First Man Photography
Landscape photographer creating vlogs, tutorials, and gear reviews.
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YouTube setup
@firstmanphotographyCapture
Cameras11
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
$1,999.00cited in 7 videosspeaks highly of it

“It's why I am yet to replace permanently my Canon 5D Mark IV. I've used all varieties of cameras over the years on this channel. There's still not been enough reason to pull me away from this camera in a professional environment cuz I just can't justify the cost.”
- Canon 5D Mark IV
$1,999.00cited in 4 videospositive about it

“This is my Canon 5D Mark IV.”
- Canon EOS R5
$2,999.00cited in 3 videosspeaks highly of it

“And I've got the Canon R5 setup with the 70 to 200 2.8 lens on there.”
- Olympus OM-1
cited in 2 videosmixed views on it
“They've been my camera store of choice for many, many years now and they have sent me an Olympus OM1 to play with.”
- Sony a7S1 video
- Fujifilm X-T31 video
- OM SYSTEM OM-11 video
- Canon cameras1 video
- Fujifilm X-T41 video
- Fujifilm GFX1001 video
- Canon 550D1 video
Lenses12
- Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD
cited in 2 videos

“I've got the 24 to 70 on this time.”
- Canon 70-200mm f/2.8
speaks highly of it

“And wow, what a lens.”
View sourcefrom September 2025 - Canon 100mm L Macro
first cited March 2026

“Canon 100mm L Macro”
View sourcefrom March 2026 - Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro
first cited May 2026
“Canon 100mm L Macro”
View sourcefrom May 2026
- Canon 16-35mm F/41 video
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM1 video
- Canon 400mm1 video
- Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM1 video
- Canon 70-200mm1 video
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM1 video
- Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.81 video
- Tamron 24-70mm1 video
Camera equipment9
- 10-stop ND filter
cited in 2 videosfirst cited April 2026
“And to try and I don't know, zhuzh it up a bit, I might go black and white, but I'm also going to do a long exposure with this uh 10-stop filter that I have on the front here.”
- PolarPro Summit Essential Kit Filters
$807.35cited in 2 videos

“I have these Polar Pro filters as we've discussed and then slide that in behind the ND grad.”
- tripod
first cited September 2026
“Camera's there obviously on the tripod.”
View source at 12:40from September 2026 “Filters”
View sourcefrom September 2025
Editing and post
Editing software8
- Adobe Lightroom
first cited October 2026

“And we'll go into Lightroom. This is an old image of mine from I don't know, about 2018, something like that.”
View source at 6:53from October 2026 - DxO PhotoLab
mixed views on it
“DxO PhotoLabs is something I've been playing around with recently.”
View source at 5:31from December 2025 - Nik Collection HDR Efex
first cited May 2026positive about it
“For this shot, I've got a bracketed sequence. So, I'm starting in HDR effects from the Nick collection by DxO.”
View source at 8:48from May 2026 - Darktable
mixed views on it

“I'm going to start learning to use Dark Table and in more detail.”
View source at 14:23from December 2025
- Adobe Creative Cloud1 video
- Adobe Premiere Pro1 video
- DaVinci Resolve1 video
- Compressor1 video
Recording software1
- OBS
first cited March 2026speaks highly of it

“Then you put it into OBS software, which is what I'm recording this on. Completely open source, completely free.”
View source at 8:28from March 2026
AI software3
- ChatGPT
first cited February 2026
“But I got ChatGPT to write a prompt for me about this Formula 1 thing.”
View source at 9:07from February 2026 - Sora
first cited February 2026
“So, I've got an example of that. So, this is Sora. It's doing pictures and videos and they look It's scarely realistic these days.”
View source at 8:57from February 2026 - Eve (AI assistant)
first cited July 2026positive about it

“There's then this feature here which if you've seen my social media recently, I'm using my AI assistant called Eve. Now I have employed her on this app as well.”
View source at 18:21from July 2026
Productivity software2
- Unhook for Chrome
first cited May 2026speaks highly of it
“And I'm using a little plugin called Unhook for Chrome. You can basically remove all of the garbage that comes in around YouTube.”
View source at 4:07from May 2026 - Linux
first cited January 2026positive about it

“So, I won't be using any of this software that they're now releasing over to over to a Linux system. I've started that move.”
View source at 11:13from January 2026
Creator tools3
“And I'm just going to check very quickly on Photo Pills app.”
View source at 13:12from September 2025- Slow Shutter Cam
speaks highly of it
“But I've discovered an app when I was researching for this video that just makes it absolutely insanely easy. It's almost a little bit scary actually. And it's called slow shutter.”
View source at 35:34from September 2025 - Google Maps
first cited July 2026mixed views on it

“I've got Google Maps with little spots on of where I found and it's never it's always been lots of different apps doing lots of different things and never bringing it all together.”
View source at 9:11from July 2026
Platforms
Hosting platforms1
- Squarespace
cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

“They've got award-winning customer service. I've used them for years. So, go to squarespace.com to start your free trial today.”
Desk
Computers3
- MacBook Pro
has reservations

“My next move after that is going to be to replace my MacBook Pro with a Linux laptop, have Linux desktop installed on there and start to make that switch”
View source at 13:58from December 2025 - Mac
first cited January 2026

“What I'm doing and I talked about it before is I'm trying to use as much open-source software as possible and move from the Mac.”
View source at 11:07from January 2026 - Mac mini
positive about it
“…which has also taken me down a self-hosting journey of hosting my own services and my own software on a little Mac mini server that I bought a little while ago”
View source at 13:11from December 2025
Everything else
Other3
- Canson Infinity Arches 88 paper
$52.95cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

“At the moment, I'm using this Arsh 88 paper, which is a full matte paper, no reflection, and it's just the best paper I've ever used.”
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
cited in 2 videosfirst cited January 2026positive about it

“That is taken on my iPhone, my iPhone 14 Pro Max.”
- Canson Infinity Baryta Prestige paper
speaks highly of it
“This is with the Burita Prestige paper from Canson Infiniti. Such high quality paper and the print looks beautiful.”
View source at 15:34from November 2025
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