shoot”
    View source at 1:30from November 2024+ 4 more sources
  • Sony FX3

    $4,049.95cited in 5 videosmixed views on it

    “The FX3, uh which is actually what I'm recording this with right now, uh although it's not on any picture profile mode, so it probably looks pretty ugly.”
    View source at 44:09from August 2024+ 4 more sources
  • Canon EOS R5 Mark II

    $4,099.00cited in 2 videosmixed views on it

    “So, this is the R5 II and I've actually have it set up so that you guys can see the menu as well.”
    View source at 0:44from August 2024+ 1 more source
  • Canon EOS R5

    $2,999.00cited in 2 videosmixed views on it

    “…the biggest one is going to be actual overheating in all of my tests so far the r52 has actually overheated faster than my original Canon R5 which that camera was awful when it first came out but after like 6 months and a couple of firmware updates it actually got pretty good”
    View source at 0:29from October 2024+ 1 more source

Lenses12

  • Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM II

    $2,599.99cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “…especially for video because I actually use the 16 to 35 almost every time I'm on my gimbal as like my main gimbal lens and even like a general handheld rig Zoom this is my go-to”
    View source at 2:12from November 2024+ 1 more source
  • Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 GM

    $3,298.00speaks highly of it

    “…all right guys so this is the Sony 28-70 F2 lens just came out got it on the A7 R5 right now we'll throw it on the fx3 in a little bit and that is going to be today's shoot”
    View source at 1:30from November 2024
  • Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM

    $1,499.99mixed views on it

    “…all right this is the 35 mm 1.4 it's a really good lens especially for photos I like it a lot for video my only issue with it is that Focus breathing on it is just crazy bad”
    View source at 3:04from September 2024
  • Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM

    $1,598.00has reservations

    “I actually had the original uh Sony 24 to70 f2.8g Master which is like a $2,000 lens and it just randomly stopped communicating with my cameras no physical damage I didn't drop it it just it wouldn't communicate with the camera”
    View source at 10:07from September 2024

Camera equipment7

Sound

Microphones2

  • DJI Mic 2

    $199.00cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “Now, I'm also a huge fan of the audio options for this. Uh, mostly because I use the DJI Mic 2, which pair wirelessly perfectly with this camera right here.”
    View source at 9:55from July 2025+ 1 more source
  • Rode VideoMic NTG

    $259.00first cited December 2025

    “My On Camera Mic”
    View sourcefrom December 2025

Light

Lighting1

  • Philips Hue lights

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited March 2025

    “It opened my sound effects library, cued my Spotify playlist, turned up my monitor brightness, dimmed my Philips Hue lights, and created a custom folder library for my next project.”
    View source at 5:47from June 2025+ 1 more source

Editing and post

Editing software6

  • Adobe Premiere Pro

    cited in 2 videos

    “…and sometimes I'll just be in that flow of editing but I need another soundtrack or sound effect and so using the premier extension without ever leaving my project I can still browse for music inside a Premiere”
    View source at 5:21from March 2025+ 1 more source
  • Adobe Premiere

    cited in 2 videos

    “…as well as this really cool tool that will actually integrate soundstripe straight into Adobe Premiere so now I can actually search and add audio right from my timeline without even leaving my project”
    View source at 5:39from November 2024+ 1 more source
  • Canon Digital Photo Professional
    “I do have a new version of Canon's converter software, their editing software to Digital Professional, and that is able to import the raw files from the R5 II”
    View source at 52:07from August 2024
  • Adobe Lightroom
    “…now what's interesting is probably my favorite application for the dial has been calling photos in Lightroom uh something I hate to do but this is actually sped up that workflow so much”
    View source at 12:42from September 2024

AI software1

  • ChatGPT
    “I asked chat gbt uh what cool basic script ideas would you have what it said would be cool idea is these Dynamic folder structure creations so I had to create the script for me”
    View source at 16:07from September 2024

Productivity software2

  • Logi Options+
    “…so I'm going to open up the uh logi options Plus app and this is where we can configure everything”
    View source at 13:50from September 2024
  • Camelizer (Chrome extension)

    first cited January 2025speaks highly of it

    “…to use a tool I found this tool on Amazon or for Amazon called camelizer I think that's what it's called it it's basically a chrome plug-in extension that when you're on an Amazon item it will show you the price history over time”
    View source at 2:24from January 2025

Creator tools2

  • Soundstripe

    cited in 3 videosspeaks highly of it

    “…they all use professionally licensed music and soundstripe has been my go-to platform for all of it music and sound effects because they just make it so easy to find the tracks I need and it has definitely my favorite search tools from any platform for actually finding it”
    View source at 4:15from March 2025+ 2 more sources
  • Sony Creator Cloud

    first cited December 2025mixed views on it

    “We have Sony Creator Cloud support from shooting to production. Um I I have a lovehate relationship with this app.”
    View source at 22:55from December 2025

Platforms

Membership platforms1

  • Patreon
    “…so I do have images uh from all of this shoot available to download for any of uh my Pro members on my patreon”
    View source at 12:31from November 2024

Desk

Computers2

  • MacBook Pro

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited January 2025

    “…there's no way that I'm paying the $1,200 that Apple wants to put four terabytes in my MacBook Pro”
    View source at 3:32from January 2025+ 1 more source
  • Mac Pro

    first cited January 2025

    “I have a $10,000 Mac computer from Mac Pro over there that is now barely worth $22,000 after a few years”
    View source at 10:32from January 2025

Peripherals4

Storage4

Everything else

Other2

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