Equipment I Use

The equipment I use helps me remain effective and timely in all of my work while providing the highest quality product

a collection of chris gardiner's cameras older and newer.

This is a little insight into some of the equipment I use for photo, video and other design. Part of what you hire when you choose a professional is someone who has both access and ability to use the equipment that will achieve your desired results. With this being just a small segment of equipment available - I promise we have at least one of those factors well taken care of! We have the Technology!

Canon EOS 5D mkIV - my main camera body for real estate.
Canon EOS 6D - my backup camera body for real estate, and portrait camera.
DJI Mini 3 Pro - amongst our favorite drone choices for unintrusive neighbourhood based drone operations for Real Estate
DJI Mini 2 Pro - A great backup drone for extending our daily coverage availability, and to provide backup support for any unforseen circumstances.
DJI Phantom 4 Pro - with a high quality 4k camera for aerial photo and video of real estate properties.
DJI Phantom 3 Pro - backup drone for real estate aerial photography.
DJI Mavic Air - a favorite drone for real estate, quiet, effective and agile.
Insta 360 ONE X - a lightweight 360 camera for effective 360 marketing at extremely high resolutions - 5.7K!
Canon EOS T7i - an extra body for real estate photo and video.
Planitar iGUIDE Camera - a specialized camera rig for capturing and measuring spaces with high quality photography and LiDAR Technology.
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L Lens - a wide angle lens with good range to and sharp detail
Canon EF 16-35 f/4L IS Lens - a wide angle lens with a great range for real estate marketing and property photoshoots
Ricoh Theta S - one of the multiple cameras I can use to create 360 panoramas
Canon EOS XTi Camera - the backup camera body I use to create 360 panoramas
Canon EF-S 10-22mm Ultra Wide Lens - a similar wide angle lens, works specifically to create the 360° panoramas
Canon 600EX-RT Speedlights - professional, external lights I use to help brighten up darker areas of a property for still photography
Yongnuo 600EX-RTII Speedlights - backup solutions to my speed lights - ensuring I never have gear-failure releated downtimes
Manfrotto Tripod with Fluid Head - Used for shooting video to achieve beautifully smooth panning and tilting motions when required
Manfrotto Lightweight Tripod - the go-to tripod for 360° panoramas and regular stil photography
ProMaster Gimbal Head - used to capture 360° panoramas perfectly every time
Kamerar Slider - the cinematic slider I use when capturing video
Magnus Tripod Dolly - useful in some cases for capturing video walkthroughs on smooth flooring surfaces
Glidecam HD-2000 - specialized stabilization system used for smooth motion while walking
DJI RONIN-M - a motorized gimbal for long smooth tracking shots to create cinematic real estate videos.
DJI RONIN-RS2 PRO - a motorized gimbal for smooth real estate videos, with vertical recording options for social media dedicated videos.
Bosch Laser Measure - I use a laser measuring tape to quickly and accurately measure every dimension of a house without a clumsy or potential damaging tape measure
Custom Camera Controllers - Every single one of our photographers uses one of our proprietary camera controllers to facilitate our extreme approach to consistency, and high quality, repeatable results for real estate marketing - flexible to capture any space in its best light.
RODE Wireless GO I/II - Wireless microphone systems for one and two presenters (people speaking) on camera. No wires, clean sound!
External Audio Recorder and Tie-clip Mic - used in any case where a listing agent would narrate, or spend any time introducing or describing the property on camera for clear, professional sounding audio.
Assorted Software - Specialized pieces used to compile each aspect of my services, from photo editing, the panorama creation, the 3D rendering, and video editing.

DJI phantom drone we use for real estate
chris gardiner using a tripod with a dslr outside
collection of mostly retired cameras, including some antiques
one of our 4k camcorders we have available to use when required