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The professional finalists and amateur winners of the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced. The photographers will be honoured at the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony at the prestigious Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on Thursday 16 April. The winning amateur photographer, selected from the eight category finalists, will receive a $5,000 cash prize and Sony camera equipment.

Submissions for the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” 2009 are now being accepted and one can send in their photographs till March 1, 2009. For more information head over to http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/. This year a “Newcomer Award” will be incorporated into the competition, which is open to photographer’s age 25 years and under. The winner of the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” will receive 5,000 euros or, alternatively, Leica camera equipment to the same value.

The LEICA M8 digital rangefinder camera has been chosen for Chicago Athenaeum’s 2008 Good Design Award. The Jury for GOOD DESIGN based their decisions on aesthetic criteria stated in the original 1950 Program-criteria which measures innovation, form, materials, construction, concept, function and utility. The 2008 GOOD DESIGN show will premiere at the Chicago Athenaeum in June 2009.

Those looking for a DSLR alternative can give the Fujifilm S100fs a shot as it also recently got honored with DIWA Gold Award. The S100fs features a 14.3x zoom lens and has an 11 Megapixel resolution.

Kai Thon, test manager of DIWA Labs, concludes: “Too many D-SLR owners never make use of the camera’s interchangeable lens advantage. Choosing the Fujifilm FinePix S100FS with the powerful high-performance 14.3x Fujinon zoom lens covers virtually any photographic task; all in one lens. Although the camera’s image quality may not quite match a comparable D-SLR in all respects, many versatile features and a comfortable D-SLR-like design make the Fujifilm FinePix S100FS into a very sensible and budget friendly alternative.”


Unbiased test results by DxO Analyzer of the image quality are available at:http://www.diwa-labs.com.

The Canon EOS 40D and 450D were awarded the DIWA Gold award for their performance and overall quality. The bestselling cameras performed exceptionally well in the DIWA Labs tests and according to DIAW experts offer excellent value for money. Unbiased test results by DxO Analyzer of the image quality are available at: http://www.diwa-labs.com.


[Via Photography Blog ]