Three Auto Framing modes look after talk formats. Multi-Person holds a group of podcast guests in one composed shot, Face Direction adds space in front of whoever is speaking in profile, and Sit/Stand reframes on its own as a panellist gets up or sits back down.

Under the software sits Canon's 20x zoom lens, f/1.8–2.8 and optically stabilised, with a full-frame equivalent of roughly 29.3–601 mm. In Full HD, 40x Advanced Zoom doubles that reach. From the rear of a 45-metre convention hall, the 4K telephoto end takes in a frame about 2.8 metres wide; Advanced Zoom tightens it to around 1.4 metres, enough for a waist-up shot, and the new smaller subject sizes are there for exactly that kind of distance. Focus comes from Hybrid AF, where phase-difference measurement gets close quickly and contrast detection finishes the job, guided by face, eye and head recognition. The lens will focus as close as 1 cm at the wide end, and 60 cm at any focal length.

The 1/2.3-type sensor works with Canon's DIGIC DV7 processor, which allows 4K UHD 59.94p over HDMI with 10-bit 4:2:2 sampling. HLG, PQ and Canon Log 3 sit in the gamma list beside Canon 709, BT.709 Standard and BT.709 Wide DR, so the same head serves an SDR company stream on Monday and an HDR broadcast on Friday. Camera Colour Matching speeds line-up with other Canon bodies. For exposure there is a motorised three-step ND (1/2, 1/4, 1/8), a 36 dB gain ceiling and a shutter range of 1/3 to 1/2000 s; colour temperature can be set anywhere between 2,000 K and 15,000 K. Infrared night shooting is not offered.

Power, signal, tally and control share one PoE++ link (IEEE 802.3bt). The switch port must deliver Class 5, i.e. 40 W, because ordinary PoE and PoE+ won't start the camera; where the network can't, the boxed 12 V mains adapter takes over. The IP encoder outputs up to 2160p as 8-bit 4:2:0, with H.265 required for 50 and 59.94 fps, over NDI|HX2, adaptive-bitrate SRT, RTMP/RTMPS and RTSP/RTP. A 3G-SDI BNC offers up to 1080p59.94 with embedded audio plus VITC/LTC time code, and HDMI is the route for 4K baseband. Frame-locked galleries should note the absence of a genlock input.

A USB-C port makes the CR-N350 a plug-and-play UVC webcam (Motion JPEG up to 1080p30) for Teams or Zoom, and its 3.5 mm microphone jack supplies plug-in power to a wireless lavalier receiver. Region of Interest cropping takes up to two Full HD or HD regions from the 4K image in parallel with the main output, and the vertical crop mode creates a separate 9:16 stream whose position can be changed live. As the head tracks a keynote, the wide master feeds the room screen and the portrait version goes to TikTok or Instagram Live.

Control runs over Canon XC on IP, Standard Communication via network or serial line, or RS-422 through an RJ45 port, with the WL-N01 infrared remote in the box. Canon's RC-IP series controllers (100, 300 and 1000) work with it directly, and with firmware 1.3.0 the RC-IP1000 puts Auto Tracking, Auto Loop and Trace on assignable buttons. Trace stores a whole camera move, timing included, for a repeatable opening shot; FreeD passes camera position and zoom data to AR graphics. Canon's Remote Camera Control Application, a free download, runs as many as 20 cameras from one computer. Pan reaches ±170° with presets recalled at up to 200°/s, tilt travels from −30° up to +100°, and the 100-preset head keeps its noise within NC35.

Also packed: a mounting bracket with screws, a safety wire and the AC adapter; Canon's A-RMB7 wall mount is offered in the same titanium white. For a production company that prices its services per camera position, the Canon CR-N350 White Auto Tracking means no separate licence to order and track for each unit, and one operator can cover several angles. Before dispatch, our technicians can confirm the firmware level Registered Face Tracking needs, check the PoE++ class of your switches and map each camera to your controller.

This version has a full Canon RA-AT001 Auto Tracking App license.

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