I have often found myself bemused by TIPA choices for awards over the years, but since they represent a fairly sizeable chunk of european magazines (admittedly some of which don't really do 'technical' reviews) they do have some credibility. We have no idea what their criteria - or decision-making process - is. Still, it is newsworthy simply as an alternative viewpoint.
It specifically says that it supports RAW from these cameras (see the link above). Even if it does not, that's a relatively tiny share of the potential market - mostly professional, which usually rely on laptops rather than PSD.
Huh? The EOS 1Ds Mark II is 16.7 MP, the D2X 12.4 MP. You are mixing up megapixels and megabytes.
Not true at all. I have a P-2000 right here in front of me, that supported my 1Ds MkII files right out of the box. That firmware was not only available, it was already incorporated in the latest models.
There is no 'combined' number. If you shoot RAW + JPEG, that's what you get: two files, one RAW and one JPEG. Because Canon compresses the RAW files, the size depends on the subject. Almost all my RAW files stay below 20 MB, but occasionally I have a file that is bigger.
Canon - 16 megapixels; Nikon - 12 megapixels. How does the limit of 17.8 megapixels exclude either of these?
Without specifying a unit (17.8 megapixels or megabytes?), your statement is meaningless, and with the correct unit, it is wrong. The P-2000 is limited to 17.8 MP (that's megapixels, not megabytes), and thus all current DSLRs are supported, including the ones you mentioned.
