CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 Winners – Blackmagic Design, Blazar, CoreSWX, DJI, DoPchoice, Strada
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The Winners of this year’s CineD Best-of-Show Awards for NAB have been announced. Read all about the awarded products and technologies below, as well as a full list of nominees. CineD congratulates the winners of this year’s CineD Best-of-Show Awards for NAB 2024! As a reminder, we had seven categories in which manufacturers where invited to submit their products:CamerasCamera Support, Control, and AccessoriesAudio EquipmentLighting EquipmentLensesAI InnovationStreaming, Remote Production & Cloud WorkflowsNow this is important to point out, for the first time prior submission to the awards by the manufacturers was a requirement, in order for us to be able to prepare and dedicate the required amount of time for judging. But without further ado, here are our winners and nominees in each category!Cameras – Nominees and Winner for CineD Best-of-Show for NAB 2024Cameras – NomineesBlackmagic PYXIS 6KBlackmagic URSA Cine 12KDJI Avata 2RED V-Raptor [X]Cameras – WinnerThe CineD Best-of-Show Award in this category goes to the Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K for camera innovation. We particularly liked innovative ideas around the camera assistant’s side, including a dedicated 5 inch monitor and particularly the lens data being displayed. Machine learning (AI) is used to measure and then display the focal and iris range. For more information, please watch our video interview with Craig Heffernan from Blackmagic Design below. Blackmagic Design CEO and founder Grant Petty alongside CineD Co-CEOs Johnnie Behiri and Nino Leitner, accepting two CineD Best-of-Show Awards for NAB 2024, for camera innovations in the Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K and AI workflow functions in DaVinci Resolve 19. Image credit: CineDCamera Support, Control, and Accessories – Nominees and Winners for CineD Best-of-Show for NAB 2024Camera Support, Control, and Accessories – NomineesAngelbird / Kondor Blue CFExpress B Recording ModuleAngelbird / Kondor Blue SD Recording ModuleAngelbird AV Pro CFexpress B SE 1 TBAtlas Pro CFexpress 4.0 Type ABebop MLmicroCore SWX Hypercore G3Core SWX PD Pro ConnectionCore SWX Powerbase Edge SnapDJI Focus Pro / RS4Hollyland Pyro 7Hollyland Pyro SiFootage Cobra 3 Strike MonopodKinefinity Electronic ViewfinderLibec TH-VShape Power Station 15000 BasecampTilta Khronos Ecosystem for iPhoneZEISS Cinecraft ScenarioWe are aware that we ended up having too many different entries in this category, and will be more granular with additional sub-categories in our next round of Best-of-Show Awards. In order to make up for this at least a little bit, we decided to select 2 winners instead of 1 in this category. Camera Support, Control, and Accessories – WinnersWe selected the DJI Focus Pro ecosystem as one of the two winners, for best camera support innovation. Expanding their LiDAR technology beyond their own Ronin 4D / RS3/4 ecosystems means that essentially now many camera systems can take advantage of getting autofocus capabilities on manual cinema lenses, which is going to start a revolution for many solo shooters and also make critical focus more accessible to creators of all kinds. Donovan Davis from DJI accepting two CineD Best-of-Show Awards for NAB 2024, one for the DJI Focus Pro ecosystem in the Camera Accessories category, and one for the DJI Mic 2 in the Audio Equipment category. Image credit: CineDThe second winner is in a much smaller niche, it’s the Core SWX PD Pro Power Connection. To learn more about it, head over to the article or watch the video, but basically it solves a problem that left many, many cameras damaged over the last few years, and this is worth a recognition because it makes camera operators’ and assistants’ lives much easier – and safer on set. Ross Kanarek from CoreSWX accepting the CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 from CineD Co-CEO Johnnie Behiri. Image credit: CineDAudio Equipment – Nominees and Winner for CineD Best-of-Show for NAB 2024Audio Equipment – Nominees DJI Mic 2Hollyland Lark M2Rycote BD-10Rycote Nano Shield kitAudio Equipment – WinnerWe award the DJI Mic 2 the CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 in the audio equipment category. It’s the most complete solution for low-budget audio transmitters, and includes 32-bit float internal recording in the transmitters as backup, which makes the lives of creators much easier. The charging dock makes usage very intuitive and uncomplicated, and it is already finding its way into many creators’ hands. Lighting Equipment – Nominees and Winner for CineD Best-of-Show for NAB 2024Lighting Equipment – NomineesAputure INFINIMATAputure Sidus Link Pro iOS AppAputure Sidus OneDoPchoice SNAPBAG AIRGLOWLighting Equipment – WinnerThe CineD team decided to go with the “underdog” from the submitted products in the lighting category, and awards the CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 for lighting to DoPchoice for the SNAPBAG AIRGLOW, an accessory to 1×1 or 2×1 fixtures that will bounce and diffuse the light at the same time, and thereby create a beautiful soft light that otherwise takes much longer to achieve. Stefan Karle from DoPchoice accepting the CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 from CineD Co-CEO Johnnie Behiri. Image credit: CineDLenses – Nominees and Winners for CineD Best-of-Show for NAB 2024Lenses – NomineesBlazar Cato 2x Anamorphic SeriesBlazar Remus 1.5x Anamorphic SeriesDZOFILM Arles Prime SeriesFUJINON Duvo HZK24-300mm Portable PL Mount ZoomLaowa Ranger Compact Cine Zoom S35 SeriesModule 8 TunerSIGMA 15mm f/1.4 DG DN Diagonal FisheyeSIGMA 50mm f/1.2 DG DN Art lensZEISS Nano Prime LensesLenses – WinnerAnother category with lots of different entries that are hard to compare, which is why we will introduce sub-categories next time around. Yet judging from a position of the “indie filmmaker”, we looked at the level of innovation here, and decided that the Blazar Cato 2x anamorphic series are most worthy of this year’s award, since they are affordable anamorphic lenses “with a character”. I’ve been testing their Blazar Remus 1.5x anamorphic lenses for the last few months on a feature documentary project (and they have also been nominated), and I consider them the most “cinematic” looking budget anamorphics. From what we have seen at NAB, the Cato 2x anamorphic lenses build on top of that look. Sarah Reddy from Blazar accepting the CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 from CineD Co-CEO Johnnie Behiri. Image credit: CineDAI Innovation & Streaming / Remote Production / Cloud Workflows – Nominees and Winners for CineD Best-of-Show for NAB 2024NomineesDaVinci Resolve 19StradaHedge PostLab 2.0WinnersWe award DaVinci Resolve 19 the award for AI Innovation since we see it introduces some of the smartest workflow-enhancing AI features that we’ve seen in an NLE yet.In the field of Cloud Workflows, we award Strada our Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 because of its “fresh thinking” in marking cloud workflows more streamlined and time-saving, and thereby increasing productivity. We see a lot of potential with Strada’s ideas for further development in this field. A new interview about Strada from NAB is going to be published in the coming days. Peter and Michael Cioni from Strada (middle) accepting the CineD Best-of-Show Award for NAB 2024 in the Cloud Workflows category from CineD Co-CEOs Johnnie Behiri (left) and Nino Leitner (right). Image credit: CineDWhat do you think of this year’s CineD Best-of-Show Awards for NAB 2024? Let us know in the comments below!
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