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Nic Rossmüller : 2006-06-06 00:02:00
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Canon Australia professional photography awards : Canon Australia congratulates Urs Buhlman as the winner of the 2006 Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Award. The awards celebrate the cream of Australia's professional photographers by subjecting entries to a rigorous, peer-review process. Subjecting entries to such extensive judging innovation and photographic excellence among Australia's professional photographers. Having previously won the 2004 AIPP Advertising/Fashion Photographer of the Year, Mr Buhlman joined the peer judging panel for the 2006 competition. Speaking after his win, Mr Buhlman said judging the entries was a tremendous opportunity in itself to develop his own skills as a photographer.
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Nic Rossmüller : 2006-05-26 17:03:00
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Hasselblad H2D-39 TIPA award : TIPA Selects Hasselblad H2D-39 as Best Medium Format Digital System in European Photo & Imaging Awards 2006. The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), whose membership comprises the editors of the top photographic magazines across Europe, has announced the winners of its European Photo & Imaging Awards 2006 and has accorded the accolade of Best Medium Format Digital System to the Hasselblad H2D-39. Justifying their selection, the jury comments : “Among the professional community, Hasselblad’s H body and lenses already have a reputation in line with the sumptuous quality of the classic film Hasselblads. The new H2D-39 however, is an integrated digital camera that boasts a massive 39 megapixels.
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Mark Peters : 2006-05-26 17:02:00
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Canon PowerShot A620 qualifies for a DIWA Gold Award : Last year, the 4 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A520 received a DIWA Gold Award for excellent test results. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that also the 7.1 Megapixel Canon PowerShot A620, passes the merciless DIWA test procedure with an impressive scoreboard. With its comfortable and user-friendly design, high image quality, flexible lens construction, and budget-friendly price, the Powershot A620 has all it takes to deserve a DIWA Gold medal. DIWA (Digital Imaging Websites Association), a world-wide organisation of collaborating websites, today announces a DIWA Gold Award to the Canon PowerShot A620 digital compact amateur camera.
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Mark Peters : 2006-05-20 12:32:00
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Nikon D200 DSLR Wins Camera Grand Prix 2006 Award : Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that the D200 Digital SLR Camera has been selected by Japan’s Camera Press Club to receive the Camera Grand Prix 2006 award. The Camera Grand Prix is the Japanese photo industry’s most prestigious award for a digital camera. It is determined by a panel of 49 (in 2006) respected professional photographers, scholars and technical writers in the field of photography, as well as chief editors and magazine representatives of each of the 12 camera magazines that comprise the Camera Press Club. A total of 149 digital cameras - all released between April 2005 and March 2006 - were nominated for the Camera Grand Prix award 2006.
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Mark Peters : 2006-05-19 15:35:00
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DIWA Gold Award to Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 : Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 is the world’s first digital camera with an image sensor in the new, popular 16:9 wide-screen format. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 camera also offers many exciting features, such as 8.4 MP image resolution and a 4x Leica 28mm wide angle zoom lens with optical stabiliser. Its robust metal body underlines the camera’s overall qualities, while a large 2.5” LCD screen and user-friendly design make it suitable for most photo enthusiasts. DIWA (Digital Imaging Websites Association), a world-wide organisation of collaborating websites within digital imaging, today announces a DIWA Gold Award to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 digital compact camera.
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Mark Peters : 2006-05-17 16:00:00
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 receives DIWA Gold Award : The Sony DSC-R1 is a digital camera unlike any other, by design and in terms of performance. Thanks to its unique combination of a powerful 5x Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* zoom lens and a large SLR-type 10.3 Megapixel CMOS image sensor, the R1 delivers outstanding image quality. Furthermore, numerous user-friendly features and fully automatic and manual controls make the R1 a perfect choice for any quality-minded photo enthusiast. DIWA (Digital Imaging Websites Association), a world-wide organisation of collaborating websites, today announces a DIWA Gold Award to the Sony Cybershot DSC-R1 digital camera, based on excellent scores from numerous product tests made by DIWA camera experts.
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Nic Rossmüller : 2006-05-15 22:06:00
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Canon Young people Arts Award : Arts Council England, North East next month launches a unique Arts Award for young people. A national scheme run through an exciting partnership with awarding body, Trinity Guildhall, and digital imaging specialist Canon (UK) Ltd, the Arts Award is the first accredited youth arts scheme to recognise young people’s development through the arts. Young people are encouraged to develop their favourite arts activity, get involved in the arts in their community, share their skills and run projects with others. Doing an Arts Award builds young people’s skills in the arts and in leadership, as well as building self-confidence. The Arts Award can be run wherever young people take part in the arts.
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Nic Rossmüller : 2006-05-15 21:01:00
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Canon XL H1 HD Camcorder wins Six Awards : Canon's XL H1 HD camcorder received five prestigious industry awards, including the NAB2006 Award for Innovation in Media (AIM) Award; TV Technology magazine's "STAR Award"; Videography magazine's "Vidy Award"; The 4ever Group's "Product Innovation Award"; and Television Broadcast magazine's "Top Innovation Award". In addition, Canon's Console software received Broadcast Engineering magazine's "Pick Hit" award at the 2006 National Association of Broadcasters exhibit, April 24 - 27, in Las Vegas. "We are pleased to see such industry acceptance of our first HD camcorder," said Yukiaki Hashimoto, senior vice president and general manager of the consumer imaging group at Canon U.S.A., Inc.
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