21. February - 5. March 2003
PMA 2003
The PMA (Photo Marketing Association International - PMAI) show is a huge, annual show exhibiting new products from the photography industry.
The PMA 2003 is held at Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada USA from 2 - 5 March 2003.
Like at the Photokina trade fair in Cologne, Germany (held every second year) a lot of new products are announced just before the show begins and while the show is running.
I attended the Photokina 2002 in September, but I'm not going to attend the PMA (it's a bit far from where I live, to say the least), so instead I'll just guide you to sites that will cover the PMA 2003.
[12.02.03] : Now it's time for PMA 2004, read the news here.
[NEWS]
(This is a list of selected news that I find interesting)
05.03.03 : Last day of PMA 2003.
03.03.03 : Leica announces a new handmade rangefinder - the Leica MP. I'm no Leica expert, but it looks a bit like the M3 to me. Build-in TTL metering.
When the M6 was discontinued lately, there was no full-mechanical Leica M left - the M7 requires a battery except for 1/60 and 1/125 sec. - so this is where the MP comes in.
A new mechanical winder for the camera, the LEICAVIT, is also announced.
Read what Erwin Puts has to say about this new Leica rangefinder.
03.03.03 : Olympus announces that they will show a prototype of a "Four Thirds System" camera. The Four Thirds System concept was presented months ago and is based on a 4/3-inch imaging chip and a lens mount that will be shared by all producers of Four Thirds cameras.
Olympus is also presenting an impressing line of fast lenses from 14 to 300mm (28 - 600mm 35mm equivalent).
The system will not be introduced to the market until September.
Read press releases at Olympus and at DPReview.com.
There is now also a Four Thirds website.
02.03.03 : PMA 2003 started today.
02.03.03 : By mistake I seem to have called the new D-SLR from Canon "D10" - this is wrong, the correct name is of course Canon EOS 10D - my mistake, sorry. This name seems to follow the normal Canon naming convention then(?). Would be interesting to also see a 100D perhaps?
27.02.03
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New Canon photo printers, including the i9100, a replacement for the S9000, with a resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi and borderless printing upto 13 x 19 inches. Read the press release for more information.
Est. street price for the i9100 will be $499.99. Read more about the i9100.
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27.02.03
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New professional flatbed and photo scanner from Canon, the CanoScan 9900F, scans at upto 3200 x 6400 dpi at 48bit. Est. Street price : $399.99. Read more.
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27.02.03
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The new Canon 10D will replace the Canon D60 which has been discontinued recently. It's a 6.3Mpix D-SLR with improved auto focus and magnesium alloy body. Read a review at DPReview.com and at Imaging-Resource.com.
Flash demo at Canon (includes sample images).
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26.02.03 : Pentax introduces a 6.1 MPix D-SLR, the *ist D. A wide-angle zoom (18-35mm) is introduced at the same time. Read the press announcement here.
26.02.03 : I talked of rumors about a new Canon D40 and/or Canon D80 in my latest newsletter. It seems that a 10D will be presented and that's it's a 6.5 Mpixel camera at a price about 1.850 - 1.950 Euro(?)
I'll add links when I find some "official" ones.
19.02.03 : Fujifilm Pre-PMA news. This includes news about a new Velvia 100F, a new Astia 100F and a lot of other analogue and digital news.
You'll find specific information about the new Velvia 100F here. and information about the Astia 100F here. The new Astia is the finest grain transparency film to date, even surpassing the Provia.
Also read the press release for a new 20.8-megapixel digital back from Fujifilm.
Nikon UK News from Nikon UK. Including more info on the new 12-24mm DX lens designed for the range of D-SLR's from Nikon.
18.02.03 : Pentax introduces 150mm-300mm autofocus telephoto zoom lens for the pentax 645n and 645NII
Follow the links below to find more news and information.
I'll through in a couple of pictures from Las Vegas. More can be seen in my 3D gallery.
Las Vegas, 1999
Las Vegas, 1999
Links
• PMA 2003 The official PMA 2003 site
• Photo Marketing Association International The official PMA site
• Luminous-Landscape PMA 2003 news.
• LetsGoDigital.nl Comprehensive list of new digi-cams.
• Digital Photography Review A list of all new products related to digital photography. Including interesting new products from Adobe.
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