{"id":14070,"date":"2012-01-31T15:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/ap-awards-2012-14070"},"modified":"2014-09-02T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:46:22","slug":"ap-awards-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/ap-awards-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Awards 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br src=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/imageBank\/a\/AP%202011%20awards%20logo%20for%20web.JPG\"><\/br><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Amateur Photographer product awards were presented on 26 January 2012 and were split into the follow categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consumer compact camera of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiast camera of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Consumer CSC of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiast CSC of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Consumer Camera of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiast Camera of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Fixed Lens of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Zoom lens of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Accessory of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Software of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Innovation of the year\n<\/li>\n<li>Printer of the year\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was also a grand prize for Product of the Year and an AP reader nominated Product of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Two personal awards were also presented to those who produced exceptional photography and contributed greatly to photography with a Power of Photography award and an Exceptional Achievement in Photography award. <\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/features\/Amateur_Photographer_Awards_2012__Winners_features_311263.html\">award winners <\/a>for 2012<\/p>\n<p>See last year?s <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/AP_Awards_2011_news_305140.html\">award winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the evening retailers were also presented with What Digital Camera&#8217;s Good Service Awards to commend exceptional customer service in photography sales. <\/p>\n<p>See the retailers ranked best by you, the readers<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/photo-gallery\/showgallery.php?cat=519\">photos<\/a> from the evening of nominees and winners at the 2012 AP Awards<\/p>\n<h3>Our sponsors<\/h3>\n<p>This year our proud sponsors of the awards are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.graysofwestminster.co.uk\/\"><\/p>\n<p>Grays of Westminster<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gfkrt.com\/uk\/\"> <\/p>\n<p>GfK Retail and Technology (GfK RT)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/GoW_20Logo_2050.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" class=\" alignleft\"><\/img><image src=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/imageBank\/g\/gfk.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\"> <\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipse-presentations.co.uk\/Pages\/Homepage.aspx\">Eclipse Presentations<\/a> for a superb stage and presentation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/01\/TopLogo1.jpg\"><\/img><\/image><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Awards 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-14070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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