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2004 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out
From dpreview.com Press Release: Nine digital cameras were named winners in the 2004 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out today at the PMA 2004 Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nev., USA.
Over 50 digital camera entries and 13 manufacturers participated in the 8th Annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out, which took place on Friday, Feb. 13, at the DIMA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. Participating camera manufacturers captured images in four live-model studios.
Images from the point-and-shoot cameras were printed on three different digital minilab systems including the Agfa D-Lab 2 Plus supplied by Agfa Corp., the Fuji Frontier 370 supplied by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., and the Noritsu 3101 supplied by Noritsu America.
Images from the Prosumer/Professional category were output through a G4 Power Mac running Adobe PhotoShop CS and printed on an Epson Photo Stylus 9600 inkjet printer, supplied by Epson America Inc. Color management support for the DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out was provided by GretagMacbeth, using Sony Artisan displays donated by Sony Electronics.
Professional photo equipment used at the DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out was supplied by Adobe Systems, Agfa Corp., Epson America Inc., Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc., GretagMacbeth, GTI Graphic Technology, Quality Mounting & Laminating, and Sony Artisan. Professional photographer Lee Varis lit the sets and ran the professional/prosumer studio. Other pro shooters including Randy Hufford, David Spellman, and Mark Williford shot all photos used in the three point-and-shoot studios.
A panel of expert judges voted on the entries, based on the overall quality of the digital print and the accuracy of color as compared to samples of fabric worn by studio models. The panel of judges included some of the most well-respected names in the industry including Brian Lawler, Eddie Tapp and Daniel Grotta.
Below are the winners of the 8th Annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out: Below $100 $100 to $199 $200 to $299 $300 to $399 $400 to $499 $599 to $799 Sony DCR-PC330, Sony Electronics, San Diego, CA (Entry #50) $999 to $1299 $1300 to $1799
2002 DIMA Innovative Digital Product Awards
From dpreview.com PMA 2002: DIMA, the Digital Imaging Marketing Association have announced the winners of the 2002 Innovative Digital Product Awards announced. Foveon scored well by not only receiving an award for the innovative X3 image sensor but also in a round about way in the shape of Sigma’s award for the SD9. Other notable products were Nikon D100, Adobe Photoshop 7, Leica Digilux 1 and the Minolta DiMAGE X. Out of the hundreds of digital products on display at the PMA 2002 Annual International Convention & Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., USA, 15 have been selected by digital imaging editors and writers to receive the prestigious DIMA Innovative Digital Product Award, handed out today. The annual award is one of several events sponsored by the Digital Imaging Marketing Association, a section of PMA.
An Innovative Digital Product of PMA 2002 is determined by the judges to utilize new technologies and/or applications in such a way as to make the product either unique or the first of its kind. The products are of high quality, and show themselves to be an influence on the future of digital imaging. Whether the product is hardware or software, amateur or professional, photographic or prepress, or any other segment, is irrelevant – judges were simply asked to cover the PMA Trade Show floor with an eye to the innovative.
Companies honored for their innovative digital products are: Foveon Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., USA Sigma Corp., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., USA Leica Camera Inc., Northvale, N.J., USA Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., USA Minolta Corp., Ramsey, N.J., USA Pixel Magic Imaging, San Marcos, Texas, USA Nikon Inc., Melville, N.Y., USA Applied Science Fiction, Austin, Texas, USA Applied Science Fiction, Austin, Texas, USA Phogenix Imaging, San Diego, Calif., USA Concord Camera Corp., Hollywood, Fla., USA Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies, Pan-Chiao City, Taiwan Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. Durst Dice America, Rochester, N.Y., USA
2002 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out
From dpreview.com Twelve digital cameras were named winners in the 2002 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out today at the PMA 2002 Annual International Convention & Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., USA.
Fifty-one digital camera entries and 20 manufacturers participated in the 6th Annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out, which took place on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the DIMA Annual Conference in Orlando. The point-and-shoot cameras and prosumer/professional cameras captured images in two live-model studios, while the commercial strobe-based and scanning capture cameras captured images of two commercial product setups.
