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ADOBE ANNOUNCES PHOTOSHOP 7.0
THE PERFECT BALANCE OF LEICA OPTICS AND PANASONIC TECHNOLOGY
PANASONIC ANNOUNCES AN EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL CAMERAS
LEXAR MEDIA'S ENHANCED MEMORY STICK(R) 'LIGHTS WHEN IT WRITES'
DELKIN INTRODUCES NEW PRODUCTS AT PMA
2002 DIMA DIGITAL CAMERA SHOOT-OUT WINNERS ANNOUNCED
2002 DIMA INNOVATIVE DIGITAL PRODUCT AWARDS ANNOUNCED
ADOBE ANNOUNCES PHOTOSHOP 7Adobe Sets New Digital Imaging Standard with Photoshop 7.0
Photoshop 7.0 Delivers Must-Have Release for Professional Photographers, Web and Graphic Designers with Enhanced Retouching, More Organized File Access, and Expanded OS Support
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2002-- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE - news), the leader in network publishing, today announced Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0, a major upgrade to the world's professional image editing standard. Photoshop 7.0 boasts an extensive set of new features that allow photographers, Web and graphic designers to work more efficiently, explore new creative options and produce the highest quality images for print, Web and other media. Native on Mac® OS X and Microsoft® Windows® XP, Photoshop 7.0 provides enhanced multi-processor support and interoperability with other native Adobe applications.
Photoshop 7.0 software delivers a comprehensive toolset that helps users meet any creative or production challenge. The new Healing Brush revolutionizes the process of retouching images, effortlessly removing dust, scratches, blemishes and wrinkles, while automatically preserving shading, lighting, texture and other attributes. The new File Browser allows users to quickly locate, organize and visually manage images, as well as view EXIF information from digital cameras, including date captured, exposure settings, and associated metadata (such as creation and modification dates).
The creative tools in Photoshop 7.0 help design professionals generate compelling visual effects and stay ahead of the competition. A new painting engine lets users create custom brush presets, simulate techniques like pastels and charcoal, and add special effects such as grass and leaves, while the new Pattern Maker plug-in can create patterns such as rocks and sand. An enhanced Liquify plug-in provides even greater control over image warping with zoom, pan and multiple undo capabilities.
``Photoshop 7.0 does a beautiful job of building on the advances of previous versions to make 7.0 the most powerful, most amazing, and most useful release of Photoshop ever,'' said Scott Kelby, president of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. ``The new Healing Brush may be the single coolest tool in Photoshop ever, and when you use it, all you can do is shake your head and say, 'How in the world does it do that?' It's that cool.''
Including ImageReady® 7.0, the advanced Web component, Photoshop 7.0 provides new output enhancements so Web designers can apply extra compression to images while maintaining the quality of text and vector shape layers, as well as exercise greater control over how transparency is maintained online. New support for the WBMP format enables optimization for display on PDAs and other wireless devices. For interactive authoring, ImageReady software now allows all slices, rollovers, image maps and animations in one palette, and an expanded set of rollover types allows for the creation of more effective navigation bars.
To streamline the management and updating of large image libraries, Photoshop 7.0 integrates with Adobe AlterCast®, Adobe's dynamic imaging server software. Photoshop 7.0 supports Adobe's XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform), an open framework that standardizes the creation and processing of content across publishing workflows. Photoshop 7.0 is also tightly integrated with Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe GoLive®, Adobe LiveMotion(TM), Adobe Premiere®, Adobe After Effects® and Adobe Acrobat®.
Pricing and Availability
In the United States and Canada, Adobe Photoshop 7.0 will ship in the second quarter of 2002 for all platforms. The estimated street price is US $609. Registered users of earlier versions of Photoshop can upgrade to version 7.0 for the new reduced price of US $149. Upgrades from Adobe Photoshop Elements and Photoshop LE are available directly from Adobe for $499. Information about other language versions, as well as pricing, upgrade and support policies for other countries, is available on Adobe's Web site at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.
The Perfect Balance Of Leica Optics and Panasonic Technology Illuminates The World Of Digital Photography
Panasonic Presents The Perfect Blend of Art and Science:
Panasonic, a leader in digital technology, set out to create a new breed of digital camera that would combine the ease and convenience of digital utility with the expressiveness of film photography.
