Revamping my conference setup

It has been nearly 6 years since I last made any significant changes to my video call and conference setup. Back then I ditched the Logitech Brio (which sometimes showed odd behavior on macOS) and got an HDMI-USB adapter and a Canon DLSR camera. While this setup might be a bit overkill, it worked really well and the video quality was great. In the beginning, getting the Canon to work was a bit of a challenge. While the camera provides a clean HDMI output (without all the additional data people actually knowing how to use a camera want to see), the HDMI to USB adapter proved to be a problem. Elgato seemed to be the goto here, but the Camlink crashed after 40 minutes and I needed to unplug it and plug it back in. A cheap 1080p adapter off Amazon worked without issues. And realistically there is no point in a 4k input signal for video conferences anyway, you are lucky if the software transmits 1080. At some point I added a BeyerDynamic Space so I do not have to wear a headset all day…