Images from the point-and-shoot cameras were printed on the Fujifilm Frontier 370 digital minilab supplied by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., USA.
Images from the prosumer/professional category were output through a PC or Mac running Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and printed in RGB on a Fujifilm Pictrography 4000 II, also provided by Fuji.
Images from the strobe-based and scanning capture commercial studio cameras were output through a Mac running Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 and printed on an Epson 10000 CMYK inkjet printer, supplied by Epson America Inc., Long Beach, Calif., USA.
Color management support for the DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out was provided by Gretag Macbeth, Huntington Beach, Calif.; and ITEC Colorblind, San Diego, Calif.
Professional photo equipment was supplied by Bogen Photo Corp., Ramsey, N.J., USA; Hasselblad USA, Fairfield, N.J.; and Schneider Optics, Hauppauge, N.Y. Color viewing systems providing D5000 viewing conditions were provided by GTI Graphic Technology Inc., Newburgh, N.Y. Digital media readers were supplied by Microtech International Inc., Guilford, Conn. Photo-editing software was provided by Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif. Photo trimmers were provided by Quality Mounting & Laminating Systems, North Haven, Conn.
Additional technical expertise was provided by Mark Williford, Lee Varis, Claud Jodoin, William “Spook” Bolt, and Bill Smith.
The entries were voted upon by trade attendees of PMA 2002, based on image/print quality and color accuracy.
Below are the winners of the 6th Annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out: Below $100 $100 to $199 $200 to $299 $300 to $499 $500 to $699 $700 to $899 $900 to $1,200 Sony DCR-TRV50 – Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., USA $1,200 to $2,499 $5,000 to $9,999 (Merit Award) One-Shot (Merit Award) Scanning Capture
Minolta Dimage EX Cameras win DIMA Awards at PMA ’99
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Dimage EX Zoom 1500 Places First in Digital Camera Shoot-Out and Minolta hit the jackpot at the recent Photo Marketing Association (PMA) ’99 trade show in Las Vegas winning two prestigious Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA) awards. The Dimage EX Zoom 1500, Minolta’s megapixel digital camera, won DIMA’s third annual digital camera shoot-out in the high-end consumer point and shoot category. In addition, DIMA selected the Minolta Dimage EX Wide 1500 as one of the top 10 Most Innovative Digital Products on display at PMA ’99
“We are excited that Minolta placed first in the DIMA Digital Shoot-Out,” said Jon Sienkiewicz, Vice President of Marketing for Minolta Corporation’s Consumer Products Group. “The Dimage EX ZOOM 1500 was selected as the best in its class for image quality by the PMA voting members, and that’s quite an honor. We are also honored to receive one of DIMA’s top 10 most innovative product awards at the show for the Dimage EX Wide 1500. This digital camera illustrates the true expandable nature of the Dimage EX series with a wide angle lens unit not available in any other consumer digital camera.”
1999 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out
Minolta’s Dimage EX ZOOM 1500 won the third annual DIMA digital camera shoot-out in the point-and-shoot category — $900 and above. In total, 36 digital cameras and 18 manufacturers were included in the shoot-out that was held on Wednesday, February 17, the day before the PMA show. Entries were judged by select PMA members during the show based on the following criteria: image/print quality, production and price.
1999 DIMA Innovative Digital Product Awards
Minolta’s Dimage EX Wide 1500 was selected as one of the 10 most innovative digital products on display at PMA `99. DIMA selected this Minolta digital camera out of hundreds of digital products displayed at the show. Judges were asked to cover the PMA Trade Show floor with an eye to the innovative. An Innovative Digital Product of PMA ’99 is determined by the judges as utilizing new technologies and/or applications in such a way as to make the product either unique or the first of its kind. The products are of high quality, and shown themselves to be an influence on the future of digital imaging. Minolta was one of only two digital cameras that were selected for this honor.
