The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced the winning imaging products in its annual TIPA World Awards which covers 40 categories. The global group of photography magazines currently has 28 members – including our sister publication
Australian Camera – from around the world including USA, Canada, Brazil, China, India, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Greece and the United Kingdom. The representatives of these publications recently convened in Bangkok to judge the short-listed products in this year’s awards. A sign of the times is that there was only one specific D-SLR category this year – as there was only one new eligible product – versus seven for mirrorless cameras. Consequently, a revising of the camera categories for 2019 sees them now defined by sensor size rather than body type.
Perhaps not so surprisingly, the new crop of full-35mm mirrorless cameras featured prominently in the 2019 awards with the Nikon Z 6 and Z 7, Panasonic Lumix S1 and Canon EOS RP all winning categories. Olympus’s new OM-D flagship, the E-M1X, was judged best Best MFT Camera Professional, while the Fujifilm GFX 50R won the award for Best Medium Format Camera. The notable winners in 2019 include Sigma, which picked up three awards in the lens categories, Canon which also won three lens categories in addition to the EOS RP, and Sony which collected four awards for its A6400 mirrorless camera, the 135mm f1.8 and 400mm f2.8 OSS G Master lenses, and the new SF-G Tough series memory cards.
The full list of winners in the 2019 TIPA World Awards follow. For more information get the May/June 2019 issue of Australian Camera magazine or visit www.tipa.com
Best MFT Camera Professional Olympus OM-D E-M1X Best Full Frame Camera Advanced Canon EOS RP
Best Professional Tripod Uniqball iQUICK3 Pod
Best D-SLR WideAngle Zoom Lens Tokina Opera 16-28mm f2.8 FF
Best D-SLR Camera Nikon D3500
Best Imaging Software Skylum Luminar 3
Best Mirrorless Professional Lens Sony FE 400mm f2.8 GM OSS
Best D-SLR UltraWide Prime Lens Samyang XP 10mm f3.5
Best Medium Format Camera Fujifilm GFX 50R
Best APS-C Camera Advanced Fujifilm X-T30
Best Mirrorless Standard Zoom Lens Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di III RXD
Best Full Frame Camera Photo/Video Panasonic Lumix S1
Best Full Frame Camera Expert Nikon Z 6
Best Professional Flash System Godox AD400 Pro Witstro
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic Best Inkjet Photo Paper
Best D-SLR Telephoto Zoom Lens Sigma 60-600mm f4.56.3 DG OS HSM Sport
Best D-SLR Prime Lens: Sigma 40mm f1.4 DG HSM Art
Best Full Frame Camera Professional Nikon Z 7
Best APS-C Mirrorless Prime Lens Canon EF-M 32mm f1.4 STM
Best Mirrorless WideAngle Zoom Lens Nikkor Z 14-30mm f4.0 S
Best Mirrorless Prime Standard Lens Canon RF 50mm f1.2L USM
Best Portable LED Lighting Metz Mecalight S500 BC
Best APS-C Camera Expert Sony A6400
Best D-SLR Professional Prime Lens Canon EF 400mm f2.8L IS III USM
Best Image Storage Solution Sony SF-G Tough memory cards
Sony RX100 VI Best Superzoom Compact Camera
Best Expert Compact Camera Ricoh GR III
Best D-SLR Professional Zoom Lens Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 DG OS HSM Sports
Best Camera Accessory Hoya Fusion One filters
Best Mirrorless Prime Telephoto Lens Sony FE 135mm f1.8 GM
Best Photo Smartphone Huawei P30 Pro
Special Industry Award L Mount Alliance (jointly Panasonic, Leica and Sigma)
Best Travel Tripod Manfrotto Befree GT Carbon Fibre
Best 360° Camera Ricoh Theta Z1
Lowepro Whistler BP450 AW II Best Photo Bag
Best Photo Service CEWE hexxas
Zeiss ZX1 Best Design
Best Professional Video Camera Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2
BenQ SW240 Best Budget Photo Monitor
Best Photo Monitor LG UltraFine 32UL950