THE AWARDS

TIPA Awards are recognized as the most coveted photo and imaging awards worldwide.

When TIPA member magazines began the TIPA Awards, they decided that they wanted an award the industry could be very proud of. Only products that the General Assembly think deserve our recognition are taken into consideration for voting

Every year, TIPA editors vote for the best photo & imaging products introduced to the market during the previous 12 months. TIPA editors take into account innovation, the use of leading-edge technology, design and ergonomics, ease-of-use, as well as price/performance ratio. Since TIPA member magazines range in content and goals, the award voting process benefits from a wide range of expertise. As a result, the TIPA Awards are bestowed through a majority of votes by very experienced editors.

Every year, there are many different kinds of awards presented in all sectors of commerce, industry, and the arts. Some are sold, others are bought. But thanks to our independent voting procedure, only the products that really deserve it can unexpectedly win a TIPA Award. And that's why they are so prestigious.

The categories

The list of the TIPA Awards categories is regularly updated according to the market's technological trends. Therefore, the categories continually change and some categories awarded in past editions may not be taken into consideration for the next TIPA Awards. In any case, TIPA drops or adds categories as it sees suitable in order to reflect the current industry trends.


TIPA introduction




The best imaging products of 2011 were voted on at the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) General Assembly held from 7 to 10 April 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The editors of the 29 member photo magazines from 9 European countries plus Australia, Canada, China, South Africa and the United States met to discuss the association's activities in the previous 12 months and new projects; as well as voting on the TIPA Awards 2011.



Winners for 2011:




and winners for the previous year:





...and so says the expert~

For more information: http://www.tipa.com/english/index.php

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Jun 14 2011, 06:42 AM

Best D-SLR Professional
Pentax 645D

huhu~ >0<

Best D-SLR Advanced
Nikon D7000

;-p that's y i own it ^^

best cameras or equipments doesnt makes u the best photographer

Best Entry Level Lens
Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD

whoah pentax!

best DSLR professional? i thought the 645D is MF?

Crop/Full/Medium/Large Format = sensor

DSLR = Digital Single Lens Reflex.

Digital MF uses SLR technology also

ooooo.. thx for the clarification

Best Premium Camera - Fujifilm Finepix X100 my 3rd wife camera.

Best Professional Lens - Canon 70-200 F2.8L IS II USM definitely get this in this month.

don't think they is a large format single digital sensor size though film got lah

This post has been edited by loyatttt: Jun 13 2011, 08:54 PM

I think with TIPA Awards annually, it will reduce the brand wars significantly~

Since those who evaluate are experts (way more experienced and resourceful than most of us here)~

I got this lens as a gift. ^ ^

What a rich people with rich friends

ermm...not friends. My gf. hehehe ^^

rich gf even better right? haha...

btw, awards or no awards... its not to say other stuff are sucky... its just that these are the more preferred ones.

again, gears can only do so much, its up to the photographer.

so nice
shoot more , that lens can do a lot

I still prefer to use my Tamron 17-50mm compare to 70-300mm. Unless taking candid pictures at the swimming pool. lol.

... my range isn't complete yet... need something like 17-70mm 2.8...
aaahh....

ohh, D60 didn't win. means all the photographers or camera owners of this model takes lousy photos. hahaa

cameras take turn to win these awards... notice there is no professional DSLR this year except pentax 645D. next year when d4 is out, this model will win it. then the year after that, the 1ds mk4

645D is the medium format camera.
Perhaps next year's TIPA AWARDS it will be replaced.

... The winner for entry level DSLR for this year is not really an entry level camera... its already a mid-level camera.

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Sep 15 2011, 01:05 PM

but 645D is the only new professional grade camera. well, phase one IQ series is newer but perhaps they are too new, missed the award.

600D is an entry level camera.
1100D and 600D are in the same category.