Read my complete review of the Minolta Dimage EX 1500
Photokina report update
From dpreview.com Day one (press day): arrived in the afternoon to find most of the major manufacturers stands built but most of the smaller guys still struggling to finish their stands for the first open day. We attended several press launches and got our hands on the G1 for the first time (more of that below).
Day two: first open day, all the stands are now complete and we spend a day cruising the stands and visiting various manufacturers, the D1 performs flawlessly though I decide that ISO 800 is too noisy and I’ll use ISO 400 the next day.
Day three: more of the same from day one, more visits to manufacturers and more sneaking around stands snapping pictures of the lates products, we manage to get a hands on the new Pentax Digital SLR (and very nice it is too – covered in the third report here).
Day four: less stand cruising, more writing, finally have a working ISP account and I post the first revision of these four pages. In summary we considered the following as the key digital photography products at Photokina 2000 (alphabetical order) – all covered in more detail on the following pages:
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Photokina Report Part 3
From dpreview.com Photokina 2000: Third report, seven more manufacturers: Konica, Leica, Lexar, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic .
(Note: this is page three of a four page report) Konica, not know for their digital products had various old and new prototype products on show, most of low resolution, OEM or newer multi-function style. Leica had their new Digilux 4.3 which is an OEM Fujifilm 4700Z with a nice leather-look grip and of course the nice Leica badge. Hidden in some drawers were the macro and wide-angle add-on. Site links: Leica Digilux 4.3 announcement Lexar had a fairly large stand, covering their storage products, printroom.com and saycheese.com. Of primary interest was their Professional 10 x, 160 MB CF Type I storage card which has the new built-in “Jumpshot” functionality, simply pop the card into a Jumpshot cable (shown below) and you have instant access to the card contents. Minolta had a sizeable stand, despite my attempts they weren’t giving away any information about their new digital SLR other than the obvious fact that the Dynax 7 SLR may have something to do with its design. Also on show was the Dimage 2300 and the newly announced Dimage 2330. Site links: Minolta Dimage 2300 Nikon’s digital section obviously dominated by the Coolpix 880. On show in both Black and Silver guises it was generating almost as much interest as the 990. They also had a sample studio setup for the D1 with models on hand for the live show. Also available were hands-on with various cameras and lenses including the D1 and film cameras all the way up to the F5. Site links: Nikon Coolpix 880 review, Nikon digital cameras (specs) Olympus’s stand was dominated by digital… Most prominent being the E-10 and E-100RS. We had a unique opportunity to get a hands on with the E-10 (pictures below) and E-100RS, overall I was impressed with the way the E-10 feels and is built, solid construction using quality components. The lens is obviously of very high quality and Olympus’s re-iteration of the choice to fix the lens to the camera to keep dust from entering the CCD chamber still stands logically with me. They confirmed there is no mirror in the E-10 but that a prism is used to split light between the viewfinder and CCD. The flip-up LCD worked very well, when in manual focus mode a readout of current focus distance is displayed on the LCD. As the camera was still early prototype Olympus weren’t keen on giving away any samples so we didn’t get any… yet.
The E-100RS, again, struck me as being very well built, aimed squarely at being used in the field for both sports, low-end newspaper and nature photography it’s ability to “pre-capture” frames (up to 5 frames before pressing the shutter release) will surely win a lot of friends in these areas. When asked about the resolution limitation Olympus commented that resolution was not the primary concern with this camera, high speed capture was most important, less resolution means faster capture rates. We hope to review both the E-10 and E-100RS in the not too distant future. Site links: Olympus Digital Cameras (specs) Panasonic had their most interesting digital camera to date on show, announced just before Photokina the new iPalm (PV-DC3000 – 3 megapixels, 2 x optical zoom) is the first digital still camera to use the new “smaller than SmartMedia” SD storage cards. Available in capacities up to 64 MB SD flash cards were first seen for image storage in some multi-function DV cameras. The iPalm is a good size and weight with an interesting design… (Note: this is page three of a four page report)
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TIPA Awards 2005
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Best Digital Photo Products in Europe Best D-SLR Entry Level: Canon EOS 350D
With its CMOS 8.2MP sensor and Digic II image-processor, the Canon EOS 350D is the most compact and powerful digital SLR camera on the market, and comes with a very attractive price-tag. While being easy to use, it also incorporates the latest technology employed by high-end models in the Canon professional range. It can be used either on its fully automatic setting, or with complete manual control of shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings, thus allowing newcomers to develop their photographic skills. The EOS 350D is compatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses, giving an unparalleled choice of optics for the discerning user.
