Photo Marketing Association International
Live Tradeshow CoverageFebruary 26 - March 1, 2006 Orange County Convention Center, FL
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Welcome to Imaging Resource’s Live PMA 2006 Tradeshow Coverage. PMA is the camera industry's most important show of the year, and we're covering it as thoroughly as possible. Not only are we posting news and booth reports straight from the show floor, you'll find extensive video coverage and a daily report from Mike Pasini, our roving reporter. Come back often for daily reports, news, photos, and video of all the latest photography equipment.
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 See our new video coverage of PMA 2006. We get up close and personal with some of the hottest new cameras and gadgets. Words and pictures are great, but nothing can touch video for the sense of actually being there. Check out our video coverage of PMA 2006, it's the next best thing to being there!
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PRESS RELEASE: SanDisk Doubles Capacity of Innovative USB-Flash Memory Combo Card
23:03 EST - Folding SD Plus Card Eliminates Need For Separate USB Card Reader ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 26, 2006 - SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ® II SD ™ Plus card, thus doubling the capacity of its award-winning storage card that combines USB connectivity and flash memory storage. The card looks and functions like a typical SD card and its high speed... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: SanDisk Doubles Capacity Of Its SanDisk Extreme III Cards - Its Fastest Digital Film Cards For Professional Photographers
22:55 EST - 8-Gigabyte Extreme III Cards Offer Speed, Performance and Capacities That Are Ideal For Digital SLRs ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 26, 2006 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced the addition of new card capacities to its Extreme III line of flash cards for professional digital cameras that are double the highest capacity points currently available. The new cards include the 8-gigabyte (GB)1... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: SanDisk Announces 4-Gigabyte Memory Stick Pro Duo Cards For Digital Photographers
22:45 EST - Ability To Take Thousands Of High-Resolution Images Lets Photographers Concentrate On Their Subject ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 26, 2006 - With increasing sales of high-resolution digital cameras, video camcorders and other electronics devices that require more memory capacity and speed, SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced the 4-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ® II Memory Stick PRO Duo... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Leica Camera AG Endorses Four Thirds System Standard
22:35 EST - Leading German Manufacturer to Support Open Standard For Digital SLR Cameras Melville, New York, February 26, 2006 - Olympus Imaging Corp. (President: Masaharu Okubo) is pleased to announce the participation of Leica Camera AG of Germany in the Four Thirds System standard for digital SLR cameras. Olympus has encouraged other manufacturers... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Sony Brings New Photo Sharing Application To The Wireless Industry
22:32 EST - Now Wireless Carriers Can Offer ImageStation Members Photo Access Through Web-Enabled Mobile Camera Phones ORLANDO, Fla. (PMA 2006, Booth #4150), Feb. 25, 2006 - Sony shed light today on its new "Share Everywhere" program, which will give ImageStation members photo sharing capabilities through web-enabled camera phones, televisions, computers, and portable entertainment systems. One element of the... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Lexar Doubles the Performance of Its Popular 8GB CompactFlash Memory Card
22:27 EST - High-Capacity Card Is Ideal For Both Professional And Advanced Amateurs Capturing High Resolution Images In RAW Format ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced that it has doubled the speed rating of its popular Professional 8GB CompactFlash® memory card to 90X. Furthering the company's lengthy heritage... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: New Digital Imaging Applications Developed For Lexar's ActiveMemory System to Improve Professional Photography Workflow
22:25 EST - ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies today announced several applications developed for the ActiveMemory� System (AMS), the company's innovative digital photography workflow technology. New and improved professional photo-imaging applications now supporting ActiveMemory, including Photo Mechanic� by Camera Bits, Corel*... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Corel and Lexar Team to Automate Digital Imaging Workflow
22:22 EST - Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Family of Software Supports Lexar® ActiveMemory� System to Enable Automatic Processing of Photos During Download Ottawa - February 27, 2006 - Corel Corporation today announced a partnership with Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR) to provide customers with a unique automated solution for transforming photos as they are downloaded from a memory card. Corel® Paint... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Lexar LockTight Available In New Formats and Additional Languages
22:20 EST - ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced that its unique LockTight� system is being localized and will be available to a greater number of security-conscious photographers worldwide. The LockTight System, on display this week at the Photo Marketing Association International Show (PMA), is a valuable tool... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Lexar Smart Download To Offer ActiveMemory Functionality For Adobe Creative Suite
22:17 EST - New Module Will Improve Digital Imaging Workflow for Photographers Using Adobe Bridge ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies today announced Lexar® Smart Download, an intelligent acquisition plug-in module that will allow photographers to rapidly download and manage images directly from their memory cards via Adobe®... (More) |
PRESS RELEASE: Rimage's Disc Publishing Technology Integrated into New HP Photosmart Studio
22:14 EST - New retail solution to provide customers vivid digital photos in seconds Minneapolis — February 27, 2006 — Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq: RIMG) today announced that its disc publishing technology has been integrated into the new HP Photosmart Studio – the first in-store solution where consumers can design creative products in about five minutes and pick up their product in one hour... (More) |
PMA: Mike Gets Some Perspective
02:01 EST - After a preliminary tour of the trade show floor, we gain some perspective on what's going on at the afternoon's keynote and an evening with Adobe.
There's certainly a subtle shift toward integration -- or playing nice, as one rep put it. Hardware with software, software with other software. Alliances were to be seen everywhere you looked. The afternoon keynote focused on turning the digital photography craze into a photo print bonanza. And in the evening, we got a peek at what Adobe has up its sleeve. See our Sunday report for all the details....
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PMA video / booth report updates continue
00:04 EST - We're continuing to publish new items all day long from the show floor at the Photo Marketing Association tradeshow.
Over the last few hours, we've posted two new videos - one looking at color calibration with Ross Hendricks from ColorVision by DataColor, and the other covering the Pepcom DigitalFocus press event (products include Pantone's Huey color calibration system, Shutterfly's online photo services, and Olympus' Stylus 720SW digital camera). Both can be found on our PMA 2006 video coverage page. We've also...
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