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Mirrorless cameras dominate as winners of the 2022 TIPA awards

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced the winners of the 2022 TIPA World Awards. Just like every year, there are plenty of cameras and lenses awarded, covering a wide range of categories. But there are also imaging software, video, lighting, monitors, camera phones, and inkjet papers and printers. In a word, everything that makes up the photo industry and that you need in life as a professional or amateur photographer.

As I mentioned in the title, mirrorless cameras have shown absolute dominance in their category this year. So, let’s see what are the best cameras according to TIPA, and of course, we’ll go through other gear as well.

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TIPA was generous in its best gear awards for 2021

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Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced its list of the best photo gear items for 2021. This year marks the Association’s 30th anniversary, and according to the 2021 best gear list – everyone got a present this year. Among the top 40 products from the photo industry, there are nearly all major gear manufacturers.

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Bokeh or Nokeh – What Is Your Preference (and Does It Really Matter)?

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So I’m down at the dock at the cottage and I decided that I wanted to snap a photo of my coffee to post a fairly typical, quick and easy Instagram banger.

Since the purpose of this photo was straight to social, I arranged the composition and then pulled out my phone to snap the picture (because why would a manufacturer build a camera with Android to be able to do this on an actual camera…).

After snapping the photo, I decided that it actually looked pretty decent – nice enough that I had to run back up to the cottage to grab my DSLR with an 85mm f/1.4…because, well, you know…bokeh.

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This website helps you choose your next lens based on the photos you like

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Thinking of buying a new lens, but not sure which one you’d like? There’s a new fun website called What the Lens, and it helps you choose the lens based on the photos you like. After the fun website that helps you find your film soulmate, this one pairs you and your camera with the perfect lens.

Photographer Willie C created the website to help undecided photographers pick out the lens that would be best for them. It analyzes the exif data of the photos you choose and suggest a lens based on them.

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5 Wedding Photos You Can Take With A 24-70 (Also, Why the 24-70 is the Best Lens Ever Made)

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So, after last week’s post “5 Wedding Photos you Can’t Take With A 24-70 (Also, Why the 24-70 is a Crap Lens Choice” and the smack down enlightened discussion that followed, I thought we’d do a one-eighty this week and look at why a 24-70 f/2.8 could just be the best lens ever made.

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