There is a reason to celebrate for Fujiflm… and for Canon… and Leica, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, Nikon…
EISA declared them the best cameras of the year! It just depends in which category, and there are quite a lot of them at the EISA Photography Award!
Last year EISA was able to distinguish between “advanced CSC” (Fuji X-T1) and “professional CSC” (Sony A7r). I could never figure out what makes one camera advanced, and the other professional.
For sure CanonWatch would not call the A7 line a PRO camera, and not even the brand new Sony A7rII. He actually even calls it the most over-hyped and over-priced camera of the year… Read why here.
At least, this year EISA decided to drop the “advanced CSC Category“. Here are a few awards:
CAMERAS
CONSUMER COMPACT SYSTEM CAMERA
Fujifilm X-T10
(specs&price)
PROSUMER COMPACT SYSTEM CAMERA
Olympus OM-D E-M5 II
(specs&price)
PROFESSIONAL COMPACT SYSTEM CAMERA
Sony α7 II
(specs&price)
PHOTO & VIDEO CAMERA
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7/G70
(specs&price)
PREMIUM COMPACT CAMERA
Leica Q
(specs&price)
TRAVEL COMPACT CAMERA
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90/V
(specs&price)
LENSES
COMPACT SYSTEM ZOOM LENS
Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR
(specs&price)
COMPACT SYSTEM LENS
Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
(specs&price)
PROFESSIONAL COMPACT SYSTEM LENS
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40‑150mm F2.8 PRO
(specs&price)
17 Responses
So, if I understood properly, Fuji is consumer and Olympus is pro??? Great awards this EISA crap…
The X-T10 is consumer… the X-T1 last year was advanced… the Fuji X-PRO1 was the best professional CSC. A bit of everything
So from my understanding here, if the product has “PRO” in the model name, it’s classified as Pro.
The brochure never lies.
They need to spread the awards around to ensure more advertising revenue for the companies that pay for the right to use the EISA “Award” logo in their ads.
“Professional Compact System Lens” – Olympus.
Nothing about m4/3 is “professional”, except the GH4 for motion.
I guess you’ve never used u43 then.
Actually I moved to Fuji from an EM-5. The noise performance, dynamic range, 4:3 ratio sensor which when cropped to 3:2 reduced an already bottom-limit MP count, lacking bokeh, and a lack of short tele primes at the time was what put me off.
Also: Panasonic made the lenses that I wanted, but included OSS in them (paying for something I didn’t need). Not to mention the lenses were pretty expensive for what some of them were. (PL25 was plastic, Oly 45 was plastic, the nice Oly lenses that were metal were pretty darned expensive).
Like you I moved from u43 to Fuji but glad I kept my u43 system. Now using X-E1&2 and E-M5&1 with a selection of lenses alongside both systems and for a fair comparison a number of original Zuiko lenses. For overall IQ I opt for the Oly system, I prefer it’s look, as for the lenses the only PL I use is the Leica 25mm preferring the Oly glass every time. The one Fuji that is always with me though is the X100S, which is in a class of it’s own.
Samsung’s NX-1 isn’t listed, despite its innovative sensor. Any ideas why not?
They don’t pay EISA 🙂
This has to be a joke. How the fuck does the pro compact system lens fit on the pro compact system camera when they are completely different system? That shows you the idiocy or the favoritism of the judges. A fucking iPhone can be pro in the right persons hands…like Ben Lowly. This stupid shit means nothing.
I don’t understand why you are confused by this. Sometimes at the Oscars, the Best Film isn’t made by the Best Director.
Maybe if Olympus had launched the OM-D E-M1 II in time for the awards, the two ‘professional’ awards would go to the same manufacturer.
And yes, an iPhone can deliver pro results in the right hands. But not in all cases and for all applications. However, maybe ‘beginning user’, ‘advanced user’, and ‘expert user’ would be better categories than ‘consumer’, ‘prosumer’, and ‘professional’ in this case, despite most people understanding the distinctions. However, people tend to shy away from the word ‘expert’ (thinking the product will be over-complicated and hard to use), but like to think a ‘professional’ camera will make them a better photographer.
It’s perfectly possible for someone with a ‘beginning user’ grade camera like a Fuji X-T10 to use an ‘advanced user’ lens like the Fuji 16-55 zoom, or an ‘advanced user’ camera like the Olympus E-M5 II with an ‘expert user’ lens like the Olympus 40-150 zoom, or even an ‘expert user’ camera like the Sony A7II with an ‘advanced user’ lens like the Sony 90mm.
I’m not confused. I’m pointing out the irony of it all. When you declare a certain body pro but can’t even call its own system lenses pro as well I think it’s obvious as to the conclusion one can draw. Maybe it’s you that confused. I find it all fucking hilarious.
One product per category per year. There’s more than one camera system that lays claim to having professional status, and several ‘pro-grade’ products from those professional camera systems launched in any given year.
I think if Sony had picked up awards for its A7II, 90mm, and the 16-35 in the relevant categories, you’d have been the first to shout ‘whitewash’.
Lots of dick-waving and focusing on who didn’t win ‘awards’.
The camera you own is probably the one you like the most, and that’s okay.
The cameras other people own are probably the ones they like most, and that’s okay.
Some things are technically incredible though you may not like using them, and that’s okay.
Some things are technically bad but you may like using them, and that’s okay.
You may value certain features and styles more than other people, and that’s okay.
Other people may value certain features and styles more than you, and that’s okay.
One person’s consumer is another person’s pro, and vice-versa, and that’s okay.
As far as I know, all the cameras on the market work, and properly treated deliver the results they promise. So they should all win some EISA prize. this prize should win the prize for pointless prizes. If I remember correctly, it is used by some photographic magazine writers to get a free lunch once or twice a year. Times are hard for everybody, you know.