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Product of the Year - 2005

The “Product of the Year” Award determining the best technologies and products on the Russian photographic market has been held within Photoforum exhibition for the third consecutive time. The Contest is first of all aimed at promotion of the best products, latest equipment and advanced technology concepts in the field of image taking, processing and printing. It helps in building Russian civilized market of photographic goods and services. All major manufacturers and exclusive distributors which exhibited at “Photoforum-2005” took part in “Product of the Year” Award. Below is the list of the products awarded:

 

NOMINATION

PRODUCTS AWARDED

1

 Professional photo camera

Nikon F6

2

Compact photo camera

Canon Prima Super 130 U Date

3

Amateur digital photo camera (budget class)

Konica Minolta Dimage Z20

Pentax Optio S50

4

Amateur digital photo camera (middle class)

Exilim EX-P505

5

Compact digital photo camera (semi-professional grade)

Konica Minolta Dimage A200

6

Digital reflex photo camera (amateur grade)

Olympus E300

7

Digital reflex photo camera (professional grade)

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

8

Lens (amateur)

Sigma AF 18-125/3.5-5.6 DC

Tamron AF 28-300mmF/3.5-6.3XR Di LD (IF) Macro

9

Lens (professional)

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200/2.0G IF-ED VR

10

Flash

Sigma EF 500DG Super

11

Photo accessories

Optical devices ST-0611CT

12

Thermo-sublimate photo printer

HiTi PhotoPrinter 641PS

13

Ink-jet photo printer

Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 8753

14

Large format photo printer

Epson Stylus Pro 4000

15

Scanner

Epson Perfection 4990 Photo

16

Photo kiosk

Mitsubishi DPS KIOSK

17

Digital photo minilab

Noritsu QSS-3301 Digital 

18

Studio lighting equipment (budget class)

Rekam Classic - 300

19

Studio lighting equipment (professional class)

Hensel Expert Pro 500 Plus

20

Video camera with photo shooting option

Panasonic NV-GS400GC

21

Multimedia device

SanDisk Digital Photo Album

22

Multifunctional device

Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 2713 All-in-One

23

Design

Pentax Optio WP

24

Innovation

Konica Minolta -  AntiShake image stabilizing system

25

Professional's choice

Canon EOS 20D

26

Sympathy award

Sony DSC-M1

27

People's photo camera

Samsung Digimax U-CA5

28

Special award for contribution in development of the Russian photographic industry

Kodak