BWI: Nikon Garners Accolades at Coveted Photography Awards in the Country

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Source: Nikon India
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:36 PM IST (07:06 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Entertainment, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Media & entertainment; Technology
Release no: 19016
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Nikon Garners Accolades at Coveted Photography Awards in the Country


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- Bags Eleven Awards for Second Time Year in a Row

-- Best DSLR of the Year and Readers Choice Award goes to Nikon D-90

-- Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka, MD Nikon India is the 3rd most Influential Person in the Photography Industry

Nikon won eleven awards under various categories at the industry's three most reputed award functions - Better Photography Excellence Awards 2008, Asian Photography Awards 2008 and Uniross Smart Photography Awards 2009. The awards were declared at various functions held during Photofair 2009, the World's 3rd largest and Asia's biggest Photography Show organized by the All India Photographic Trade & Industry Association.

Commenting on the accolade, Nikon India Managing Director Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka said: "The awards are gratifying recognition of Nikon as the leader in the innovation and manufacturing of cameras. In a tough competitive world, Nikon stands apart in design, usability and its continuous technology improvements. Our strength lies in our legacy and credibility to bring the best to the photographic community. It's a moment of pride and celebration for all of us at Nikon and I congratulate all team members for successfully bringing to the notice of experts the exquisite quality of our brand and products. It is a great way to start the new year and have greater plans for the Indian market hence on."

The awards represent excellence in camera technology and imaging and rate the best provider of imaging products and services in various categories. Nikon celebrated new offering in the DSLR segment. The D700, which has already gained huge market popularity, was awarded the 'Camera of the Year' at the Better Photography Excellence Awards 2008 announced on January 7, 2009. Nikon's D90 won the 'Semi-Professional Interchangeable Lens Camera of the Year'. Nikon's P6000 and D3 were declared a runner's up in the race for the 'Advanced Compact Camera of the Year' and 'Professional Interchangeable Lens Camera of the Year' respectively.

Nikon continued to bag top accolades at the Photofair when the prestigious Asian Photography Awards were announced on January 8, 2009. Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka was recognized for his contribution to the field of photography and was declared the 3rd most influential person in the photography industry. Nikon's flagship product D90 bagged the award for the 'Best SLR camera of the year'.

Adding to this great honor, Nikon also bagged five other much coveted awards at the Uniross Smart Photography Awards. Nikon's D3, the spectacular professional D-SLR camera, won the 'Best Professional D-SLR of the year'. AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 G ED bagged the award for the 'Best Wide Angle Zoom Lens of the Year'. Also the AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor 200-400mm f4G IF ED won the 'Best Telephoto Zoom Lens of the year'. Nikon's D90, the world's first professional camera to provide D-Movie mode in a DSLR, won the 'Reader's choice DSLR of the year'. Nikon was also awarded the 'Manufacturer of the Year' award.

This is the second year in a row for Nikon to have won eleven awards. The last edition of these prestigious awards saw Nikon wining awards like 'Best camera of the year (D300 & D3)', 'Best Camera Manufacturer', 'Reader's Choice (D40X)', 'Best Advanced Compact Camera' to names a few.

Apart from this, at the Photofair 2009, Nikon won the 2nd Best Stall for showcasing its latest innovations along with some special promotional activities for all photography enthusiasts. Surely it was one of the most visited stall at the fair.

Quick Glance of Awards Bagged By Nikon:

Asian Photography

-- 3rd most influential People in Photography : Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka
-- Best SLR Camera of the Year Nikon D90

Better Photography

-- Camera of the Year Nikon D700
-- Semi-Professional Interchangeable Lens Camera of the Year2008 Nikon D90
-- Runner Up: Advanced Compact Camera of the Year 2008 Nikon P6000
-- Runner Up: Professional Interchangeable Lens Camera of the Year 2008 Nikon D3

Smart Photography

-- Best Manufacturer of the Year 2008 NIKON
-- Best Telephoto Zoom Lens AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor 200-400mm f4G IF ED
-- Best Professional D-SLR Nikon D3
-- Best Wide Angle Zoom Lens AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 G ED
-- Reader's Choice D-SLR Nikon D90

About Nikon India

Nikon India distributes markets and services the complete range of Nikon imaging products, including its digital SLR, the Nikon D-SLR as well as its compact camera, the Nikon COOLPIX and a range of Nikkor lenses and service and repair of Industrial products. These include microscopes and technical measuring instruments.

With 90 years of expertise and excellence, and over 45 million users of Nikkor lenses, Nikon has been an undisputable leader of innovation in camera technology, pioneering camera technology for the ocean depth (the pioneering Nikon's cameras) to outer space (Nikon cameras are used by NASA). Product innovation, impeccable quality coupled with its penchant to promote the 'culture of photography' through initiatives like the bi-annual Nikon Photo Contest International, Nikon Salon, Nikkor Club and many others lie at the core of Nikon's endeavour to live by its philosophy of 'Trustworthiness and creativity' and fulfill its brand statement 'At the heart of the image'.

Nikon's range of cameras is available for all Indian photography enthusiasts including beginners, amateur and professionals across all existing price points. In addition, Nikon India services industrial products, including all available cameras, lenses as well as microscopes and technical measuring instruments.

Nikon Corporation: Japan

Founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku; the company was renamed in 1988 as Nikon Corporation. Nikon has truly evolved as an institution of creativity, conceptualizing the famous Nikon F mount, the Nikon Titanium Cameras and many others. Reaffirms

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Nikon Awards- Mr. Hidehiko Tanaka
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