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The ProMoviemaker Gear of the Year Awardwinners were honoured at the prestigious London BSC Expo for pro filmmakers Awards collected at BSC T he winners of the first annual ProMoviemaker Gear of the Year Awards were honoured and received their trophies from In the Lighting Innovation category, readers voted the British-made Rotolight Anova Pro as a worthy winner. A favourite of filmmakers all over the world, it is very portable yet big enough to be useful as a soft light on location. Rotolight boss Rod Gammons was elated at the accolade: “We are very humbled to receive this award.
Japan’s Yasumasa Shina were on hand to pick up the Launch of the Year award. Successfullymaking the transition frommanufacturer of high-end lenses for stills photography to top-quality cinema lensesmaker, Sigma walked away with the Zoomcategory for the 18-35mmT2.0 lens. The awardwas collected by Sigma’s Paul Reynolds who said: “Serious filmmakers are really accepting our lenses now for all sorts of big projects.” And in the prime lens category, the revolutionary Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mmCine-Tilt T2.1 took the honours, with Svenja Stosic collecting the trophy. There are lots of accessories that make a professional filmer’s job easier. And lots were honoured. Italian photo giant Manfrotto picked up two awards, for the tried-and-testedManfrotto 546GB Twin MS tripod kit and theManfrotto Pro Light Camera Backpack Bumblebee-230. Manfrotto’s video specialist Paul Hill hauled away the trophies. Dirk De Bont and NicoMarchand from Shape were on hand to collect the award for the firm’s Composite Rigwhich scooped the award for best video rig. The famous Pelican brand took our award for bags and cases with the Peli 1535 Air. And Rick Rogers picked up awards for Best External Hard Drive, the G-Technology G-RAIDwith Thunderbolt 3, and Best Memory Card, the SanDisk Extreme Pro 300MB/s SDXC 128GB. The rest of the awards were collected at February’s BVE Show at London’s Excel.
editor Terry Hope at the prestigious BSC Expo show at London’s Battersea Park. The awards were voted for by thousands of readers of ProMoviemaker magazine in lots of different categories such as the best cinema cameras and lenses tomics, tripods, lighting, bags andmore. Of course some of the top categories are for cameras, and here Canon scooped two major awards. The first was for the latest version of the camera that revolutionised filmmaking for somany people, the EOS 5D. TheMark IV versionwon the accolade for best DSLR, packing a 30.4-megapixel full-frame sensor that shoots DCI 4K footage internally. And in the Rental category, it was another well-proven camera that took the award– the Canon EOS C300Mark II, honoured for its rugged reliability and Dual Pixel AF system. Canon UK’s Neil Conroy said: “I’ve been involvedwith the EOS 5D since the launch of theMark II and it has been a great camera that really has changed the industry. It’s great for Canon to be honoured by ProMoviemaker magazine readers.”
It’s wonderful to see our British-made products get such universal approval.” The award for best light panel went to Rosco’s Silk 210 soft light, a high-quality light fixture that outputs wonderfully soft and flattering light ideal for interviews. It was picked up by Rosco’s Lauren Proud. And still with lighting, the best Fresnel light awardwent to the Litepanels Sola 6+ Daylight Fresnel. Jetting in fromCalifornia to collect it was Litepanel’s Pat Grosswendt. “This is a real honour andwe are thankful to readers of ProMoviemaker magazine for this award,” he said. “It will take pride of place in our headquarters in California.” The world of cinema lenses has been shaken up hugely in recent years, and Japanese lens giant Fujifilmreallymade a huge impact with the release of its lightweight and affordableMK range – perfect for those dipping their toe into filmmaking. Hence European Fujifilm Cinema bossMarc Horner and Fujifilm
“It’s wonderful to see our British-made products get such universal approval”
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