Canon and Sony clean up at the TIPA Awards, with 5 trophies apiece – Nikon, Fujifilm and Panasonic also grab some gongs
Canon and Sony were the big winners at this year's Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) World Awards, taking home five trophies apiece – including awards for best camera, best photo smartphone and best photo printer.
The annual TIPA Awards are given to the imaging industry's most exciting products and technologies, so having even a single release being recognized is a pretty big deal – let alone taking a trunkful of trophies home, as Canon and Sony have.
Canon picked up awards for two cameras, the Canon EOS R3 and Canon EOS R5C, for Best Camera Innovation and Best Professional 8K Hybrid Camera respectively. In particular, the R3 was singled out for its Eye Control AF technology that enables you to move focus points by simply looking around the viewfinder.
"TIPA members who tested Eye Control AF were intrigued and impressed by how rapidly focus point was attained and displayed in the camera’s OLED EVF (electronic viewfinder)," said TIPA.
"They noted how the AF system could then continue to keep focus on the subject via the R3’s AF tracking technology – including humans, animals, and vehicles – due to its deep learning, AI autofocus system and the camera’s very fast and responsive back-illuminated stacked sensor and Digic X processor."
The editor of Digital Camera World, James has 21 years experience as a journalist and started working in the photographic industry in 2014 (as an assistant to Damian McGillicuddy, who succeeded David Bailey as Principal Photographer for Olympus). In this time he shot for clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal, in addition to shooting campaigns and product testing for Olympus, and providing training for professionals. This has led him to being a go-to expert for camera and lens reviews, photo and lighting tutorials, as well as industry news, rumors and analysis for publications like Digital Camera Magazine, PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine, Digital Photographer and Professional Imagemaker, as well as hosting workshops and talks at The Photography Show. He also serves as a judge for the Red Bull Illume Photo Contest. An Olympus and Canon shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes – and a fondness for vintage lenses and instant cameras.
