toolkit | Gear of the Year
ameras and lenses tend to grab the glory, but every experienced filmmaker knows it’s often the less glamorous
card class, with the Lacie Rugged SSD Pro 5 4TB voted best external hard drive. The Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD (V3) 2TB won Editor’s Choice. Modern workflow goes well beyond shifting files around, and so Aputure’s Sidus Link Pro 2.3 takes our editing⁄workflow software title, demonstrating how software is becoming an ever more crucial part of controlling complex productions. Getting things right before post- production even begins is the philosophy behind our workflow hardware winner, the Datacolor Lightcolor Meter, which provides filmmakers with accurate information about the light and colour they’re actually shooting under. Finally, our Editor’s Choice goes to the Eizo Coloredge CG3100X, bringing accurate monitoring into the post- production workflow.
kit that keeps a production moving. And our latest collection of winners celebrates precisely those essentials. First, you have to get expensive equipment safely to the shoot. The Peli 1535 Air Case takes the roller⁄hard case award, with the Panaro Max520 earning our Editor’s Choice, while filmmakers needing to carry a serious amount of equipment on their backs have once again put the enormous Lowepro Pro Trekker BP 650 AW II on top. Once the cameras roll, Atomos’ Ninja Raw takes the monitor⁄recorder crown, while capturing and storing those data- hungry files is handled by two familiar names. The Sandisk 128GB Extreme Pro CFexpress 4.0 Type B wins our memory
Accessories
Roller/hard case Winner: Peli 1535 Air Case
Editor’s choice: Panaro Max520 Backpack/holdall Winner: Lowepro Pro Trekker BP 650 AW II Monitor and/or recorder Winner: Atomos Ninja Raw Memory card Winner: Sandisk 128GB Extreme Pro CFexpress 4.0 B External hard drive Winner: Lacie Rugged SSD Pro 5 4TB Editor’s choice: Sandisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD (V3) 2TB Editing/workflow software Winner: Aputure Sidus Link Pro 2.3 Editing/workflow hardware Winner: Datacolor Lightcolor Meter Editor’s choice: Eizo Coloredge CG3100X
Top gear Winners include the Atomos Ninja Raw monitor/recorder (below) and the app-controlled Datacolor meter (right)
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