Best D-SLR Midrange: Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
This third entry from Fujifilm in the domain of the digital SLR is certainly the best yet. While retaining the Nikon F-mount and the handling of the Nikon F80 film SLR, the FinePix S3 Pro offers a new Super CCD SR II sensor, with a total of 12.34 million pixels. This is made up of 6.17 million ‘S’ pixels and 6.17 millio ’R’ pixels, which combine uniquely to produce images with an extended dynamic range offering outstanding highlight detail. Being half the weight of high-end professional Best D-SLR Professional: Canon EOS-1 DS Mark II
The real sensation of the year, this EOS 1Ds Mark II has pushed digital photography to a new level, by creating image files up to 16.7 MP. This amazing output not only enables print-sizes up to 60x90cm, but also ensures that professionals can safely crop images without the fear of losing quality. In addition to the awesome file sizes, its 24x36mm CMOS sensor is a true full-frame, so keeps the focal lengths of lenses exactly equivalent to those of 35mm film SLRs. This is a huge Best D-Ultra Compact Camera: Sony Cyber-shot T7
Despite its small size, this ingenious camera boasts any distinctive features, such as the 3X optical ‘folding’ Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar zoom lens. Another important feature is the anti-reflection Clear Photo LCD, which enhances viewing quality by preventing reflected light from interfering with the displayed image. For this combination of innovative design and powerful features, the TIPA jury awarded Sony the ‘Best Digital Ultra Compact Camera 2005’ Award.
Best D-Compact Camera: Nikon Coolpix 7900
The Nikon Coolpix 7900 incorporates several new features which make it the ‘Best Digital Compact Camera 2005’. The DLighting function adds light and detail to dark areas of shots, while leaving brighter areas unaffected. The In-Camera Red-Eye Fix function automatically detects and corrects red-eye in flash photos. The most innovative new function is Face- priority AF, which can automatically sense the presence of a human face in the frame and sets accurate focus accord ingly.
Best D-Superzoom Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 incorporates an impressive 12x optical zoom (equivalent to 36432mm on a 35mm film camera) with a fast, f/2.8 aperture right through the range. The combination of three aspherical lenses and one ED lens generates high optical performance while preserving the compact size. Thanks to the effective optical image stabilizer, the full zoom range can be used even for hand-held shots, making this camera a great photographic tool.
Best Consumer Lens: Tamron AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro
The Tamron AF18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) Macro provides the photographer using an APS-sized sensor D-SLR camera with the versatility of a true wide to ultra-tele zoom in an amazingly compact design. The lens features an entirely new optical system using XR (Extra Refractive Index) glass to optimize the optical quality throughout the entire zoom range. This design reduces aberrations to a minimum and makes this lens the ‘Best Lens 2005’ winner.
Best Professional Lens: AF-S VR Nikkor 200mm f/2G IF-ED
This new ultra-sensitive long-focal length lens represents the new standard of today’s optical technology. The 13 lens elements are stacked in 9 groups and produce a remarkable sharpness at the widest aperture of f/2, while at f/5.6 the results are exceptional. The AF-S system’s internal motor provides fast, accurate and silent focusing, and the Vibration Reduction (VR) technology offers an optical stabilizer which allows slower shutter speeds when hand-holding. With a Nikon digital SLR, the lens gives the equivalent of a 300mm f/2, which is perfect for sport and wildlife shooting in low-light conditions.
