SEATTLE, Oct. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- At this week's Photo Interactive Experience (
PIX2015) conference and expo, taking place at the Seattle Center and being live-streamed, the first annual 2015 DPReview Awards were announced. The 12 winners spanned 11 categories and included key camera and lens manufacturers who delivered groundbreaking photography achievements this year.
The panel of judges this year included DPReview editors, as well as Roger Cicala with LensRentals.com, who served as a guest judge for the lens category.
"PIX 2015 gave us the opportunity to do something we've wanted to do for a long time present awards recognizing significant photographic gear that has been announced in the last year. The DPReview Awards take into account the technology, performance, value, our experiences and the sheer enjoyment we derived from photographing with these products," commented Richard Butler, Senior Reviewer, DPReview.
This year's categories and winners are as follows:
- DPReview Best Zoom Compact Camera: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV
- DPReview Mobile Product of the Year: DxO ONE
- Best Prime Lens Compact Camera: Leica Q
- Consumer Stills/Video Camera of the Year: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7
- Best Consumer Crop-sensor ILC: Nikon D5500
- Best High-End Crop-sensor ILC: Samsung NX1
- Best Lens (Crop Sensor): Samsung NX 16-50mm F2.0-2.8 ED OIS
- Best Lens (Full Frame): Canon EF 11-24mm F4L USM
- Best Full Frame System Camera (Joint Winner): Nikon D750 and Sony Alpha 7R II
- DPReview Innovation Award: Samsung NX1
- DPReview Product of the Year: Sony Alpha 7R II
For more information on the 2015 DPReview Annual Awards please visit:
www.dpreview.com