Pro Moviemaker Spring 2020

THEWINNERS

Light panel • Rotolight Anova Pro 2 Editor’s Choice: Nanguang NanLite MixPad 27 Hard light • Fiilex Matrix II Lighting innovation • Rotolight Titan X2 Monitors/recorder • Atomos Ninja V Memory card • Sandisk 128GB Extreme Pro 300Mb/s SDXC II External hard drive • G-Technology ArmorATD 4TB Editing software • Adobe Premiere Pro CC Roller/hard case • Peli 1465 Air Case Backpack/Holdall • Tenba Cineluxe Backpack 21 thinner, but the important areas for strength – such as the corners – are as robust as ever. And in the category for backpacks or holdalls, the new Tenba Cineluxe Backpack 21 rules supreme. Tenba’s increasingly popular range of Cineluxe bags is aimed at shooters who use a cinema camera and lots of lenses and accessories, as they can swallow the whole lot up without having to resort to disassembling your rig. The Cineluxe Backpack 21 fits cinema cameras and ENG rigs yet still meets most international airline carry-on regulations. It’s the first video camera backpack developed with a quick-access, doctor bag- style opening. There is a ventilated back panel to keep you cool and harness straps that automatically adjust for different body types. When you’re finally back at the studio and editing your masterpiece, your choice of software is crucial. Once again, the popular Adobe Premiere Pro CC takes top honours. It’s the NLE of choice for somany filmmakers, it dovetails perfectly with Adobe After Effects, and there is a modest monthly subscription charge rather than the need to outlay a vast sumof money for a stand-alone program. This also means you always have the latest version, you can store files in the cloud, and it works on both PCs and Mac computers.

and has shock resistance to give protection fromdrops and from the elements. The drive is suspended in a shock mount inside a solid aluminium enclosure, which is covered with a protective rubber bumper. It’s resistant to rain and dust, and is an essential buy to keep your precious footage safe. Speaking of which, keeping your kit safe while out and about is what the awards for bags and cases are designed to honour. Once again, in the category for rollers or hard cases, the legendary Peli brand is victorious with the roomy 1465 Air case – ideal for larger kits. Peli cases are made from high-impact plastic resin that can withstand both low and high temperatures, with rounded corners to deflect and absorb impact. An O-ring seal keeps the elements out, and the tough latches are fitted with stainless steel hinge pins. Peli’s Air range offers significant weight-saving over the same-sized standard Peli cases, often up to 40% less. A new resin was used and the walls of the cases were made slightly

peaking and instant zoom. It’s easy to use Atomos’ own HDR feature, as well as viewing LUTs. You can load up to eight LUTs via the SSD memory, and you can bake in the look if you want. Storing lots of data is crucial to all cameras and that’s why we have two categories dedicated tomemory in the awards. Although there has been an increase in fast memory card formats such as XQD, CFexpress and CFast, the SD card still rules for many users. But shooting in 4K or high speedmeans you need a quick and large-capacity card to keep up. The Sandisk 128GB Extreme Pro 300Mb/s SDXC II is the winner of our Memory card category. It’s popular because it’s rugged and reliable, comes with free rescue software in case of data loss, and that 300Mb/s speedmeans it’s one of the fastest you can buy. For safety and speed on location an external backup hard drive is an essential bit of kit, and the G-Technology ArmorATD took the accolade. Available in up to 4TB sizes, it has a fast HDD inside, connects via USB-C for speed,

IMAGES Great kit from G-Technology, Rotolight and Atomos were voted clear winners in our awards this year

“Although there has been an increase in fastmemory card formats such as XQD, CFexpress and CFast, the SD card still rules formany users”

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SPRING 2020 PRO MOVIEMAKER

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