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26 October 2018

The fourth annual Lucie Technical Awards, honoring "the large and small companies, as well as the individuals who have advanced the photographic industry in a given year," have been announced by the Lucie Foundation.

Awards in 29 categories included, for the first time this year, the Chuck Westfall Technical Education Award named after Canon's Chuck Westfall, who died last year. The award, which this year went to Julieanne Kost, recognizes a member of the industry who has helped educate the public.

LUCIE TECH AWARDS

The jury winnowed down a list of 153 finalists form 64 companies this year. Here are the candidates and winners:

CHUCK WESTFALL TECHNICAL EDUCATION AWARD

Julieanne Kost
Digital Imaging Evangelist, Director, Adobe


BEST 360 CAMERA

GoPro Fusion CHDHZ-103-FW

Humaneyes Vuze +

Winner: Insta360 Pro 2

Ricoh THETA V

 

BEST ACTION CAMERA

Fujifilm FinePix XP130

Winner: GoPro Hero

Yi Discovery Action Camera

 

BEST CAMERA DRONE

DJI Inspire 2 and Zenmuse X7

Winner: DJI Mavic2pro

DJI Phantom 4 Pro v2.0

Parrot Anafi

Yuneec Mantis Q

Yuneec Typhoon H+

 

BEST FIXED-LENS CAMERA

Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III

Fujifilm XF10

Kodak PIXPRO AZ901 Astro Zoom Camera

Nikon COOLPIX P1000

LUMIX 4K Digital Camera ZS200

Winner: Sony RX100 VI

 

BEST INSTANT CAMERA

Winner: Fujifilm instax Square SQ6

Lomo Instant Square Glass Pigalle

MiNT InstantKon RF70

Polaroid OneStep +

Polaroid Originals OneStep 2 VF

 

BEST SMALL FORMAT SYSTEM CAMERA

Canon EOS M50

Fujifilm X-T100

Fujifilm X-A5

Fujifilm X-H1

Leica CL

Panasonic LUMIX GH5s

Winner: Panasonic LUMIX G9 PRO

Olympus PEN E-PL9

 

BEST FULL FRAME SYSTEM CAMERA

Pentax K-1 Mark II

Sony a7 III

Winner: Sony a7 RIII

 

BEST MEDIUM FORMAT CAMERA SYSTEM

Hasselblad A6D-100c

Hasselblad H6D-400c MS

Phase One XF IQ3 100MP Trichromatic

Winner: Phase One IQ4 150MP

 

BEST WIDE ANGLE PRIME LENS

Winner: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 17mm f1.2 PRO

Sigma 16mm f1.4 DC DN Contemporary

Zeiss Loxia 2.4/25

 

BEST STANDARD PRIME LENS

Cosina Voigtlander NOKTON 40mm
f1.2 Aspherical

Pentax HD Pentax-D FA 50mm f1.4
SDM AW

Winner: Rokinon SP50mm f1.2

 

BEST TELEPHOTO PRIME LENS

Winner: Canon EF 85 f1.4 L

Fujinon XF200mm f2 R LM OIS WR

Leica Noctilux-M 75

Leica Summicron-SL 90

Panasonic Leica DG Elmarit 200mm / f2.8 / Power O.I.S.

Sigma 105mm f1.4 DG HSM Art

 

BEST WIDE ANGLE ZOOM LENS

Fujinon XF8-16mm f2.8 R LM WR

Fujinon XC15-45mm f3.5-5.6 OIS PZ

Leica 16-35mm SL

Winner: Sigma 14-24mm f2.8
DG HSM Art

Tamron 17-35MM F/2.8-4 DI OSD

 

BEST MEDIUM RANGE ZOOM LENS

Fujinon Lens MKX18-55mmT2.9

Fujinon Lens MKX50-135mmT2.9

Winner: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di III RXD

 

BEST TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS

Canon EF 70-200mm f4L IS II USM

Winner: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 180-400mm F/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR

Tamron 100-400MM F/4.5-6.3 DI VC USD

Tamron 70-210MM F/4 DI VC USD

 

BEST SPECIAL PURPOSE LENS

Leica Thambar-M 90/2.2

Winner: Sigma 70mm f2.8 DG Macro Art

Venus Optics 24mm f14 Macro Probe

 

BEST MEDIUM FORMAT LENS

Fujinon GF45mm f2.8 R WR

Fujinon GF250mm f4 R LM OIS WR

Hasselblad XCD 21mm f4 Lens

Winner: Hasselblad XCD 120mm f3,5 Macro Lens

 

BEST CAMERA BAG

Exposure 15 Shoulder Bag

Gitzo Adventury 45L Back Pack

Lowepro FreeLine BP 350

MindShift Gear BackLight 18L

Tenba Cooper Backpack

Tenba DNA 15 Backpack

Tenba Solstice 24L Backpack

ThinkTank Backlight 18L Camera Backpack

ThinkTank Lens Changer 150

ThinkTank MindShift Exposure 15 Shoulder Bag

ThinkTank Tripod Manager 44

Winner: Vanguard ALTA Fly 55T Trolley Backpack

 

BEST SPEEDLIGHT

Canon Speedlite 470EX-AI

Leica SF-60

Winner: Profoto A1

Sony HVL-F60RM

 

BEST TRIPOD

3 Legged Thing – Billy

3 Legged Thing – Brian

Winner: Manfrotto Befree Advanced Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod

Vanguard Alta Pro 2+ 263CGHT

 

BEST INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

3 Legged Thing – Alankit Monopod

Winner: Gitzo Fluid Gimbal Head

Hasselblad A6D-100c Camera

Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Camera

Hasselblad Tripod Mount Ring 75mm

Hasselblad XCD 21mm f4 Lens

Hasselblad XCD 120mm f3,5 Macro Lens

Hasselblad XPan Lens Adapter

Hive Hornet 200-C Light

Leica M10-P

Leica M10 edition Zagato Camera

Westcott Eyelighter 2 Light Modifier

Westcott H2Pro Weight Bag

 

BEST CONTINUOUS LIGHT SOURCE

Fluotec Vegalux 200 UHP

Winner: Westcott Solix

Lowel Go Lite

K5600 Joker2

 

BEST BICOLOR LIGHT SOURCE

Fotodiox Pro FACTOR Radius Mini Wide Angle – 4″x9″

Fotodiox Pro FACTOR Radius 1 – 1’x2′

Winner: Fotodiox Pro FACTOR Radius 3 – 3’x2′

Fotodiox PopSpot Ultra 100 Focusing Spot

 

BEST TRICOLOR + LIGHT SOURCE

Hive Hornet 200-C

Anthem One

Luxli Viola

Winner: Luxli Cello

Luxli Timpani

 

BEST LIGHT MODIFIER

Broncolor Litepipe P

Fotodiox Lantern Softbox

Winner: Westcott Rapid Box Switch System

 

BEST PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE

Winner: Adobe Lightroom CC

Alienskin Exposure X3

Capture One Pro 11

ON1 Photo RAW 2018

Skylum Aurora HDR 2018

Skylum Luminar 2018

Skylum Photolemur 2.3

 

BEST SOFTWARE PLUGIN

Capture Integration Shotflow 2.0

Winner: Excire Search Pro

ON1 Resize 2018

 

BEST BACKUP SOLUTION

G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD

Lacie DJI Copilot

OWC Thunderblade

Winner: SanDisk Extreme Portable SDSSDE60-1T00-G25

Sonnet Fusion Thunderbolt 3

WD My Passport SSD

 

BEST MEMORY CARD

Delkin Devices Premium 2933X XQD Cards

Winner: ProGrade Digital CFast 2.0

Sandisk Extreme UHS-1 microSD

Sony SF-G Tough


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