With the goal to develop a digital camera that could render images with more warmth, subtlety and richness than any other, Panasonic sought a relationship with the definitive photographic lens expert -- Leica Camera AG, the world leader in camera and lens technology.
It is through this relationship that Panasonic created the Lumix digital camera, the perfect blend of digital and optical technologies.
Incorporating precision-crafted Leica lenses, the new Lumix digital cameras "see" beyond the surface, capturing the elusive nuances of shadows and light. Combining the latest advances in optical and digital technologies, the Lumix cameras open the door to a new level of creativity.
Since entering the digital still camera market in 1997, Panasonic has brought exciting features and innovative technology to the category. The company was the first to introduce the first SD Memory Card compatible digital camera, a forerunner to the many SD-enabled electronics products coming onto the market.
Panasonic and Leica began a cooperative effort in the field of digital camcorders in August 2000. Panasonic contracted for the use of Leica's lens in digital camcorders in its leading models. In February, 2001, Panasonic introduced the world's first digital camcorder to incorporate the Leica Dicomar lens, bringing a new standard of quality to consumer camcorders.
Now, the collaboration of Panasonic and Leica has resulted in the new Lumix digital camera, a new milestone in digital imaging products and the symbol of the finest blend of craftsmanship in both optical and digital technologies.The Leica Legacy:
Creator of the world's first 35mm camera, Leica Camera AG, of Solms, Germany, is revered for its finely crafted, high-performance cameras and precision optical technology. Leica lenses have achieved a distinguished reputation for quality among the world's most respected photographers. For more than a century, the impact of Leica technology has shaped the worlds of artistic photography and photojournalism.
Throughout its history, Leica has been a technological innovator. In the 1950's, the company pioneered the use of electronic data processing to handle the complex calculations required in lens design. In 1966, the company introduced the world's first aspherical lens, the Noctilux, a remarkably bright F1.2 lens that paved the way to dramatic improvements in optical performance.
Today, the company's dedication to excellence is vividly reflected in such products as the universally renowned Summicron, Elmar, and Elmarit lenses. In every aspect of precision lens optics -- from polishing techniques to coating technologies to quality standards -- Leica Camera AG continuously expands its expertise. The same quality standards are applied in the production of the DC VARIO-SUMMICRON and DC VARIO-ELMARIT lenses -- the heart and soul of Panasonic's new Lumix cameras.LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON and DC VARIO-ELMARIT Lens Systems:
Thanks to these advanced lens systems, the Lumix cameras are able to capture the depth and richness that are the hallmarks of Leica precision lenses.
Lumix Models DMC-LC5 and DMC-LC40 -- Featuring the DC VARIO-SUMMICRON Lens
The Summicron lens sits proudly at the head of the Leica lens family. In addition to providing an exquisite soft-focus effect, the Summicron lens is able to delineate the fine differences in color tone that exist even within the same hues. Its ability to express nuance and depth make it the lens of choice for many professional photographers. The DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens system, designed upon the same principles, is featured in the Lumix DMC-LC5 and DMC-LC40.
Aspherical Lenses And Advanced Multi-coating Lens Process
This high-resolution, high-contrast lens system boasts the use of two aspherical lenses and achieves a focal depth of 7 to 21 mm. The 3X zoom lens system covers the same range as a 33mm wide angle to 100mm medium telephoto lens on a 35mm camera. In addition, a patented multi-coating process on 9 surfaces, including that of the optical filter, reduces the surface reflection of each lens to reduce ghosts and flare, improves image clarity. The coating is applied even to the flat areas that receive no coating at all in conventional models. This exemplifies the non-compromising approach taken by Leica's master lens crafters.Advanced Aperture Design
One of the main attractions of the DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens is a bright F2.0 aperture, which captures subjects in rich, crisp detail while giving the foreground or background a delicate soft focus. Critical to achieving the ideal soft focus, this lens
captures images with an ambience and artistry never before achieved in a digital
camera. The closer the shutter comes to forming a perfect circle (achieved mainly through the use of more shutter blades), the better the soft-focus effect becomes. Accordingly, the aperture of the DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens in the Lumix DMC-LC5 and DMC-LC40 comprises no fewer than six shutter blades. The F2.0 aperture allows the use of faster shutter speeds when shooting in low-light conditions.Lumix Models DMC-LC20 and DMC-F7 -- Featuring the DC VARIO-ELMARIT Lens
Combining a remarkably compact size with outstanding image-rendering abilities, the Elmarit lens allows comfortable, rapid shooting. The specially-developed DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens system, used in the Lumix DMC-LC20 and DMC-F7, combines light weight and compact size, and delivers the high performance characterized by the Elmarit name.The DMC-F7 2X Zoom Lens
Comprising seven elements in six groups, including two aspherical lenses, this lens system offers F2.8-F4.0 brightness and a focal distance of 5.3 mm to 10.6 mm. The 2X zoom lens system is equivalent to a 35mm to 70mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens also features the advanced multi-coating process.The DMC-LC20 3X Zoom Lens
The LC20 lens offers the same compact size and superb image rendering as the DMC-F7's lens, and adds a more powerful zoom. Also comprising seven elements in six groups, including two aspherical lenses, this lens system offers F2.8-F4.5 brightness and an extended focal distance of 5.4 mm to 16.2 mm. The 3X zoom is equivalent to a 35mm to 105mm lens on a 35mm camera. It also features the advanced multi-coating process.
