The annual “Product of the Year” contest defining the most interesting and advanced technology concepts and products in the Russian photographic products has been held as usually within the “Photoforum“ exhibition.
The major objective of the Contest is to bring out and to promote the best products, technology concepts and advanced equipment in image taking, processing and printing.
Manufacturers and exclusive distributors exhibiting at “Photoforum- 2006” participated in the Contest.
The independent jury involved representatives of the Russian leading photo magazines and newspapers: Digital Camera Photo & Video, Digital Photot, Mobile News, Publish, Russian Digital, Russian Mobile, T3, Stuff, Potrebitel: Photo equipment and video cameras, ProFoto, PL/Podvodnaya Lodka, Fotodelo.
Clear nominations as well as estimation standards of the products presented have been worked out for the past four years the Contest was held. Development of the photographic market and services contributed to emergence of new nominations. Such nominations as “Vendors’ web-site”, “Jury’s choice”, “The Best home producer”, “The Choice of Russian Professionals” have been introduced for the first time in 2006.
| | NOMINATION | PRODUCTS AWARDED |
| 1 | PROFESSIONAL PHOTO CAMERA | Nikon F6 |
| 2 | CONSUMERDIGITAL PHOTO CAMERA (budget class) | Casio EXILIMEX-Z60 |
| 3 | CONSUMER DIGITAL PHOTO CAMERA (middle class) | Panasonic DMC-FZ7 EE-S |
| 4 | SEMI-PROFESSIONALDIGITAL PHOTO CAMERA | Fuji FinePix S9500 |
| 5 | CONSUMER DIGITAL SLR PHOTO CAMERA | PentaxOptio IstDL |
| 6 | SEMI-PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL SLR PHOTO CAMERA | CanonEOS 5D |
| 7 | PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL SLR PHOTO CAMERA | CanonEOS 1Ds MarkII N |
| 8 | THE JURY'S CHOICE | SonyCyber-shot DSC-R1 |
| 9 | THE CHOICE OF RUSSIAN PROFESSIONALS | NikonD200 |
| 10 | LENS (consumer) | TamronSP AF 11-18MM F/4.5-5.6 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) |
| 11 | LENS (professional) | CanonEF 85mm f/1.2 L II |
| 12 | CONSUMERPHOTO PRINTER (up to A4 format) | EpsonPictureMate 500 |
| 13 | PROFESSIONAL PHOTO PRINTER (up to A4 format) | CanonPIXMA 8500 |
| 14 | DYE-SUBLIMATION PHOTO PRINTER | KodakEasyShare photoprinter 500 |
| 15 | LARGE FORMAT PHOTO PRINTER | EpsonStylus Photo R2400 |
| 16 | MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE | EpsonStylus Photo RX700 |
| 17 | SCANNER | HP Scanjet 4890Photo Scanner |
| 18 | PHOTO KIOSK | AGENOS |
| 19 | PHOTO FILM | KodakUltra 400 |
| 20 | DIGITAL PHOTO MINILAB | NoritsuQSS-3201 SD |
| 21 | FLASH | CanonSpeedlite 580EX |
| 22 | PHOTO ACCESSORIES | KnapsackLowepro Compu Trekker AW |
| 23 | PHOTO ACCESSORIES | TripodGitzo 1257G |
| 24 | PHOTO ACCESSORIES | SCS - Sensor CleaningSystem (Green Clean) |
| 25 | STUDIO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT (budget class) | RekamPartner |
| 26 | STUDIO LIGHTING EQUIPMENT (professional class) | BatteryCharger Hensel Porty Premium 1200 AS/RC |
| 27 | VIDEO CAMERA WITH PHOTO FUNCTION | PanasonicNV-GS500EE-S |
| 28 | MOBILE PHONE WITH DIGITAL PHOTO CAMERA | SamsungD820 |
| 29 | MULTIMEDIADEVICE | Epson P-4000 |
| 30 | INNOVATION | KodakEasyShare V570 |
| 31 | INNOVATION | OlympusE-330 (Live Preview Function) |
| 32 | DESIGN | Olympus Mju 700 |
| 33 | VENDOR'S WEB-SITE | WWW.REKAMCITY.RU |
| 34 | BEST HOME PRODUCER | MARCO-PRO |
| 35 | FOR CONTRIBUTION IN
TO PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY OF RUSSIA | KONICAMINOLTA |
