AWARDS GEAR OF THE YEAR
Memory card Delkin Black 160GB CFexpress Type A
Bags and cases ROLLER/HARD CASE Peli 1535 Air BACKPACK/HOLDALL Lowepro Pro Trekker BP 650 AW II
Monitor and/or recorder Atomos Ninja Ultra
Memory card Delkin Black 160GB CFexpress Type A External hard drive Sandisk Professional Pro-Blade Transport 2TB Software Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio
Monitor and/or recorder Atomos Ninja Ultra
Backpack/holdall Lowepro Pro Trekker BP 650 AW II
Crucially, it also supports 10-bit video at up to 120fps and resolutions beyond 4K, which is the limit for the free option. DaVinci Resolve continues to expand its capabilities and build on its reputation as the best NLE program for colour editing. It’s the only software out there that combines video editing, colour correction, VFX, motion graphics and audio post-production in one package. These aren’t basic either – they’re good enough for major films like Minari and Black Widow . The relatively fast, modern interface ultimately helps you work more efficiently and at a higher quality – you don’t have to learn multiple apps or switch software for different tasks. You can work with your original camera quality of images throughout the entire process, with no compatibility issues or loss of quality when switching to other apps.
speeds when moving large amounts of video data. To use it as a conventional external SSD, it just plugs into your laptop’s USB-C drive and appears on the desktop as a hard drive. A separate four-bay desktop enclosure can be used back at base to give even faster data transfer of up to 40Gbps. Clever stuff. The winner in the final category of editing software goes to show that the best things in life aren’t necessarily free. It’s Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio – though the basic version of Resolve 19 actually is offered for free, it’s worth the modest £235/$295 fee to upgrade to the Studio version, unlocking so many more features. Studio adds the Neural Engine AI, as well as dozens of additional Resolve FX, temporal and AI spatial noise reduction, film grain, magic masking, text-based editing, optical blur and more.
All that data calls for speedy and large-capacity external hard drives to not only store data but also allow faster computers access to it for 4K editing without buffering. The winner of the external hard drive category is certainly capable of all that and more: it’s the incredible Sandisk Professional Pro-Blade Transport 2TB. This uses rapid NVMe SSDs which slide into an enclosure to give fast transfer speeds. All the drives come pre-formatted for MacOS in APFS format but can be reformatted for Windows. These drives can withstand drops up to 3m/9.8ft and have a crush rating of 1814kg/4000lb. These SSD mags fit inside a Sandisk Professional Pro-Blade Transport SSD enclosure, which has a USB-C interface to transfer data at 2000MB/s. The enclosure features a cooling aluminium heat sink to help sustain fast transfer
TOP GEAR Lowepro’s mega backpack came out on top, as did the
Atomos Ninja Ultra and Delkin’s Type A CFexpress card
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