James Reader

Canon EOS R6 Mark I

$2,799.00 · cited in 2 videos · strongly positive

“And my camera setup is the Canon R6 Mark III. [music] I just love the colors from this, especially for portraits.”

Hasselblad X2D II

$7,799.00 · cited in 2 videos · strongly positive

“The Hasselblad X2D II has quickly become one of my absolute favorite cameras.”

Canon EOS C70 Cinema Camera

$3,699.00

“And I actually used this lens on my C70 a couple of years ago for this exact reason.”

Hasselblad camera

$8,199.00

“Especially now that I'm often shooting these massive 100-megapixel Hasselblad files”

“And also, I'm pairing it with the 24mm VCM. [music] And I just love this prime, and it's going to be perfect for this, I think, because 24mm is going to keep me close enough to the model, and it's still going to give me a really dramatic look [music] to the portraits.”

Canon RF 35mm F1.4 VCM

Mixed — said both good and bad

“And I'm not biased because I actually own both, and the VCM is actually my go-to 35 mm prime for weddings these days.”

RF 50mm f/1.2

$2,499.00 · strongly positive

“and then my absolute favorite, the RF 50 mm F1.2 just to see”

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

$1,399.00 · strongly positive

“And yeah, this RF 24-105 is small, it's fast focusing, it's sharp, it has image stabilization, and also it might be the perfect lens in the studio. It is a total workhorse lens.”

“But this 90 mm lens is very very special. The image quality is pretty much perfection and the bokeh is amazing. You get such a beautiful 3D look from this lens.”

Hasselblad XCD 20-35mm f/3.2-4.5 E

“So, I'm using the X2D2 [music] and I'm using the 20 to 35.”

NEEWER QZ Trigger

$89.99

“I can switch to Z10 3R into RX mode, pair it with Neewer's own QZ trigger on my camera, and use the flash completely off-camera.”

Falcam TreeRoot Tripod

strongly positive

“So I've actually been using it here with Falcam's own treeroot tripod, which is an awesome tripod.”

Neewer Q6

$569.99

“And if like me, you already own lights from Neewer's Q system, so the Q4 or like me, the Q6, the Z3R works with those as well.”

“So, I've actually got the Godox XT2, so I'll quickly switch over and show you that that works absolutely fine.”

Luminar Neo

positive

“And there are other programs that might do an even better job, like Luminar Neo I found works really good.”

DaVinci Resolve Studio

“So, file transfers are faster, previews load faster, video playback is quicker in DaVinci Resolve”

Adobe Lightroom

Mixed — said both good and bad

“So, first up, using Lightroom, here's how much lens blur I had to add.”

“Ugreen Photos is really fun to use.”

Squarespace

strongly positive

“Squarespace also has fantastic e-commerce tools that I rely on and I use for my own online store.”

Apple AirTag

$38.86 · positive

“There's also a hidden air tag compartment, which I particularly like. I always always have an air tag in my camera backpack when I'm traveling.”