ZY Cheng

iPhone Duo

positive about it

“So, those are my first impressions of the iPhone Duo. This is my very first foldable, so this is a genre of tech I'm still discovering.”

Insta360 X6

$699.99first cited October 2026speaks highly of it

“The gear I needed to pull this off was a single Insta360 X6. That's it.”

Sony FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G

mixed views on it

“For the short time I got to spend with this loaned review unit, I did find myself shooting exclusively at either the 8 or 14 mm ends.”

“You can see how small this is relative to my 50 GM and 28-70.”

Zhiyun Weebill 3S

≈$366mixed views on it

“It's got the same load capacity and it's roughly the same size as my old 3S.”

Zhiyun Weebill 5

$429.00speaks highly of it

“This is the Zhiyun Weebill 5 and it's a bit like having your very own camera operator if you happen to be filming yourself by yourself.”

Hollyland LARK M3 Wireless Microphone System

first cited October 2026speaks highly of it

“This is Hollyland's Lark M3 and it's probably one of the most capable wireless mic systems I've used and it doesn't even hit $200.”

HomePod mini 2

first cited October 2026mixed views on it

“If you like to leave your guests and occasionally yourself guessing which generation HomePod you got, then you can do what I've done here and get them in white, blue, or midnight.”

Final Cut Pro

“If I run the smooth slow-mo effect on a clip within Final Cut Pro, the little M6 finishes sooner than the M4 Max.”

“It totally works, but I'm doing this edit here in Luminar where the better way to do it is to simply go on over to the face tool and pull up that face light slider.”

Logic Pro

first cited October 2026

“This is a Logic Pro multi-track session. It's recording four tracks and each one of these tracks is one of these four mics.”

LM Studio

cited in 2 videos

“So, that perfectly checks out in our little LM Studio test here.”

“So, in LM Studio again asking Gemma 4 to summarize offline one of my video scripts and throw in a few title suggestions while it's at it.”

Epidemic Sound

“I use Epidemic Sound for my music, sign up for a free trial here”

Mac Studio (M5 Max)

speaks highly of it

“But back here on the M5 Max, this exact one here is configured with the maximum amount of unified memory available, which is 128 GB.”

Mac mini (M6)

$879.99speaks highly of it

“Here I have Mac Mini with the very new M6 chip, as well as Mac Studio with M5 Max.”

iPad

$449.00first cited October 2026

“In fact, that's what I've been recording on this whole time off of this tiny USB receiver plugged into my iPad.”

Mac mini (M6, base configuration)

speaks highly of it

“One of my recent videos, which turned out to be way more popular than I expected, was edited entirely on this exact M6 Mac mini. It was honestly way more fluid of an experience than I expected it to be and I had my reservations, to be honest, because bare minimum configuration.”

“I edited my projects directly off a USB 4 external SSD, and the speeds were on par with the internal SSDs as long as you plug them into the right ports.”