• Blogs
• Forums
• Tradeshows
• Partners
• White Papers
• Podcast Show Notes
• Events

Millimeter Vanguard Awards 2007

Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Trevor Boyer

Our editors honor the best products of the year.

           

In attempting to list the most groundbreaking products released in the calendar year 2007, millimeter's editors faced an abundance of choices. So much outstanding gear was introduced this year that our judges' biggest challenge was choosing the correct products to honor. Which cameras, camera accessories, and postproduction software hold the most promise for directors, DPs, editors, and effects artists?

We now have more established and promising digital-cinema cameras on the market than ever. Certain models are sure to gain prominence over others that will eventually fall by the wayside, but it looks as if the industry is at a unique position at the moment. Our awards reflect this unique convergence of technological and market factors, and they honor very different digital-cinema cameras and the appliances that capture their gushing streams of data.

With all that action in the digital realm, film technology — established as it is — continues to improve. For many directors and cinematographers, shooting film is an aesthetic choice that they will fight for. Can a film-based workflow remain viable this year and into the future? Some of this year's Vanguard winners will help keep filmmakers working in film.

Then, of course, there's the postproduction side of the equation, and the winners in that area will be familiar even to video hobbyists. But although the era of the million-dollar Henry suite is over, million-dollar talent is always in demand. Affordable postproduction software suites now allow editors and effects artists to apply those talents to just about any task imaginable. Without further ado, here are millimeter's 14 Vanguard Award winners for 2007.