PANASONIC ANNOUNCES AN EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL CAMERAS
New LUMIX Digital Camera Line Is First to Combine World-Renowned Leica Optics With Advanced Panasonic Audio Video Technology For The Perfect Balance Of Art And ScienceORLANDO, FL (February 24, 2002) - Panasonic has developed an exciting new digital camera line that will revolutionize the world of digital photography. Building upon its relationship with world-renowned Leica Camera AG of Solms, Germany, Panasonic is the first consumer electronics company to incorporate Leica lenses in its entire 2002 Lumix™ digital still camera line.
The new Panasonic Lumix cameras herald a new standard of quality and refinement in digital photography. Combining superlative optics and unparalleled digital electronics technology, the Lumix line seamlessly integrates the systems that capture the images in all their clarity and detail with the technology that processes those images and converts them into works of creative expression.
Not only do these cameras produce high-quality, professional-looking digital photographs, but their convenient, user-friendly features make multimedia applications quick and easy. Featuring built-in USB ports+ and SD Memory Card slots, the four new Mega-pixel digital cameras also offer consumers networking versatility with PCs and a wide variety of compatible SD-enabled devices.
Panasonic Lumix cameras were designed to emulate a film camera's "feel," ideal in size, weight and balance, and with consideration made for every control button, knob and switch.
"The new Lumix line elevates the performance standard of digital still cameras to a new level," said Rusty Osterstock, General Manager of Panasonic's Optical Group. "Panasonic wanted to create a digital camera that allows artistic expression as well as all the applications made possible by digital technology. With the Leica lens and new imaging technologies, we've succeeded in creating a digital camera that is responsive, precise and easy to use - a high-performance, digital imaging product with the heart and soul of a fine instrument."
In the world of professional photography, Leica lenses retain a legendary reputation for creating images that capture the most delicate nuances of light and shade, the elusive ambience of "air," and subtle gradations of color. The finely crafted LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON and DC VARIO-ELMARIT lenses have been incorporated into the Lumix line of cameras in order to render images with more warmth, subtlety and expressiveness than ever before achieved with a digital camera.
But it takes more than a great lens to produce a great picture. Panasonic developed new and enhanced technologies to convert the optical data from the lens into digital information.
New Mega-pixel CCDs capture images with incredible clarity and detail. Models DMC-F7 and DMC-LC20 feature a 2.1 Mega-pixel CCD (2.0 mega camera effective pixels); the DMC-LC40 and top-of-the- line DMC-LC5 feature 4.0 Mega-pixel CCDs (3.9 mega camera effective pixels). Traditionally, the use of more pixels translates into more detail but less light sensitivity. To counter this phenomenon, Panasonic uses an innovative gapless lens in the DMC-LC40 and DMC-L5 to boost light-collecting efficiency. The size of the pixels has also been increased to 3.25 microns, allowing them to receive an extra margin of light.
