The Envelope Please…Pop Photos 2007 Awards
October 25, 2007: Popular Photography magazine has released its 2007 “POP” Awards.
The staff there is very democratic…I think there’s one camera from just about every manu-facturer...let’s see…Canon, FujiFilm, HP, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh Caplio, Samsung, Sony…who have they missed? Sigma, I guess, but they have a lens on the list, so they still get a shout out. Did I overlook anyone?
Only manufacturer had two cameras on the list…wanna guess?
It’s Sony. Sony!
Meanwhile, Apple got dissed. Not only did Pop Photo choose Adobe Photoshop Lightroom over Apple’s competing Aperture, but they selected the Nokia N95 as the cell phone of choice. Sorry, iPhone!
Of course, as an iPhone owner I could have told you that the camera function is woefully weak. Especially when you consider that as a photo viewer, the iPhone totally rocks, with its fantastic vibrant screen, and the cool ways you move between and zoom around your pictures.
Scott
October 29th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
It looks like Sony is coming on strong in the digital photography world.
I just came back from the Sony Digital Days photography workshop in Orlando, http://www.digitaldaysphoto.com , & would recommend it to any of your listeners.
Phil from Popular Photography magazine was very interesting & informative & I think everyone, from beginner to expert, came away with some good info.
I’ve had the Sony a100 for about 3 months & love the camera so far. The only problem that I have is that I got to play with the Sony a700 over the weekend and now I want one of those really bad.
Friday night I got a chance to visit the Apple Store and play with the iPhone. If it wasn’t for the fact that AT&T is the ONLY service it works with, I would have bought one right then & there.
December 2nd, 2007 at 4:26 am
This points out one of the problems I have had with regards to reading reviews in Digital Photography. They tend to be very “PC”, and whenever they do an article, be it on lenses, or bodies, they pretty much find the good in all of them, and really leave you feeling like you just read a review written in, well, Switzerland!
For once, I’d like to see something get dissed. I know there are some fantastic products out there by all brands, but they can’t be all great?!
Arthur