Yes, indeed. Under some laws (pretty sure Utah is strict) possessing child *advertiser censored* is automatically the same thing as engaging in the buying and selling/exchange of it, and if purchase can be proved, then production can be added. Because the person buying illicit images of children is helping to produce them (the director and camera man did it for money, and producers organize money).
So, these are super major charges anywhere in the U.S.
Since I have been puzzled since day 1 about his income streams, I believe he is in or attemptig to be in the production side of something. Hence, the cameras. But roommates' remarks indicate (to me) that this may include adult *advertiser censored*/amateur *advertiser censored* production (and possibly he's selling it as well).