2023 Photo Gear of the Year with Kevin Rickert

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

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🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

2023 has certainly come and gone in a flash, meaning it’s time once again for us to reflect on new photo offerings in our ninth annual Cameras of the Year episode, now renamed Photo Gear of the Year. We’ll be talking with B&H Camera and Lighting Senior Sales Trainer Kevin Rickert. Featured in our discussion are 25 new releases from Canon, FUJIFILM, Leica, Nikon, Panasonic, Ricoh Pentax, Polaroid, and Sony.

In addition to insights about each camera on our list, we also examine broader topics, such as manufacturers’ attempts to regain market share lost to smart phones through a growing crop of cameras geared toward content creation.

Instant cameras are a popular trend, leading us to diverge from alphabetical order when discussing this growing product category. And with two monochrome models among this year’s offerings, we zoom in on the visual differences between pictures shot with these specialty cameras and those made by converting from color files.

For listeners who enjoy a good debate, whet your appetite for the main course as we consider this year’s most touted technological advance—the global shutter.

Finally, as an antidote to overindulgence that’s so common during this time of year, Rickert offers some practical advice about avoiding GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) with the tip “You date your cameras, marry your lenses.”

Guest: Kevin Rickert

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https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/2023-photo-gear-of-the-year-with-kevin-rickert

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0:00.0	This week's episode is sponsored by Pelican.
0:05.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:08.0	For 50 years, P&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and more.
0:14.0	For your favorite gear and news and reviews, visit us at B&H.com or download the B&H
0:19.5	app to your iPhone or Android device. Now here's your host, Alan Whites.
0:24.3	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast. My name is Alan Whites.
0:30.8	And I'm Jill Waterman. And as always, our audio engineer, Mike Weinstein, will be inserting his two cents worth
0:37.2	when topic related spikes of Enlightenment come to him.
0:40.3	That's five cents to you. Inflation, there you go.
0:44.0	Next year it's going down, so you'll grab it while you can.
0:48.0	Well, it's that time of year again for the ninth year running.
0:51.0	We are pleased to present our annual Cameras of the Year podcast, which in the name of
0:56.1	accuracy we've rebranded as our photo year of the year episode. Our current crop of crammers outperform their predecessors in terms of resolving power,
1:06.3	speed and accuracy, and if these are your priorities, most shooters should be tickled pink
1:12.4	with this past year's offerings. Some folks are
1:15.0	wondering why can't it still hasn't come out with a true flagship mirrorless
1:18.7	carry yet and if anybody has any clues let us know. A big technical advance worth talk time is
1:24.4	Sony's new global shutter which will discuss when we get to the Sony A93 later in
1:30.0	the show. With controversies over AI Liming Large, we plan on discussing these new in-camera
1:36.2	authenticity technologies including Likas content credentials technology for guarding
1:41.4	against AI and fake imagery.
1:44.0	firmware updates are no doubt going to be increasingly common.
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