Fujifilm

Fujifilm is a global leader in imaging technology, products and services including digital cameras, photofinishing, digital storage and recording media, consumer and professional film, motion picture film, professional video, printing systems, medical imaging, office technology, flat panel displays and graphic arts. The company employs more than 73,000 people worldwide, with 178 subsidiaries stretching across four continents.

Uniquely placed to be a market leader in digital imaging, Fujifilm develops and manufactures its own sensors, lenses and processing technology. In addition to its production plants and R&D operations in Japan, the company has key manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA for core products such as colour film, colour paper, single use cameras and CTP printing plates, and has further factories in Brazil and China. It has a global turnover in excess of £13 billion.

In the UK, Fujifilm has been supplying the imaging, printing and graphics industries, as well as consumers, professional and enthusiast photographers, with high quality, innovative products and services for over 25 years. Fujifilm UK currently employs more than 400 people and has become one of the country's most popular photographic and imaging brands.

Fujifilm also support the Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and all the exhibition prints are produced on Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper.

The Prizes In Detail

PORTFOLIO - Vanishing & Emerging Cultures

The stunning X-Pro 1 camera with three prime lenses. This camera marks Fujifilm's return to the professional camera market. Understated styling, superb build quality and intuitive design make the X-Pro1 the perfect tool for travel, street and documentary photography. and with three fast prime lenses the winner will have a high quality lightweight camera system which will make their travel photography both unobtrusive and a delight.

The Fujifilm X-Pro1 boasts a unique 16mp APC-C size X-Trans CMOS sensor - offering resolution to rival full frame sensors, Hybrid Multi Viewfinder which allows you to switch between Optical and Electronic finders, new X Mount and three prime XF lenses available from launch with aperture ring in 1/3 stops on the lenses for the ultimate in photographic control. Find out more

NEW TALENT - Metropolis

The X100S features Fujifilm's newly developed 16.3 megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMPS II sensor, an improved High Definition Hybrid Viewfinder, and thanks to the new super-fast EXR Processor II with built-in Phase Detection, the X100S offers the world's fastest autospeed of just 0.08 seconds. The premium build and feel of the prestigious X100 is sustained in the X100S; top quality Japanese engineering is evident from the high precision components used and the perfectly optimised body. Find out more

YOUNG TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - Crowded Planet

EMERGING TALENT AWARD

Following in the footsteps of the highly acclaimed Fujifilm X10, the X20 inherits the X10's high-precision lens and striking design, whilst featuring a substantially improved performance. The superior X-Trans CMOS II sensor, EXR Processor II and newly developed Advanced Optical Viewfinder, the X20 is crammed full of Fujifilm's latest technology. Aimed at competent photographers looking to bring together new skills, with innovative technology, to produce stunning results.. Find out more

HD VIDEO - Travel Shorts

The new Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR features a manual zoom mechanism for high precision zooming over the huge 42x focal length range (24-1000mm). Boasting stunning autofocus speeds of just 0.05seconds thanks to new Phase Detection pixels on its ½-inch EXR CMOS II sensor, this all-in-one camera is a high-speed performer and will capture images with stunning crisp quality. The HS50EXR is also the ideal camera for the budding cinematographer, thanks to the built in stereo microphone. With its ½-inch EXR CMOS II sensor, the HS50EXR is capable of full 1080p HD movie recording at up to 60 fps. Plus if you want to be more a little more creative you can record lower resolution movies at up to 480 frames per second – and capture some amazing slow motion action. Find out more

FIRST SHOT - En Route

YOUNG TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - Crowded Planet

The XP60 is the latest addition to Fujifilm's popular range of outdoor cameras. This robust camera offers improved image quality, along with a 5x optical zoom and the ability to perform even if it’s been dropped, frozen, covered in sand or taken for a swim. Image capture is handled with ease thanks to the camera’s 1/2.3 inch 16 megapixel CMOS sensor, ISO sensitivity up to 6400 and CMOS Shift Image Stabilisation, all housed in a body that is sandproof, waterproof up to a depth of 6 metres, can withstand the shock of being dropped from 1.5 metres and can work in temperatures as low as -100C. Find out more