AWARDS GEAR OF THE YEAR ACCESSORIES
for filmmaking – as is the Think Tank Video Rig 18 and Camrade Travelmate XL. For travelling light with a holdall or backpack, we’ve shortlisted the Manfrotto Pro Light Cinematic Balance backpack, Lowepro Protactic BP 450 AW II, Peak Design Travel Backpack 45L and much more. When it comes to camera-top monitors and monitor/recorders, this is one area when an accessory can make a very real improvement to your film. A larger screen with more advanced tools, such as waveforms or anamorphic de-squeeze, helps you get everything right when recording. But many monitor/recorders can actually unlock more quality from your camera by allowing a higher bit rate, or even Raw files, to be outputted. The new Atomos Ninja V+ is the latest version of
From bags and cases, to hard drives, lighting, memory, monitors and software – these are the essentials every working filmmaker relies on. They’re not just nice add-ons, but vital bits of kit that need to work properly every day, in many cases. Protecting equipment, while being usable on location or in the studio, is a basic requirement of any bag or case you might have. But some deliver more than others, in terms of protection, weight, security, waterproofing, portability and ruggedness. Sometimes, youmight need a hard case or roller to transport lots of kit, or even load it on to a plane. The Peli 1615 Air Case is great – and a byword for protective, hard plastic cases. But there are other options, such as the Manfrotto Pro Light Reloader Tough-55 Highlid. And for lighter bags to swallow up gear, the Tenba Cineluxe Roller 24 is made
MUST BUYS You won’t find a more complete list of the year’s best kit for keeping you packed, well-lit and backed up
Roller/hard case Camrade Travelmate XL Lowepro Photostream SP 200 Manfrotto Pro Light Reloader Tough-55 Highlid Peli 1615 Air Case Tamrac Speedroller International Tenba Cineluxe Roller 24 Think Tank Logistics Manager 30 V2 Think Tank Video Rig 18 Backpack/holdall Benro FN800CMFalcon 800 Lowepro Protactic BP 450 AW II Manfrotto Pro Light Cinematic Balance backpack Peak Design Travel Backpack 45L Tamrac Anvil 27 Tenba Cineluxe Pro Gimbal Backpack 24 Think Tank Retrospective Backpack 15 Think Tank Video Workhorse 25 Monitor and/or recorders Atomos Ninja V+
Atomos Shinobi 7 Blackmagic Video Assist 7in 12GHDR Datavideo TLM-700UHD DesviewR7S PNBE 7in 2000nit HDR monitor SmallHD 702 Touch
Zylight F8-200 Bi-Colour Fresnel Lighting innovation Airstar Neo Aputure Accent B7c RGBWW light bulb Aputure AL-MC RGBWW light
Sandisk Extreme Pro CFexpress Type B 128GB Sony Tough CFexpress Type A 160GB External hard drives G-Technology Armorlock SSD 2TB G-Technology G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD 2TB G-Technology G-Speed Shuttle SSD 16TB Lacie 1big Dock SSD Pro 4TB Lacie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 36TB Lacie Rugged SSD Pro 1TBwith Thunderbolt 3 Lexar SL100 SSD 512GB Lexar SL200 SSD 2TB Samsung SSD X5 2TB Samsung SSD T7 Touch 1TB
Swit CM-S75F TVLogic F-5A
Astera Titan Tube DMG Lumiere Dash Rotolight Titan X1 Sumolight Sumosky
Light panels Aputure Nova P300c Arri Skypanel S120-C
Memory cards
F&V K4000S Power Bi-Color Kino Flo Diva-Lite 20 LED Litepanels Gemini 2x1 Nanlite Lumipad 25 Rotolight Anova Pro 2 Rotolight Titan X1 Zylight Go-Panel LED Hard lights Aputure LS 600d Broncolor LED F160 Dedolight DLOBML2 Hive Hornet 200-CX Light &Motion StellaPro CL 10,000c Litepanels Gemini 1x1 Hard Lupo Dayled 1000 Pro Nanlite Forza 500
Angelbird SDXC UHS-II V90 128GB Angelbird AV Pro CFexpress Type B 256GB Delkin Power CFexpress Type B 128GB Delkin XQD 240GB Lexar Professional 3500x CFast 2.0 512GB Manfrotto SDXC UHS-II V90 128GB Prograde Digital 1700 Cobalt CFexpress Type B 325GB Samsung Evo Plus microSD 512GB Sandisk Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 128GB
Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD V2 2TB Editing software Adobe Premiere Pro CC Apple Final Cut Pro X AvidMedia Composer Blackmagic DaVinci
Resolve 17 Studio Open Broadcaster Software Studio
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