NAB 2019 is over and the cinema5D team has decided on this year’s cinema5D NAB 2019 Best-of-Show Awards. There’s a few familiar brands, but many new names as well. NAB is undoubtedly the most important annual gear show for film technology nerds, which is why cinema5D dedicates a lot of resources in covering this show for our readers, both in written posts and in show news videos. In total, we had 9 team members working on the show coverage, with 6 person on site in Las Vegas, and 3 working on writing and administration from home. As an overall trend it’s clear that Chinese and other Asian manufacturers are creeping into the mainstream, also in terms of innovation, while we have seen a number of medium-sized American brands disappear from the show floor, possibly because of the strong competition from Asia. It’s a sad trend but it was to be expected. There’s still a ton of new lighting gear coming out all the time, and especially RGB lights are becoming the new mainstream. There were no big camera announcements at the show … only the Sharp 8K camera which we tested on the first days of the show. Without further ado, here are our Best-of-Show Winners: Multi Turret – Three Lenses at Once on Your Camera Ian Kerr CSC from Canada arguably had the coolest “product”, actually just a prototype, at the show: a modern approach at the Bolex or ARRI ST 16mm camera. A rotating barrel of EF-lenses in...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 12 April, 2019