Wasn't it Galen Rowell who said that most lenses are better than most photographers? Did he have me in mind? I didn't buy a new lens in 2022 so I voted based on reviews and user comments. Yeah, a total cop-out.

:-)

The Nikon 400mm F/4.5 is a true breakthrough. It provides a nice balance of weight, price and quality!

Perhaps there should be a 'fanboy warning' placed upfront for these awards every year, as there's always a fanboy that has invested in a particular brand, that gets annoyed with their specific camera or preferred brand NOT winning everything.
Reading through the comments is proof of that 😂🤣

Personally I think the choice of the Fuji XH2s as the product of the year is well deserved, as Fuji has completely disrupted the market by introducing that much technology at that price point.
Sony or Canon would have priced a camera with the specs of the XH2s at least $500 more.
So thank you to Fuji for forcing Canon & Sony to upgrade their upcoming camera technology all for a lower price point next year in order to compete with the Fuji Xh2s and the XH2.
Are you happy now Canon & Sony fanboys? 😉

That said though, if the Nikon Z9 had been released in early 2022, then the Z9 would easily be the camera of 2022.

Anyways, well done to Fujifilm! Well deserved!
Long live Fuji Kaizen!

My favorite accessory year after year is Rocket Blower. Second place is bongo tie.

Do you see journalists carry Fujifilm cameras?

Surely the OMDS OM-5 should get an award for the camera providing the smoothest transition for Olympus E-M5 III users to a new brand. By minimising changes in feel (same plastic body), control, power and I/O (including the micro USB), the menu system, sensor, and other parts of the 3-year-old E-M5III, OMDS as a brand new company should be recognised for this fantastic achievement.

The one category missing is "Best Value" because.... afterall.... this is 2022, when nothing is a good value due to inflation and other factors.

anon r6 ii was consumer camera of the year and the Fuji second , but the Fuji got Product of the year and Canon second can someone explain this ? Is it because it was a Huge keap of tech for Fuji or ? Dont mind it just curious

“Here, then, are our awards for what we think are the most compelling new products of 2022. Let us know what yours would be in the comments.” Thanks for clarifying what you did and what you are inviting readers to do.

Here’s what I think is a most compelling product and why: Canon R10 (it’s the only new product I’ve used in 2022). As an amateur/hobbyist photographer, I find the following characteristics make it a compelling product: it’s versatile (good for stills, fast action and distance photography), can use all EF lenses with EF to RF adapter and all the RF lenses, small, lightweight, and a bit more or less than $1K depending on the configuration. This camera is simply fun to use, easy to handle, and produces nice results.

Strange, the Sony A7RV is the best high-end camera, and the Canon R6 mkII is the best consumer camera? This is a case where the consumer camera is better than the high-end camera? Can the Canon R6 mkII really be considered a consumer camera?

We all love reading Best Lists, and seeing the "winners." But not as much as we love complaining about the choices.

Í just wonder: How can the Sigma 24mm f:1,4 DG DN lens be one of your favourite lenses this year when Sony FE 24mm f:1,4 GM is a sharper, more compact and lighter lens which was already made in 2018? I can't see that there have been any progress since 2018 at all? :)

I could ask the same about the Sigma 20mm f:1,4 DG DN. It is very heavy (950g), large (129,8mm long) and can't use ordinary filters. In my opinion it can't compete with my favourite Sony lens, the Sony FE 20mm f:1,8G which is much, much lighter. In fact, just a little more than the third of the weight of the Sigma (373g)! The Sony 20mm G lens is much more compact (only 84,7mm length), can use 67mm filters, can focus to 18cm (0,2x) and is at least as sharp as the Sigma.

Yes, the new DG DN Art lenses from Sigma are beautiful lenses most of them (I own the 85mm f:1,4 DG DN), but I don't see any groundbreaking progress in the two new 20mm and 24mm Sigmas. Except that you can get one also with Leica L mount.

The collective personal opinions of DPReview, or any other photography authorities on what is the 'bestest' or 'winnerest' product, are not important to me. I am just not into this competitive rating system. But I will look for commentary on potential and noted short comings. I will look at the specs most important to my needs. It must be a photography first camera (video unimportant). Price point, of course, is also a main factor. Finally I have to get my hands on it. Feel and ease of use are a high priority. Deep menu diving will always be points against it.

Everything mentioned here, and much, more, are great tools. Measuring specs is pretty much meaningless, since the differences are small and don't mean much for real world productions.

Having capable gear is good, using the gear to get results is great!

Canon, the R1 better have a global sensor with flash sync at all shutter speeds!

If you're going to praise the R6 II for it's burst rate, you really need to mention it's limited to 12-bit RAW is those modes, which has significantly less dynamic range.

We should praise more cameras that offer the exact same image quality in electronic shutter as mechanical shutter.

I'm more amazed how much new product rolls out in a constrained global economy.

In my opinion, the winner in each category is the product voted by buyers with their wallet.

The specs, reviews, complements or complaints do not matter but sales do. What customer buys is what the company makes, and improves.

Unfortunately, I don't have that market data to declare a winner.

