Time cannot be stopped. The proof? It’s another end-of-year article, and this time, we are taking a closer look at our candidates and the winners for Camera of the Year 2024. Whatever story you want to tell, there’s a good chance the perfect tool for filming is already available. 2024 is slowly but surely fading, and we are left with a bunch of new cameras that represent the pinnacle of current technology. In all honesty, when it comes to dedicated video or even mirrorless cameras, it is hard to find “bad” or even so-so cameras. We are currently at a level of overall picture quality, resolution, features (like autofocus, for example), AND price point that, a couple of years ago, we could only dream of. We will need to see a jump in sensor technology or a “must-have camera feature” to be impressed again. But still, when looking at what was offered during 2024 (see the list of cameras in our Camera of the Year poll here), these are the tools that managed to impress us, be it for their uniqueness and/or value for money. Based on this list, we have come to a conclusion. Video-specific cameras Blackmagic Design (PYXIS, Ursa Cine LF 12K), Sony (BURANO), Canon (EOS C400, EOS C80), and RED (V-Raptor X) are our candidates in this category. Every one of them has its strengths or limitations but at the end of the day, we chose the Blackmagic Design Ursa Cine LF 12K, the Canon EOS C80...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 10 December