Friday, February 1, 2008

Wrapping up PMA 2008

PMA 2008(Credit: Photo Marketing Association)

PMA 2008 is finally winding down, but not after revealing dozens of new cameras to the world. Here's a look back at some of the major announcements made over the past two weeks.

CANON

* Canon puts three new cameras on its 'A'-list
* Canon Rebel XSi ups rez and adds live view
* Exclusive video: Hands-on with the Canon XSi
* New Digital Elph offers colors, stabilization

FUJIFILM

* Fujifilm's camera for the crazed?
* Fujifilm F100fd: longer lens, higher sensitivity, Face Detection 3.0
* Three new Fujifilm superzooms
* Two new budget shooters from Fujifilm

NIKON

* A cavalcade of compact cameras from Nikon
* Nikon adds VR in compact P60
* Nikon announces D60 pricing
* Nikon D60 offers incremental upgrade
* Nikon's new budget-priced Coolpix camera

OLYMPUS

* Olympus 20x zoom camera for the vox paparazzi
* Olympus adds sensor-shift to Stylus compacts
* Olympus unveils new FE-series budget cameras
* Two new waterproof Stylus models



PANASONIC

* Panasonic's AA-powered LZ compacts
* Panasonic goes wider with FX35
* Panasonic's mid-range FS compacts
* Panasonic's new budget, image-stabilized point-and-shoot
* Panasonic spruces up compact megazooms

PENTAX

* Pentax 14.6-megapixel dSLR leapfrogs competitors
* Pentax reveals three new Optio cameras
* Samsung 14.6-megapixel dSLR joins Pentax in game of leapfrog

SONY

* Sony's confusion of dSLRs
* Sony H10 megazoom better by half than the H3
* Sony's new Cyber-shots sense and shoot smiling subjects
* Sony's new SLR adds heft to full-frame market
* Sony T300 separates the adults from the children

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