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Lucie Technical Awards Announced
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 AsphericalPentax HD Pentax-D FA 50mm f1.4
SDM AWWinner: 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 ArtTamron 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