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Nikon Corp's D3100 digital-SLR camera and COOLPIX S1100pj compact digital camera have won the prestigious iF Product Design Award, sponsored by the International Forum Design GmbH of Hanover Germany. The two cameras were among the 993 products receiving awards from iF, out of the 2,756 entries from 43 countries. The award criteria include product aspects such as quality of design, functionality, degree of innovation, and simplicity of operation, as well as the environmental impact.
The D3100 entry level digital-SLR camera features a DX-format CMOS image sensor with an effective pixel count of 14.2-million pixels and new image-processing engine, EXPEED 2, which enables the capture of high-definition images with superior image quality.
The COOLPIX S1100pj is a compact digital camera with an effective pixel count of 14.1-million pixels, and is equipped with a 5x optical zoom NIKKOR lens and an ultra-compact projector. The new model has a 40% improvement in projection brightness over its predecessor, the COOLPIX S1000pj, resulting in a larger and clearer projection. The camera uses a 3-inch TFT LCD touch panel monitor.
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kittycat
I have a D90 and so sleek. I love nikon. Congratulations!
LoveUSA
Nikon cameras are the best in the world. Will always use Nikon.
Seawolf
So, only 2 Nikon received awards and the other 991 went to Pentax, Canon etc? LOL Ok, it doesn't say that, but really, this is a very misleading piece of editorial work!
LoveUSA
Will never change for Canon or pentax. Nikon is the best. Seawolf, accept it.
wanderlust
@seawolf - IF Design awards cover the following categories, Consumer Electronics and Telecommunications, Computers, Office/Business, Lighting, Household/Residential, Leisure/Lifestyle, Industry/Buildings, Medicine/Health+Care, Public Design/Interior Design, Transportation, Advanced studies, Packaging.
The 991 other awards were not all cameras!
papasmurfinjapan
I use Canon but am a closet Nikon DSLR fanboy (the only reason I don't switch is I have too much invested in Canon lenses). However Nikon compacts are terrible for action (AF is way too slow). Probably perfectly fine as a cheap projector though.
That said, the how can the iF Product Design Award be "prestigious" if nearly half the entries won an award??? Sounds like paid advertising to me.
TanakaTaro
Based on what? Name alone? The Pentax K5 is beating out all competition on DxO sensor performance tests. Just google "pentax k5 beats competition". Not that I'm a fan boy of course. I'd happily use a Canon, Nikon or Olympus too. The photographer will always be more important than the camera.
gonemad
And when you look at sample shots from that camera you see that they look worse than those from competitors. Which tells me something is wrong with the DxO tests.
The iF Product Design Award doesn't take into account product quality.
The758
Performance and price aside, look at the Leica X1. That is a beautiful camera.
993 out of 2,756 entries won an award - that's prestigious?