There is too much emphasis these days on rewarding hybrid cameras, while there are still lots and lots of photographers who don't give a hoot about video. When a new camera comes out without video, I am super excited.

"the EOS R6 II… you're not getting Stacked-CMOS performance…"

But you do with the similarly-priced OM-1!

"… its well-enough controlled for the camera's 40fps shooting capability…"

But the OM-1 does 120 fps!

There's simply systemic bias against µ4/3rds in the press. I don't understand how such claims are made for the winner, when one of the cameras on the short list surpassed these claims.

I have a Xiaomi 12S Ultra imported by a Montreal company. Th camera module is realy fantastic but you will have to search the Net to find instructions in english.
The phone section work perfectly in Canada. All you have to do is transfer your old SIM card in the phone. The intenet connections is also working Well, but it is the section heure you will get occasionly pages in chinese that You will have to close. The importer has instaled the Google play store on the phone. From there, you can instale Chrome, map and the others Google applications.

Canon EOS R6 II won the category but Fuji X-H2S is the product of the year? What is the logic here?

Hmmm, LOTS of people complaining about the reliability of the X-H2S on FB groups. The X-H2, too, but not as many owners. Things like poor AF and constantly locking up. FW should iron that out in time, but I can't imagine a camera with that many issues being the top pick of anything right now.

It's no surprise to see the Fujifilm X-H2S winning product of the year - what a pity Canon didn't produce something at the same level for its 7D2 successor. Combined with Canon's amazing AF and R5/R6 handling, it would have been a sure-fire winner.

The R6 Mark II shows that Canon can do it when they want to. The R7 shows what happens when they don't.

But Canon’s DPP unlike Adobe Camera Raw can produce 10bit HDR images and is a functioning final version not a Beta.
So the innovation should have gone to Canon, Sony and Panasonic for pioneering HDR for stills. No?

Something that new can win an award for the year, that's mad

Any Fuji user who has upgraded to the X-H2S? How has your experience been?

Well it seems that the costs of Flagship MFTs and Cropped Cameras have gone UP. Significantly. Meanwhile, the pricing of FF is doing the opposite from what I am seeing. The weight difference now in bodies is minor at best. Also, unless one is using massive long Range or Zoom Lens or Super Fast Primes, Ditto.

Enter 2023, fully expect massive pressure on the pricing of MFTs and cropped cameras as new FF releases allow even more value for FF kits of the older models. If Nikon soon releases the Z8 in the Body Format that is expected without a Mech Shutter, that will likely set the tone moving forward. Nikon will then have 2 models while Sony and Canon will have, None X Mech Shutter.

What say you, Sony a9iii? What say you, Sony a7000?

Well that was a bit of a dog's breakfast!

Ratings which mix video with photography forces photographers and videographers to parse the results manually for what they really care about. The review of Canon EOS R6 v. Nikon Z6 is a typical example. Maybe I'm alone in wanting to see only a photography rating chart, no video. It ain't gonna happen, I know, all digital cameras have video which is a crime against humanity. DP is by far the best game in town but I, for one, could not possibly care less about video. I'm talking to you, Jordan!!

Congratulations, Fujifilm! A well deserved award for a breakthrough camera in the APS-C space.

A Mac computer an accessory? At least it won LOL

IDK if I'd consider a complete computer an accessory necessarily. When I think of accessories I'm thinking of things like piece that are not necessarily critical to your core workflow... I would think for many, a computer (especially in the digital age of photography) would be more of a necessity and part of ones' core workflow (no matter whether you're a stills shooter or videographer) than accessory. Maybe a camera strap, backpack, or tripod could be considered more of an accessory (in my opinion at least).

Now that the Google Pixel 7 Pro won a prize, could we maybe get a test of it so we could see for our self if all those "magical enhancements" like Photo Unblur to make blurry shots sharp, an updated Face Unblur feature as well as Cinematic Blur for videos, actually justify a reward?

Also maybe update DPRs Studio shot comparison tool, as the last Pixel phone in there is actually the Pixel 3.
https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/image-comparison?attr18=daylight&attr13_0=google_pixel3&attr13_1=apple_iphonex&attr13_2=samsung_galaxycamera_2&attr13_3=canon_eosr10&attr15_0=jpeg&attr15_1=jpeg&attr15_2=jpeg&attr15_3=jpeg&attr16_0=55&attr16_1=32&attr16_2=100&attr16_3=100&attr126_0=2&attr126_1=2&normalization=full&widget=1&x=-0.7390243902439025&y=-0.7581353919239903

What!!! no Samsung NX1?!

My "Best Lens" nomination is Samsung's 135/1.8. It's excellent in every regard, and the BF sale prices have been "I don't need one, but it's so cheap, how could I not?"

So the Fujifilm X-H2S beats the R6 II as the Product of the Year but the R6 II beats it as the Best Consumer Camera. What's the logic??? I had to double-check to make sure I had it right ...
Is this like in College Ranking poll, the #1 ranked team in the nation is only 2nd in its own conference?

Most Doomed Camera Line: Canon M

Which is a shame, because it had a lot of potential.