Have your say: Best gear of 2024
For the past few weeks, readers have been voting on their favorite cameras and lenses to be released in 2024. Now that the first round of voting is over, it’s time to reveal the winners.
However, remember, it’s not over yet! Now it’s time to choose the overall winner. Be sure to cast your vote for Readers’ Choice Product of the Year 2024 – it’s all for bragging rights.
Best Prime Lens Runner-up: Nikon Z 50mm F1.4
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First up is the 2024 runner-up for best prime lens Nikon Z 50mm F1.4A fast prime that sells for less than Nikon’s own 50mm F1.8 S model. exchange? Although it is faster than the 50mm F1.8 S, it trades some of the clinical sharpness of that lens for more ‘character’, and you will see more vignetting and longitudinal chromatic aberration at some apertures. However, it does give you a fast prime at a popular focal length for less than $500.
In our survey, the Z 50mm F1.4 barely edged out its brother the Nikon Z 35mm F1.4, effectively splitting the vote, showing that Nikon’s new F1.4 optics have struck a chord with enthusiast photographers. Have taken a seat.
Best Prime Lens Winner: Sony 85mm F1.4 GM II
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The 2024 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Prime Lens Goes to Sony 85mm F1.4 GM IIThe same lens that we named our Best Prime Lens of the Year 2024 DPReview Annual AwardsThis isn’t a fancy, exotic lens, but it’s a solid workhorse that gets the job done and delivers great image quality. It’s also lighter, faster and faster and has smoother focus than its predecessor. As we said in our annual awards announcement, the Sony 85mm F1.4 GM II “delivers consistent excellence that you simply take for granted.”
Best Zoom Lens Runner-up: Nikon Z 28-400mm F4-8 VR
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Runner-up for best zoom lens Nikon Z 28-400mm F4-8 VRWhich covers a huge range of focal lengths in a single lens. This lens remains relatively compact in its folded state, making it an option for travel or a one-lens setup for general use. It’s also dust and drip resistant in case you get caught in the rain during the holidays.
Although the F8’s maximum aperture may seem a bit restrictive at the long end of the lens, you can’t beat physics; However, Nikon’s vibration reduction technology – along with in-body image stabilization in many camera models – can help at slower shutter speeds. It may not be as flashy as some of the faster zooms on this list, but the Nikon Z 28-400mm F4-8 VR offers a lot of versatility in a single lens, which is probably why it performed so well in our survey. Did. ,
Best Zoom Lens Winner: Sony 28-70mm F2 GM
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The 2024 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Zoom Lens Goes to Sony FE 28-70mm F2 GMAlthough it’s not as wide as the popular 24-70mm zoom range, the FE 28-70mm proves it’s possible to keep up comparatively Fast, compact size with F2 aperture, all with an internal focusing design. Its four linear motors also allow the FE 28-70mm F2 to focus when shooting at 120fps on Sony’s fastest camera.
We had a lot of fun shooting this lens in 2024, so we appreciate why you collectively chose it as the top zoom lens of the year. If you want to see this lens in action, check out our video Richard Butler used it to shoot portraits in New York City, with a sample gallery that includes many of the images shown in the video. Congratulations Soni!
Best Camera Runner-up: Canon EOS R5 Mark II
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Runner-up for best camera Canon EOS R5 Mark IIIt may offer the same 45MP resolution as its predecessor, but everything else has changed.
The camera’s stacked sensor improves performance in both stills and video, while Eye Control AF, Action Priority AF, and improved subject detection AF are standout features we expect to see in other Canon models as well. The R5 II also highlights Canon’s efforts to integrate its mirrorless cameras with the Cinema EOS line, including codecs, gamma profiles, HDR video technology, and video tools. It’s hard to imagine many things in this camera can’t to do.
Best Camera Winner: Nikon Z6III
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The 2024 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Camera goes to NIKON Z6IIIMaking Nikon the People’s Choice winner in this category for the second consecutive year,
The third generation of the Z6 series takes things up a notch. It features what Nikon calls a “partially stacked” sensor, which provides some of the benefits of a stacked CMOS sensor, but at a lower price, providing better performance and autofocus while maintaining the Z6’s reputation for excellent ergonomics . It also includes significant video upgrades with higher quality output and a useful video tool set, reinforcing Nikon’s intention to become a player in the video market.
At our 2024 Annual Awards, the Z6III took home two trophies: best enthusiast camera and our product of the year 2024Looks like it’s trying to make a clean sweep of the Readers’ Choice Awards too.
Have your say – Vote for Product of the Year!
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You helped determine the winners in different categories, so now it’s time to cast your vote in the final poll! Choose your favorite product from this list of winners and runners-up so far Thursday, January 2Keep an eye out for the announcement of the winning products soon after voting ends.
As always, thank you for casting your vote and being a part of our community throughout the year.
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