Each year, the editors of the member magazines vote for the best products introduced to the market during the previous twelve months, taking into account innovation, cutting-edge technology, design, ease-of-use and the price to performance ratio of the products. TIPA held its annual awards ceremony every second year at
photokina, a biennial trade fair for the photographic and imaging industries. Since 2021 the awards have been at the PHOTOPIA Hamburg Festival of Imaging. ==Member magazines==