To capture sudden events as they unfold, Panasonic wanted to develop a fast, responsive digital camera that could take consecutive pictures nearly as quickly as a motor-driven film camera. The new MEGA BURST™ recording feature, a Panasonic exclusive, combines four frames per second or five frames per second, depending upon the model, with undiminished quality from frame to frame. Users can shoot up to a maximum of eight frames (depending upon model) - and the last frame will be just as clear and crisp as the first. This industry-first achievement of dramatically increasing the speed and resolution of sequential shots is due to Panasonic's new High Speed Multitasking Image Processing technique, which replaces the time-consuming serial signal processing method with a more advanced parallel processing technique. Each camera's CCD color filter is specifically designed to optimize the performance of the particular Leica lens used. Models DMC-F7 and DMC-LC20 feature a primary color filter for precise color reproduction in images captured by the LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens. For models DMC-LC40 and DMC-L5, Panasonic chose a complementary color filter to harmonize with the LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON lens's F2.0 brightness and the rich gradation produced by these models' 4.0 Mega-pixel CCDs. Going a step further, Panasonic developed new Pure Color Engine LSI circuitry to work with the DMC-LC40's and DMC-L5's lens systems. It converts the CCD output signal into an RGB signal at an early stage and extracts the low frequency luminance component, resulting in superb color reproduction. For precise, instant focusing, a new hybrid auto focus system in the DMC-L5 shatters the myth of a digital camera's slow response. This system cuts focusing time to less than half that of previous Panasonic cameras.
Digital images can be downloaded to a PC or removable memory card, transferred to CD-Rs, printed out, viewed on a TV or computer screen, or attached to an e-mail message. With digital cameras, taking the picture is just the start of the creative process. Advanced digital technology and networking capability let consumers enjoy their beautiful photos in exciting new ways.
The magic of digital technology makes it easy for anyone to edit and enhance their images with the included ArcSoftä photo editing software. Using a photo editing web site like PictureStage.com, consumers can also store their photos in personal, online albums; create printed materials such as posters or calendars featuring their images; or have their photos printed on gifts like t-shirts and coffee mugs.
The Lumix cameras feature a memory card slot that is compatible with either SD Memory Cards or a MultiMediaCard™. An 8MB, 16MB or 32MB SD Memory Card, depending upon the model, is included with each Lumix camera. About the size of a postage stamp, the SD card features large storage, great flexibility, excellent security and fast data transfer. The medium allows for the quick, easy exchange of images, music, video and slide presentations among a growing number of SD Memory Card-enabled devices, including audio products, camcorders, memo recorders and handheld computers and PDAs.
Most models feature both a 3x optical and a 2x digital zoom.
Models DMC-LC40 and DMC-LC5 include a long-life, rechargeable Lithium Ion battery, helping to ensure that users will always have the power to capture that unexpected, once-in-a-lifetime shot. The DMC-F7 takes rechargeable Lithium ion batteries similar to DMC-LC40 and DMC-LC5. The DMC-LC20 takes two AA Rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries and includes a charger.
Panasonic digital cameras are marketed in the United States by Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company. The company is a division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., (NYSE:MC) of Japan, one of the world's largest producers of innovative electronic and electric products for consumer, business and industrial use. Consumers can get information on Panasonic consumer products from Panasonic's Customer Call Center at 800-211-PANA or access Panasonic's home page at www.panasonic.com. Media can access press releases on Panasonic consumer products via the Panasonic Pressroom web site, www.panasonic.com/pcecnews, or through New Directions Public Relations' toll-free fax-back system at 888-734-7490.MODEL AVAILABILITY MSRP*
DMC-F7 March, 2002 $499.95
DMC-LC20 April, 2002 $349.95
DMC-LC40 March, 2002 $699.95
DMC-LC5 March, 2002 $899.95+ Requires Microsoftâ Windowsâ 98, Windows® 98SE, Windowsâ Me, Windowsâ 2000, or Windows® xp pre-installed PC with USB port, iMACâ, iBookâ, Power Macintoshâ G3 with USB port or Power Macä G4 and Mac OS version 8.6 or later. Included USB cable also required.
* Manufacturer's suggested retail price. All prices are in U.S. dollars.
ArcSoft, the ArcSoft logo, ArcSoft PhotoImpression, ArcSoft PhotoPrinter Pro, ArcSoft Panorama Maker, and ArcSoft PhotoBase are trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc.
All specifications are subject to change without notice.
