Photography News Issue 55

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TIPAvotes for the world’s best kit

Each spring, the editors of TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) gather to vote for the TIPA World Awards recognizing the best imaging products of the last 12 months. Editors from 29 professional, amateur, and business publications in print and online, from Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America, with a delegate from the Camera Journal Press Club in Japan, discussed and then voted on awards. Photography News joined TIPA last year. Along with exciting cameras and lenses that cover every category, from entry level to expert to professional, TIPA World Award winners represent the wide range of products and services that make up the imaging industry today, including printers, inkjet papers,

The Award process

Underlying the prestige of the TIPA World Awards is the process by which winners are chosen. Beginning right after the main trade show season, stretching from late September through to early February of the following year, nominations within categories are gathered by the TIPA Technical Committee. Equipment is tested and evaluated, and new categories, representing emerging imaging trends, are considered. A list of finalists is compiled and sent to editors of the TIPA member publications from around the world, who then

comment and make further suggestions about products that should be added to specific categories. The information is collated and evaluated and a list of finalists is chosen. Winners are then voted upon and chosen at a general assembly of all member publications. In short, the TIPA World Award process is one that draws upon a global panel of knowledgeable experts who are exposed to a wide range of products. For a full list of the TIPA World Award 2018 winners, along with award citations and images, please visit tipa.com.

Image This year the editors of TIPA – including PN’s very ownWill Cheung, smiling andwaving in the middle – gathered in Lisbon to vote for the best cameras, lenses and other bits of imaging kit from the last 12months.

imaging software, storage media, action cams, accessories, 360° cameras andmore. The grand awards ceremony and presentation will take place during photokina in Cologne, Germany on 26 September 2018.

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