2024 New Camera Gear Roundup: A Deep Dive

[@BandH]

What was your favorite camera and favorite lens that came out in 2024? If you'd like more videos where the Matts talk gear, let us know as well! 💬

[@DPEdwardsPhotography]

Canon R5II and RF70-200 2.8 & Sony a1 II and FE 28-70 2.0

[@EmeraldAudiovisual]

Clearly the Canon EOS C400, even though it took a lot longer for them to get shipped in Europe. As for the 70-200mm F/2.8L IS USM Z: telezooms are traditional only white for stills lenses. If you look at Canons cine zooms, they are all black, including the CN-E 70-200mm T/4.4L IS. That's the reason, why the new one can be got in both colors. You do not want the distraction of a white lens on a set.

[@dcinpa1134]

@@EmeraldAudiovisual Just curious, if the white lens is a distraction, why would you want it anywhere?

[@EmeraldAudiovisual]

@@dcinpa1134 The white lenses came about, to avoid overheating in hot climates, like in the tropics.

[@dcinpa1134]

This isn't really a request for more videos, but as someone who has done almost exclusively still photography, most of your references to different types of video went way over my head. I understand resolution (4K, etc) and frame rates, but anything else means nothing to me. For my Nikon D750 (2014) it states: Movie File Format: MOV (H.264/MPEG-4), Linear PCM audio, as if I had any idea what that meant! Some cameras say they will shot video in '10-bit'. And the list goes on. Is there anywhere you could recommend that would interpret some of this for the video novice? Thanks. -Doug

[@delipradoness]

Last year with the a9iii? When did your store sell those to consumers?

[@CamcorderHomeVideos]

Could you provide me with some tips for maintaining an accurate focus on an erratically moving subject when using a camcorder? (Using manual focus.) It currently takes me a few seconds to get a static subject perfectly focused with peaking enabled, so I'm not certain how I should go about tracking an unpredictably moving subject. Should I zoom out some, to ensure that the subject won't go out of frame, meaning I can concentrate on getting a sharp focus, or is there a better way to go about doing it?

[@BandH]

Manual focus may not be the best option here if you can avoid it, but also make sure your lens is stopped down some in order to have a wider field of focus that will allow for some movement back and forth within the frame.