Lexar Media's Enhanced Memory Stick(R) 'Lights When It Writes' to Protect Against Accidental Data LossPMA, ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexar Media Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR - news), a leading designer, developer and marketer of award-winning high-performance digital media and reader products, debuts its new enhanced Memory Stick® at the Photo Marketing Association trade show (PMA), Orlando, Florida, on February 24-27. Lexar Media's enhanced Memory Stick comes in a translucent purple shell and features a built-in LED ``in-use'' indicator that ``lights when it writes'' to reduce the risk of corrupting data due to premature removal from a host device.
``Lexar Media is pleased to bring this new enhancement to the highly successful Memory Stick format,'' said Eric Stang, president and CEO, Lexar Media. ``Anyone can occasionally lose data by removing digital media cards prematurely. Even worse, improper memory card removal can sometimes cause complete card failure. Our new data-safe light lets users know when their data has been safely stored to the card, providing an extra level of protection.''
Memory Stick storage media, the size of a stick of chewing gum, has become increasingly popular since its introduction. In the fourth quarter 2001, Memory Stick accounted for almost 22 percent of all consumer memory cards sold in the U.S., according to NPD Intellect Market Tracking, a leading provider of sales tracking data for consumer electronics, imaging and computer hardware.
The new Memory Stick's LED lights when it writes and will stop blinking once data has been fully and safely stored or transferred to a device. Available in 32, 64 and 128MB capacities with suggested retail prices starting $29.99, the new Memory Stick will ship to retailers worldwide starting March 2002. Lexar Media's new Memory Stick works in all Memory Stick-compliant devices, including digital cameras, MP3 players, video cameras, computers and printers.
Delkin Introduces New Products At PMAPOWAY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2002--Delkin Devices, a leading US manufacturer of high performance specialty memory products and accessories since 1986, will introduce its new eFilm(TM) 6 in 1 Reader/Writer at the PMA Show in Orlando, Florida (Feb 24-27, Booth #3404). Delkin has long maintained one of the most comprehensive product lines of Flash Memory Cards and accessories in the Digital Imaging Industry. They recently added new rapid transfer PC adapters in Sony MemoryStick and MMC/SD formats and an economic line of eFilm Reader/Writers which retail for as low as $29.99. eFilm Reader/Writers have become very popular with the photography enthusiast looking for a fast and easy way to transfer pictures from a camera to a computer without using batteries. Delkin also announced that all their eFilm Reader/Writers will be packaged with OnDVD 1.5 software. With OnDVD, you can create digital family photo albums that can be played right on your DVD.
Most Readers/Writers on the market are designed to read specific flash memory card formats, but the new eFilm 6 in 1 is one of the industry's first single unit connectivity devices able to read and write six different types of memory cards -- CompactFlash, IBM Microdrive, SmartMedia, MultiMediaCard, SD, and Sony MemoryStick. Delkin will be releasing the external 6 in 1 Reader/Writer as eFilm Reader-18 and their internal version as Reader-19. The Readers are USB Mass Storage Compliant and drivers are not required for either Windows Millennium or XP (drivers are included for Mac OS 8.6-9 and both Windows 98 and 2000.)
Features of the 6 in 1 include concurrent access of CF and any one of SD/MMC/MS/SM at a time, while also allowing you the option to suspend and resume. The 6 in 1 supports a DFU feature (Device Firmware Upgradeable). Firmware can be upgraded dynamically at any time so product enhancement through future firmware version is possible.
2002 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out winners announced
Twelve digital cameras were named winners in the 2002 DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out today at the PMA 2002 Annual International Convention & Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., USA.
Fifty-one digital camera entries and 20 manufacturers participated in the 6th Annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out, which took place on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the DIMA Annual Conference in Orlando. The point-and-shoot cameras and prosumer/professional cameras captured images in two live-model studios, while the commercial strobe-based and scanning capture cameras captured images of two commercial product setups.
Images from the point-and-shoot cameras were printed on the Fujifilm Frontier 370 digital minilab supplied by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., USA.
Images from the prosumer/professional category were output through a PC or Mac running Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and printed in RGB on a Fujifilm Pictrography 4000
II, also provided by Fuji.
Images from the strobe-based and scanning capture commercial studio cameras were output through a Mac running Adobe PhotoShop 6.0 and printed on an Epson 10000 CMYK inkjet printer, supplied by Epson America Inc., Long Beach, Calif., USA.
