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TrustedReviews Awards 2008

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Published	25th Nov 2008

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1st Place: Nikon D300

Another well-deserved Editor's Choice award, this time for the brilliant Nikon D300 digital SLR.

Widely regarded as an instant classic and one of the best digital SLRs on the market, the D300 is aimed at serious hobbyist and enthusiast photographers, but with its robust environmentally sealed magnesium alloy body, 12.1-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, 14-bit image processing, advanced 51-point Multi-CAM3500DX autofocus system and ultra-fast 8fps continuous shooting speed it has also found a ready market among professional photographers.

Currently available for under £1,000 body-only, the Nikon D300 is a fantastically impressive camera and one which will take some beating over the next twelve months.

Read the full review of the Nikon D300.

2nd Place: Pentax K20D

Pentax has always concentrated on the advanced amateur rather than the professional end of the market, and has produced some classic cameras over the years. It continues that tradition with the superb K20D, its top-of-the-range DSLR, which was co-developed with Samsung.

Featuring a powerful 14.6-megapixel CMOS sensor, a fully weather-sealed magnesium alloy body, body-integral sensor-shift image stabilisation, a big 2.7in monitor and live monitor view it has a range of features that beats some cameras costing nearly twice as much, and has performance and image quality to match. Currently selling for under £600 body only the K20D is amazing value for money.

Read the full review of the Pentax K20D.

3rd Place: Sony Alpha A350

Sony's mission to carve out a bigger share of the lucrative digital SLR market has produced some outstanding cameras at exceptionally competitive prices, none more so than the Alpha A350.

Selling for around £370 body-only, the A350 has an outstanding specification including a big 14.2-megapixel APS-C sensor, built-in sensor-shift image stabilisation, live view, an articulated 2.7in LCD monitor and a unique optical system that enables the full nine-point phase-detection autofocus system to be used in live view mode, something which is not possible on other live-view equipped DSLRs. The A350 offers outstanding value for money, excellent performance and great image quality.

Read the full review of the Sony Alpha A350.

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Sivart said on 1st December 2008

Just read the awards article & then looked forward to the comments.

Big disapointment to find it dominated by a fruitcake with a grudge and an old pals reunion d... more

Ardjuna said on 5th December 2008

@Sivart: yes, it would have been nice to see some more comments about the actual products, and about awards other than the arguably least important 'style' one. Still, it... more

AlexMck said on 11th December 2008

Great job Riyad. Have been following the site for a long time but only just decided to register.
Rsaeire and Singularity -- have ye any lives to lead? I should think that,... more

PaulW said on 11th January 2009

@Sivart .. I agree with you to a degree. I dont have the funds to be fortunate to be able to buy a B&W Zeppelin, and therefore look forward to reviews of such products here @ TR. No matter what Riyad (other TR staff say)says, there will also be some contention. I bought a Samsung G600 phone for Xmas .. mainly because of the brilliant review here. As it happens, i dont like it & have gone back to my Nokia 6300. I also have a Nokia E71 (which another user was raving about) & I aint too keen on that either.

So what am I trying to say? Well this .. I find the TR site just about the most "accurate" place to go to read products reviews, and generally I find the conclusions produced "weigh in" with my own needs. I bought a Canon Pixma MP610 on the strength of its review & its brilliant! I also bought a Fuji S9600 camera purely on the review here & what a blinder! Brilliant choice & a brilliant review - altho very controversial at the time! 10 / 10 for a camera that I bought for £199!!

The arguments put forward about B&W Zeppelin as an iPod docking station do produce a smile on my face. I can many years ago, someone in Hi-Fi News stating "the wider you open the windows, the more the muck flies in", and having an iPod myself, I cannot but agree with this statement .. as the audio quality of the Apple iPod is well documented to be "questionable". Poor audio in - poor audio out!

BUT .. at least TR do actually carry out reviews of products tested. Some years back (in an earlier life) I was involved heavily in the PC MIDI market & ran a well know UK PC MIDI company distributing such products as Music Quest MIDI cards, CardD DAW card & Cadenza sequencing software (Gordon .. are you reading this? You & I have had several chats in the past about some of these products.)

On one occasion I was approached by a well known MIDI Music mag (no names mentioned, but their offices were in Bath!) asking for a sample Music Quest card for "head to head" review. I had always had my suspicions about the "authenticity" of reviews carried out by this Mag, & so I sent off a card that I knew to be faulty! It simply didnt work!

We came 2nd in a head to head shoot out with other popular MIDI card! We werent asked to replace the faulty card, yet we came in 2nd place! Amazing eh?

Thanks goodness we have moved on & we have sites like TR.

Well done guys .. whilst I dont agree with all that you say, I am darned glad that you have presence on the web! Sorry for going off topic a tad!

Happy New Year!

@Sivart .. I agree with you to a degree. I dont have the funds to be fortunate to be able to buy a B&W Zeppelin, and therefore look forward to reviews of such products here @ T... more

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