Best Prestige Camera: Epson R-D1
The Epson R-D1 is the world’s first digital rangefinder camera. It is a state-of-the-art digital camera that offers outstanding performance and image quality, yet comes in a guise that offers the traditionalist the look, feel and handling of a classic film camera. With a superb blend of classic analogue features and modern digital technology, the R-D1 is a Prestige Camera that gives twenty-first century photographers a way to use the famous Leica lenses from our photographic heritage.
Best Digital Camera Back: Sinarback eMotion22
The new Sinarback fulfills the wishes of many professional photographers who demand the finest quality in digital photography combined with mobility. The digital camera back for both medium format and field cameras features a 22-megapixel 48x36mm size CCD-sensor, 2.2-inch-OLED-Display, CF card based storage plus 3GB internal memory and a Li-Ion battery pack. Sinar´s wireless solution for location and studio photographers delivers shooting speeds up to 50 images Best Film Scanner: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II
The new Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 II combines the best of propriety technologies from both Konica and Minolta. It improves colour reproduction of negative film scans with a new Film Expert Algorithm developed with photofinishing technology. In addition, this scanner features 16-bit A/D conversion, Digital ICE4 and Pixel Polish for automatic, high quality image corrections. The result is a ‘Best Film Scanner 2005’ winner, that provides the image quality photo enthusiasts and professionals demand.
Best Flatbed Scanner: Epson Perfection 4990 Photo
The Epson Perfection 4990 Photo is the ideal scanner for the professional photographer and enthusiast. It handles all standard film and photo formats, restores torn or damaged originals and delivers stunning quality scans, thanks to its 4800×9600 ppi resolution and 4.0 DMax optical density. Digital ICE ensures fast scanning without the need of labour-intensive dust or scratches removal in software, making this scanner a powerful tool and a clear winner of the 2005 ‘Best Best Small Format Printer: Hewlett Packard Photosmart 375
Small format printers are becoming increasingly popular for quick and easy prints from digital cameras. The Hewlett Packard Photosmart 375 is easy to use and delivers lab-quality, borderless 10x15cm prints in as little as 60 seconds. Photos can be previewed, selected and edited from the tilting 2.5-inch colour LCD, making a computer connection unnecessary. Built in memory card slots, PictBridge support and an optional Bluetooth Wireless adapter make this printer a ‘portable Best A4 Photo Printer: Canon Pixma iP8500
The Canon Pixma iP8500 puts unprecedented image quality and speed in the hands of photographic professionals and enthusiasts. This printer makes a full A4 photo in just 35 seconds, while still delivering superb quality. Canon’s 8-ink ChromaPLUS photo system, which includes additional red and green ink, expands the printer’s colour gamut significantly, particularly in the yellow-to-red and green hues. The Pixma iP8500 supports PictBridge, direct CD/DVD printing and has a duplex unit for easy two-sided printing.
Best A3 Photo Printer: Epson Stylus Photo R1800
The Epson R1800 ink-jet printer is highly significant for photographers because it combines the long durability of pigment-based inks while offering the possibility of a true, glossy finish. This is achieved with an extra ‘ink’ that performs as a varnish and does away with the bronzing effect that is all too common in pigment-based glossy prints. With its fast printing times and Super A3 output, the Epson R1800 is a superb printing solution for photographers, and a worthy winner Best Fine Art Inkjet Paper: Hahnemühle Digital FineArt Collection
The Hahnemühle paper mill has been producing high-quality, mould made artists’ papers for hundreds of years, and all Hahnemühle papers are produced in accordance with DIN6738 and ISO9706 specifications for archive grade paper. The Hahnemühle top line of fine art papers is the Digital FineArt Collection, consisting of heavyweight papers with a coating suitable for both dye-based and pigment-based inkjet inks. This means that they are among the few that work well with pigment-based archival colour and quadtone ink sets.
Best Inkjet Photo Paper: Ferrania OptiJet Professional Plus
Glossy porous inkjet paper, while desirable for its instant drying and water-fastness, has a notorious stability problem. Its porous surface allows ozone to penetrate and react with dye-based inks. This phenomenon, known as gas fading, can cause inkjet prints to lose their colour density in as little as six months. The use of Ferrania PerDura technology prevents this problem by introducing a chemical protection. This enhances the permanence of the printed image on Ferrania OptiJet Professional Plus paper to an exceptional level.
