American PHOTO Magazine Names Winners of the 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards in July/August issue
06/17/2008
New York, June 17, 2008 -- American PHOTO has announced the winners of its ninth annual 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards in this year’s Buyer’s Guide. American PHOTO editors have spent months of testing to compile this ultimate buyer’s guide for the best new photography products and imaging tools.
The Nikon D3 was named American PHOTO Camera of the Year, Professional Level. In the increasingly competitive Advanced Level category, the Canon EOS 40D tied with the Olympus E-3 for American PHOTO Camera of the Year.
“The Editor’s Choice Awards represent American PHOTO’s commitment to bringing to its readers the very best in state of the art photo technology” says David Schonauer, Vice President/Editor-in-Chief of American PHOTO, “And this year, our guide exemplifies just how far we’ve come on the digital frontier. From entry-level to professional, these cameras- together with the lenses, software, and printers that support them – testify to filmless capture’s swift coming of age.”
The major awards, including American PHOTO Cameras of the Year, Lenses of the Year, Camera Cellphones of the Year, Imaging Software and Fine Art Printers of the Year, are included in the July/August issue of America PHOTO magazine, on newsstands today, and the full list of winners is posted on its home website PopPhoto.com.
The 2008 award-winning products of the year are:
D-SLR Cameras: Professional Level -Nikon D3
Advanced Level – Canon EOS 40D and Olympus E-3 (tied)
Entry Level – Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSI
SLR Lenses Olympus Zuiko Digital 7-14mm f/4.0 ED
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Camera Cellphones: Nokia N96
Sony Ericsson C902
Imaging Software: Apple Aperture 2.1
Fine Art Printer: Epson Stylus Pro 11880
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