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: Cameras Camera Support, Control, and Accessories Audio Equipment Lighting Equipment Lenses AI Innovation Streaming, Remote Production & Cloud Workflows Now this is important to point out, for the first time prior submission to ..read more

SmallRig is famous for their collaborations with active filmmakers and YouTubers (we already reported about their tripod created with Gene Nagata a.k.a. Potato Jet earlier this week). This time around, the company teamed up with Caleb Pike, the runner of the “DSLR Video Shooter” YouTube channel, to create a new V-Mount battery. In particular, they wanted something lightweight and portable, but also with a larger capacity than usual for cells of this kind. Nino Leitner met with Caleb at the NAB 2024 floor and took a first look at the SmallRig VB212 Mini V-Mount and its key features. Despite bei ..read more

Audiio has introduced Elements for their Pro and Enterprise subscribers, enabling users to break down any music track on their platform into its individual components, be it voice, drums, instrumental…you name it. If you would like to get more creative with the music you use, this could be an interesting offer. Let’s take a closer look! Audiio is an affordable, rapidly growing music licensing platform that provides music to content creators and brands in over 180 countries, working with a network of publishers and independent artists. They have continued expanding the flexibility of their plat ..read more

What an exciting NAB 2024 it was! Lots of new gear to wrap our heads around. Nino, Johnnie and Graham talk about all the latest and greatest that they discovered at the show and their favorite interviews that they conducted. They also discuss the winners of this year’s “CineD Best of Show” awards, so tune in to find out who won! Subscribe to our weekly podcast to stay up-to-date with all the latest cinema gear news and tech insights! Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music PlayerFM iHeart Radio YouTube Show chapters: (00:00:00) Introduction  (00:03:13) Johnnie’s favorite interview of the show ..read more

At NAB 2024, NANLITE has announced the Alien 150C and 300C LED lights. The emphasis of these lights is to provide powerful RGBWW LED panel lights with weather resistance. They feature an updated LED lens and can be controlled with CRMX, DMX, or an app. Let’s take a look! Some LED lights are so thin and lightweight that they may not be the best choice when working outside in the elements. That’s why NANLITE has introduced their brand new Alien panel lights. On the show floor at NAB 2024, my collegue Nino paid a visit to the company’s booth to learn more about these fixtures from NANLITE’s Barry ..read more

At NAB 2024, we paid a visit to the Creative Solutions booth to meet Matt Eidenbock from SmallHD. Matt was kind enough to walk us through the main features of their flagship 7” on-camera monitor, the SmallHD Ultra 7, and gave us a sneak peek of the upcoming Bolt 6 version with integrated wireless TX and RX. Back in January, SmallHD announced the Ultra 7, an heavy-duty, ultra-bright 7-inch touchscreen monitor. It offers a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels, 2,300 nits of brightness, SDI and HDMI, physical buttons, camera control for ARRI, RED, and Sony VENICE, and a rugged, weather-proof design wit ..read more

Insta360 announced the release of their latest camera, the Insta360 X4. Building on the success of the X3, the X4 now captures 360° footage in 8K, has a bigger battery, and new options for resolution and framerates – for example, a new high frame rate of 4K100fps for slow-motion. Let’s have a look at more of the particulars! Insta360 continues to push the limits for action and VR cameras! In 2022, they released the Insta360 ONE RS 1-inch 360 Edition, followed only a month later by the Insta360 X3 with a plethora of great features. Now they’ve given creators even more possibilities in their new ..read more

The new Tribex by SmallRig x Potato Jet (YouTuber Gene Nagata) is a fast-setup hydraulic tripod. Built to support filmmaking gear in the field, the tripod is quite robust. Its carbon fiber legs are extendable via a single clutch – the X-Clutch. With a single press-and-hold action one may quickly adjust all three legs, and even level the base while doing so. Though not extremely compact, the Tribex is very agile and can quickly be set to any location or height. Tripods provide absolute stability at the cost of operational agility. This constant is known to every filmmaker. There have been some ..read more

DoPchoice introduced the SNAPBAG AIRGLOW for 2×1′ lights earlier this year. At NAB 2024, they have unveiled the AIRGLOW for 1×1′ lights. This system allows you to create a large, soft light source without multiple modifiers and stands. Its unique inflatable frame allows it to be both sturdy and lightweight. Let’s take a first look! If you need a large, soft, light source, it is hard to beat a booklight. The combination of bouncing and diffusing the light allows a smaller fixture to produce a lovely soft glow. The challenge with creating a booklight on set is that it can be both time-consuming ..read more

At NAB 2024, we stopped by Core SWX’s booth to learn more about their PD Pro power solution, HyperCore G3 series, and Powerbase Edge Snap battery packs. Particularly, their new PD Pro seems promising, as it seems to tackle an industry-wide issue – the infamous SDI power protocol. Let’s take a look! Breaking news, the Core SWX Powerbase Edge Snap has just received one of our NAB 2024 Show Awards in the “Camera Support, Control, and Accessories” category. Congratulations to the company! If you’re a RED KOMODO user, then you’ve probably heard about the SDI power protocol, a specific procedure tha ..read more