Best Color Management System: GretagMacbeth Eye-One Photo Series
Color management is a major issue for digital photography, but in the past, the complexity and expense has prevented many professionals from developing a true understanding of the subject. With the modular Eye-One product line, Gretag-Macbeth has changed this problem. The Eye-One Display2 colorimeter offers an affordable, entry-level solution for calibrating both TFT and CRT monitors, and the advanced Eye-One Photo package comes with a spectrophotometer device Best Imaging Storage media: SanDisk Extreme III
New camera generations raise the demand for new forms of storage media and the SanDisk Extreme III memory card range doubles the speed of the previous incarnation. It is powered by the ESP Technology (Enhanced Super Parallel Processing Technology) and enables transfer rates up to 20MB/s between camera and CF card, thus accelerating storage and viewing of digital photos with high-end, professional digital cameras. Their performance and rugged build make the San-Disk Extreme Level III memory cards – available with capacities up to 4 GB – a reliable choice for digital photo professionals. Extreme Level III technology is available for CompactFlash (CF), SD and Memory Stick PRO type memory cards.
Best Imaging Storage Back-up: Epson P-2000
The Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer is a versatile device for backing up and viewing digital photos, as well as video and audio files. The internal 40GB hard drive offers plenty of space to back up files from CompactFlash and SD memory cards via the built-in slots, though there is also a USB 2.0 interface to enable the P-2000 to function as an external hard drive on PC and Mac platforms. The high resolution 3.8-inch Photo Fine display delivers crisp images, which can simply be magnified and navigated through to check detail and sharpness. In addition to JPEG images up to 17.8 Megapixel, the Epson P-2000 accepts RAW files from various digital cameras, and offers a compact design and intuitive user interface.
Best Photo Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Photoshop continues to lead as the uncontested image editing software of choice for professional photographers. Version CS2 adds many welcome additions, such as a much improved multi-image RAW converter, the amazing ‘Vanishing Point’ perspective cloning, image warp, colour fringing and lens aberration correction, and advanced noise reduction. HDR support makes it possible to combine multiple exposures into a single, 32-bit image with expanded range, preserving details from the deepest shadows to the brightest highlights.
Best Mobile Imaging Device: Sony Ericsson K750i
Cameraphones have the potential to become the entry-level digital cameras of the future, but so far their image quality has been disappointing at best. With the latest models introduced in Europe stepping into the 2MP class, this is changing rapidly. The Sony Ericsson K750i is a prime example of such a new generation. It combines an MP3-player with a 4.8mm f/2.8 autofocus 4X digital zoom lens, red-eye reduction function, image editing and a photo album. It delivers good minilab quality pictures up to 10x15cm print size. Using the optional Memory Stick Duo up to 2GB it can store approximately 6000 photos in its photo album. Pictures can be shared also by Bluetooth, infrared or USB.
Best Innovative Design: Olympus µ-mini Digital S
Underlying the µ-mini’s distinctive shape and form is a highly developed 5MP digital camera. Designed by Daisuke Tainake, its metal body is an ergonomic delight, and it comes in a choice of three striking colours – Lagoon blue, Enamel Black and Champagne. The large HyperCristal 1.8 inch LCD screen shows crisp images even from 160° viewing angles, and at just 115g, it is a sound choice for people who like to travel light. The Weatherproof case resists splashes and showers, and is a bonus for those who love the great outdoors. Editing features include fish-eye and soft-focus effects, and on top of 14 scene modes, the µ-mini Digital S offers movie recording with sound. Unsurprisingly, this feature set makes the µ-mini the Best Innovative Design award of 2005.
