After reviewing and evaluating nearly one hundred of the newest technologies submitted and presented at this year’s Cine Gear Expo, our team of judges is pleased to recognize and honor these diverse recipients with this year’s Cine Gear Expo’s Technical Awards.
Camera Technology:
Panasonic for the AU-EVA1 Digital Camera
Inventor/Designer: Panasonic AU-EVA1 Design Team
Camera Technology: Optics
Winner:
Carl Zeiss SBE, LLC for the Supreme Prime Lenses
Inventor/Designer: Christophe Casanaeve
Runner Up:
Infinity Photo-Optical Company for the InfiniProbe TS-160 ROBUSTO Lens
Inventor/Designer: H Jay Margolis
Camera Technology: Accessories
Winner: Tie between
Cmotion Gmbh. for the cPRO Lens Control System
Inventor/Designer: Christian Tschida
Ignite Digi for the Gimbal Mate
Inventor/Designer: Chris Fox
Runner Up:
DJI for the Master Wheels
Inventor/Designer: DJI R&D Team Design Team
Lighting Technology: Lights
Winner:
DMG Lumiere by Rosco for the MIX Lumiere
Inventors/Designers: Nils de Montgrand & Nico Goerg
Runner Up: Tie among
Digital Sputnik for the Voyager
Inventors/Designers: Kaspar Kallas and Kaur Kallas
LiteGear Inc. for the LiteMat Spectrum
Inventors/Designers: Al DeMayo, Alex Vazquez, Lee Parker
Astera LED Technology for the Pixeltube Pro
Inventors/Designers: Simon Canins
Support Technology:
Winner: Tie between
Allgolden for the TYR Car Camera Crane
Inventors/Designers: Timo Plogstedt
Cinemoves Inc. for the Matrix 4 Axis Camera Gimbal
Inventors/Designers: Graham Basket, Gunnar Ristoph, Satyam Satyarthi
Runner Up:
XM2 Aerial for the XM2 Sierra Ultra Heavy Lift UAV
Inventors/Designers: Luke Annells, Aidan Kelly, Stephen Oh, James Mare, Jin Lee, Daniel Thomas, Aaron Corera, Rob Stagg, Brian Eun, Loic Maheas, Chris Haarhoff
Sound Technology:
Winner:
Rode Microphones for the NT-SF1 360 Ambisonic Microphone Array
Inventor/Designer: Peter Freedman and Pieter Schillebeeckx
Judge’s Honorary Mention:
Post Production Technology
Flanders Scientific, Inc. for the XM310K 31” High Dynamic Range LCD Monitor
Inventor/Designer: Flanders Scientific, Inc.
Judge’s Honorary Mention:
Lighting Technology
Fiilex for the Fiilex Matrix II RGBW LED Lamp
Inventor/Designer: Fiilex
Judge’s Honorary Mention:
Camera Technology
Digital Triptic Cineramic Camera System
Inventor/Designer: Max Penner
We would like to express our appreciation to everyone who entered their fantastic new products in this year’s competition. Our tech awards team is looking forward to reviewing a new generation of remarkable awards submissions at next year’s Expo.
Cine Gear Expo would like to thank our 2018 Technical Awards Judges:
Peter Anderson, ASC, Awards Judge and Chairman
Dwight Campbell, Awards Judge
Gary Ushino, Awards Judge
Sarah Priestnall, Awards Judge
Harry Rez, Awards Judge
Erin Franklyn, Awards Judge
Mark Weingartner, ASC, Awards Judge
Dana Christiaansen, Awards Judge
Joe di Gennaro, Awards Judge
Ted Hayash, Awards Judge
Josh Pines, Awards Judge
Jeff Siljenberg, Awards Judge
Peter Santoro, Awards Judge Advisor
Karin Gumbinner, Awards Coordinator
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