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Product of the Year - 2007

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-2007” 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  “Exclusive photo service”,  “The jury’s choice”, “Consumables”  have been introduced for the first time in 2007.

NOMINATION

PRODUCTS AWARDED

1

Photo camera, Hi-End class

Rolleiflex Hy6

2

Ultra compact digital photo camera

Digital IXUS75

3

Compact digital photo camera

FinePix F40fd

4

Compact digital photo camera with ultra-zoom

DSC-H9

5

Consumer SLR digital photo camera

Nikon D40X

6

Semi-professional digital SLR photo camera

Pentax K10D

7

Professional digital SLR photo camera

EOS-1D MarkIII

8

Lens (consumer)

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF]

9

Lens (professional)

Zuiko Digital 18-180 mm

10

Lens (professional)

Sigma AF 300-800 f/5.6  EX DG HSM

11

Compact photo printer

PIXMA mini260

12

Consumer photo printer (up to A4 format)

Stylus Photo R390

13

Professional photo printer (up to A3 format)

Epson Stylus Photo 1410

14

Large format photo printer

DesignJet Z3100

15

Multi-function device

Photosmart C7183 All-in-One

16

Scanner

Perfection V350 Photo

17

Photo kiosk

Picture kiosk G4 (GS)

18

Consumables

Kodak Portra

19

Portable storage device

HyperDrive SPACE

20

Digital photo album

Epson P-5000

21

Memory card

SanDisk CF EXTREME IY 8 Gb

22

Digital photo minilab

Noritsu QSS – 3501

23

Flash

Speedlite 580EX II

24

Photo accessories (tripods, filters etc.)

Rekam Carbon RT-C300 KIT

25

Photo accessories (tripods, filters etc.)

Lowepro Sling Shot 200AW

26

Photo accessories (tripods, filters etc.)

Pantone huey

27

Studio lighting equipment (budget class)

Rekam Opus 200

28

Studio lighting equipment (professional class)

Elinchrom 600 RX

29

Video camera with photo function

HDC-SD1GC-S

30

Multimedia device

 Diframe DF-F5X

31

Software for photographers

Apple Aperture

32

Innovation

i70

33

Innovation

EXILIM EX-V7

34

Innovation

DMC-TZ3

35

Innovation

DSC-G1

36

Innovation

OSK-E3

37

Design

NV10

38

Vendor’s website

www.crumpler.ru

39

Mass market customer photo service

Y-STUDIO

40

Exclusive photo service

Kola Studio's exclusive photo album

41

The jury's choice

Nikon CoolPix P500