Best Technology: Picture Archiving and Sharing Standard (PASS)
The fast changing standards of digital photography are responsible for the rapid improvement of image quality, but at the same time have put digital pictures at risk. Future supports and platforms may not talk with current CD, DVDs and other media, as a result billions of images could be lost forever. Last year, three photo companies – Konica Minolta, Fuji Photo Film and Eastman Kodak – announced an agreement to jointly develop a set of open storage standards aimed at Best Monitor: EIZO ColorEdge CG220
The new EIZO ColorEdge CG 220 is a high-end 22.2 inch TFT-display for professional users. Its comprehensive feature set includes 1920×1200 native resolution, 400:1 contrast and an internal 14-Bit colour rendering engine for smooth grayscale display. The EIZO ColorEdge CG220 is the first monitor to cover the Adobe RGB color space, preferred by many photo, design and publishing professionals for photography workflow. While other monitors cut off colours, particularly in the green and cyan areas of the colour space, the CG220 gives a true impression of what a digital image looks like, thus enabling reliable soft-proofing on screen, and the saving of time and cost in the process.
TIPA Awards 2003 – 2004
From dpreview.com Best Digital Photo Products in Europe, 2003 – 2004
TIPA awards 2002-2003
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TIPA awards 2001-2002
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PMA 2004: DIMA, the Digital Imaging Marketing Association have announced the winners of the 2004 Digital Camera Shoot-Out. They are the Leica Digilux 2, Olympus C-8080, Sony CR-PC330, Olympus C-5060, HP Photosmart 945, Casio QV-R51, Konica Minolta DiMage X20, HP Photosmart 735 and finally the Mustek MDC4000.
PMA 2002: DIMA, the Digital Imaging Marketing Association have announced the winners of the 2002 Digital Camera Shoot-Out. They are the Kodak DCS 760, Minolta DiMAGE 7, Sony DCR-TRV50, Sony DSC F707, Minolta DiMAGE 5, Epson Photo PC3100Z, Kodak EasyShare Dx4900, Fuji FinePix 2600Z, Toshiba PDR-M11 and finally the Zoran CamMini.
Finally back on UK soil I’ve taken stock and had an opportunity to update the report pages with some further manufacturers (Adobe, Digi-Frame, Iomega, Konica and Samsung). And refresh / update the text associated with each stand report. We’ve also included a brief diary and list of “key products” (IMHO) at the show.
Canon snapped up two spots in the D-SLR categories at the annual TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) awards. The EOS 350D won best entry level SLR, while the EOS-1Ds Mark II was voted best professional SLR. Fuji’s FinePix S3 Pro was awarded best mid range D-SLR. The 12x zoom lens Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 picked up the super zoom award. Other winners include the Stylus Verve S (mju mini Digital S), which scooped the innovative design award for its distinctive curved styling and the Epson R-D1, which won the best prestige camera.
TIPA (Technical Image Press Assocation) has announced the results of its awards for 2003 to 2004. TIPA is made up of numerous photography publications (print media) from all around Europe. Awards of interest to digital photographers are the Best Design to the Nikon Coolpix SQ, the Best Digital Consumer Camera to the Olympus Mju 400 Digital, the Best Digital Prosumer Camera to the Sony DSC-V1, the Best Digital SLR System Camera to the Canon EOS-1Ds and the Best Innovative Technology to the Olympus 4/3 Digital System.
TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) has announced the results for ‘Best Photo Products in Europe’ from the European Photo & Imaging Awards 2002-2003. Best Digital Prosumer camera went to the Olympus E-20, Best Design went to the Minolta DiMAGE X, Best Digital Consumer camera went to the Canon PowerShot S40, Best Digital SLR went to the Canon EOS-1D, Best Lens was the Canon 400 mm F4 DO IS, Best Innovative Technology was Foveon’s X3 chip.
TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) have just announced the results for ‘Best Photo Products in Europe’ from the European Photo & Imaging Awards 2001-2002. Best Digital Prosumer camera went to the Minolta Dimage 7, Best Digital Consumer camera went to the Canon Digital IXUS v, Best Digital SLR went to the Nikon D1x, Best Professional Studio product went to the Kodak Pro Back, Best Imaging Software went to Adobe Photoshop Elements.
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