Color management support for the DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out was provided by Gretag Macbeth, Huntington Beach, Calif.; and ITEC Colorblind, San Diego, Calif.
Professional photo equipment was supplied by Bogen Photo Corp., Ramsey, N.J., USA; Hasselblad USA, Fairfield, N.J.; and Schneider Optics, Hauppauge,
N.Y. Color viewing systems providing D5000 viewing conditions were provided by GTI Graphic Technology Inc., Newburgh, N.Y. Digital media readers were supplied by Microtech International Inc., Guilford, Conn. Photo-editing software was provided by Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif. Photo trimmers were provided by Quality Mounting & Laminating Systems, North Haven, Conn.
Additional technical expertise was provided by Mark Williford, Lee Varis, Claud Jodoin, William "Spook" Bolt, and Bill Smith.
The entries were voted upon by trade attendees of PMA 2002, based on image/print quality and color accuracy.
Below are the winners of the 6th Annual DIMA Digital Camera Shoot-Out:
Point-and-Shoot Categories and Winners
Below $100
Zoran CamMini - Zoran Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., USA
$100 to $199
Toshiba PDR-M11 - Toshiba America, Irvine, Calif., USA
$200 to $299
Fuji FinePix 2600Z - Fuji Photo Film USA Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., USA
$300 to $499
Kodak EasyShare Dx4900 - Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA
$500 to $699
Epson Photo PC3100Z - Epson America Inc., Long Beach, Calif., USA
$700 to $899
Minolta DiMAGE 5 - Minolta Corp., Ramsey, N.J., USA
$900 to $1,200
Sony DSC F707 - Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., USA
Digital Video Camcorder
Sony DCR-TRV50 - Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., USA
Prosumer/Professional Categories and Winners
$1,200 to $2,499
Minolta DiMAGE 7 - Minolta Corp., Ramsey, N.J., USA
$5,000 to $9,999 (Merit Award)
Kodak DCS 760 - Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA
Commercial Strobe-Based Capture Winners
One-Shot (Merit Award)
Jenoptik Presision M6 - Jenoptik Laser Optik Systeme, New York, N.Y., USA
Commercial Scanning Capture Winners
Scanning Capture
Better Light Super 6K-2 - Better Light Inc., San Carlos, Calif., USA
2002 DIMA Innovative Digital Product Awards announced
Out of the hundreds of digital products on display at the PMA 2002 Annual International Convention & Trade Show in Orlando, Fla., USA, 15 have been selected by digital imaging editors and writers to receive the prestigious DIMA Innovative Digital Product Award, handed out today. The annual award is one of several events sponsored by the Digital Imaging Marketing Association, a section of PMA.
An Innovative Digital Product of PMA 2002 is determined by the judges to utilize new technologies and/or applications in such a way as to make the product either unique or the first of its kind. The products are of high quality, and show themselves to be an influence on the future of digital imaging. Whether the product is hardware or software, amateur or professional, photographic or prepress, or any other segment, is irrelevant - judges were simply asked to cover the PMA Trade Show floor with an eye to the innovative.
Companies honored for their innovative digital products are:
Foveon Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., USA
Foveon X3
Sigma Corp., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., USA
Sigma SD9
Leica Camera Inc., Northvale, N.J., USA
Leica Digilux
Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., USA
Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Minolta Corp., Ramsey, N.J., USA
Minolta DiMAGE X Digital Camera
Pixel Magic Imaging, San Marcos, Texas, USA
Pixel Magic Megapixel PhotoStation
Nikon Inc., Melville, N.Y., USA
Nikon D-100 Digital SLR
Applied Science Fiction, Austin, Texas, USA
Dry PIC Technology
Applied Science Fiction, Austin, Texas, USA
Digital ROC Software
Phogenix Imaging, San Diego, Calif., USA
Phogenix DFX Digital Inkjet Mini Lab
Concord Camera Corp., Hollywood, Fla., USA
Eye-QIR Digital Camera
Hi-Touch Imaging Technologies, Pan-Chiao City, Taiwan
D2T2 Photo Printer
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA
Kodak ERI Extended Range Imaging Software
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.
Kodak Advantix EasyShare Camera
Durst Dice America, Rochester, N.Y., USA
Durst Zeta Digital Laser Photo Printer
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