{"id":122457,"date":"2018-09-27T13:37:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T12:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=122457"},"modified":"2018-09-28T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T10:30:40","slug":"photokina-2018-oddity-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/articles\/photokina-2018-oddity-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Photokina 2018 oddity awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122459 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-gravity-defying-trousers-360x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"400\" \/> <strong>Award for most gravity-defying trousers<\/strong><br \/>\nIt must take this representative of Three Legged Thing a while to get through airport security<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122458 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dont-try-this-at-home-599x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" \/><strong>Award for &#8216;don&#8217;t try this at home&#8217; sword skills<\/strong><br \/>\nListen carefully kids, these swords are <em>sharp<\/em>, as the Sony stand samurai demonstrated&#8230;. They had a spear too, handy for impaling any full-frame mirrorless competitors snooping around.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122463 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sleeping-punter-547x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"400\" \/>Award for most unimpressed punter<\/strong><br \/>\nLively yourself up, Mein Herr, you have two more days to go!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122461 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ball-skills-2-423x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"400\" \/><strong>Award for best ball skills<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a close run thing as Sony had some ball wranglers on its stand too, but the guy with the coloured balls on the main concourse wins as there is more of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122460 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/best-moustache-437x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"400\" \/>Award for best moustache<\/strong><br \/>\nPhotokina is in Germany, right, a country famed for its facial hair topiary. This guy win best of show so far&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122464 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/electronic-torsos-503x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"400\" \/>Award for best electronic torso belonging to the German army<\/strong><br \/>\nNo competition! Handy for first-aid practice should anyone keel over.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-122519 alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_2580-1-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p><strong>Award for best beer by a photographic brand<\/strong><br \/>\nSigma&#8217;s press party was lubricated with the help of four Sigma branded beers: a premium Pils named after its Contemporary range of lenses, a wheat beer for its Art lenses, an export lager for its Sports range and a dark beer for the sd Quattro cameras. 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