The year’s best products

Welcome to the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) awards for 2021-22, revealing the year’s best cameras, lenses, printers, software and smartphones. EISA is a group of 60 special-interest magazines and websites from 29 countries around the world, covering six subjects: Hi-Fi, photography, mobile devices, in-car electronics, home theatre display & video, and home theatre audio. Each member is renowned for its expertise within its subject area, and for the rigour and integrity of its testing.

As one of the organisation’s founding members, AP is an integral part of EISA’s Photography Panel. We work closely alongside 16 other magazines from Europe, India and the USA, all of which are among the most respected in their home countries. To make sure that the winners are truly worthy of your hard-earned money, all of them must have been tested in depth by multiple panel members. The only exceptions are the awards for innovation, which recognise products that provide new means for photographers to express their creativity.

As with last year, the ongoing impact of the pandemic means that this year’s process for selecting the winners was conducted by videoconferencing. While each country has its own tastes and preferences, there is often a strong consensus as to which cameras and lenses should be rewarded. In some categories the competition is more fierce and the discussion more lively, but in the end we always reach a friendly consensus. Read on to discover this year’s best buys!