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Thursday, April 20, 2006

The 2006 TIPA Awards

The Technical Image Press Association have annouced their awards for 2006. Having been an interesting year in product development and releases there were only a couple of surprises, but some excellent products.

The awards were awarded as follows:

D-SLR ENTRY LEVEL - Nikon D50
D-SLR EXPERT - Nikon D200
D-SLR PROFESSIONAL - Canon EOS 5D
MEDIUM FORMAT D-SYSTEM - Hasselblad H2D-39
HI-END PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SYSTEM - Sinar m System
D-ULTRA COMPACT CAMERA - Canon Digital Ixus 65
D-COMPACT CAMERA - Fujifilm FinePix F30
D-SUPERZOOM CAMERA - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1
MULTIMEDIA D-CAMERA - Samsung Digimax i6 PMP
CONSUMER LENS - Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC
PROFESSIONAL LENS - AF-S VR Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
PRESTIGE CAMERA - Ricoh GR Digital
DIGITAL CAMERA BACK - Leaf Aptus 75
FLATBED PHOTO SCANNER - Epson Perfection V750 Pro
SMALL FORMAT PHOTO PRINTER - Panasonic KX-PX1 / PX10
A4 PHOTO PRINTER - Epson Stylus Photo RX640
A3 PHOTO PRINTER - HP Photosmart Pro B9180
LARGE FORMAT PRINTER - Canon imagePROGRAPH iPF5000
INNOVATIVE PRINTING TECHNOLOGY - Epson UltraChrome K3™
PHOTO PROJECTOR - Panasonic PT-P1SD
INDEPENDENT INKJET PHOTO PAPER - Innova Art FibaPrint Gloss
COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - ColorVision PrintFIX Pro Suite
IMAGING PERIPHERAL - Pantone huey
IMAGING INNOVATION - Olympus E-330 Live View
IMAGING STORAGE MEDIA - Lexar LockTight System
STORAGE BACK-UP - Jobo Giga Vu Pro evolution
PHOT0 SOFTWARE - DxO Optics Pro 3.5
MOBILE IMAGING DEVICE - Nokia N80
INNOVATIVE DESIGN - Kata Bags
MONITOR - NEC spectraview 2180 LED reference

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