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As Photokina wound down Photo Plus Expo in New York started to wind up. It gave us a chance to get a look at some of the new cameras announced at Photokina and the new product announcements kept on coming. PRO Announces Lens/Flash Rebates Prices Announced for Kodak DCS 14n and New Digital 645 Backs
Announced Kodak was also showing their new Pro Back 645. It is a digital back for Mamiya 645M, 645 AF and AFD cameras, Hasselblad H1, and the Contax 645 featuring a 16 mega-pixel chip. The back is lightweight and portable weighing in at about the same weight as conventional film backs. Hasselblad H1 Debuts The H1 system will be available in November 2002. Foveon Expands its Distribution New Coolpix 3500 and Upgrades for Digital SLRs and Nikon announced expanded capabilities to NikonPro, their online service for professional photographers, that will increase their online presence, and increase sales and new business opportunities for participating photographers. http://www.nikonpro.com/
The firmware upgrades can be downloaded at: http://www.nikonusa.com/usa_firmware_upgrades/home.jsp. Olympus Rolls Out New Digitals
That equates to about 38mm to 380mm on a conventional 35mm camera. Addition to Ilford Inkjet Paper Lineup JOBO Announces a New Fine Art Inkjet Paper The Classic media has the feel, texture, and weight of fine art papers, and is available in 8 1/2x 11" and 11x 17" sizes. The instant dry papers have gloss and oyster surfaces with a UV protecting super-coat for added protection. These papers are also water-resistant and come in 8 1/2x 11" and 11x 17" sizes. |
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Photographic
Research Organization Inc. (PRO) announced a cash back rebate program
through mid-January 2003 on PROMASTER MacroLume TTL Macro Flash of $50. If
you buy a PROMASTER autofocus (AF) 100mm Macro lens or any other fixed
focal length macro lens at the same time you'll receive a bonus rebate of
$25 for a total of $75. Details and fine print can be found at 
Several
retailers announced prices for the DCS 14n digital SLR featuring a
full-frame CMOS chip at Photo Plus Expo. Speculation before the show was
that the DCS 14n would be price competitive with Canon's 1Ds, which is
priced at $9,000. So a lot of people were talking when street prices of
$4,600 were being announced. Putting the DCS 14n in the same price bracket
as Nikon's D1x and Canon's 1D - both of which have image capture chips
2/3rds the size of Kodak's; but they are both far more rugged camera's
than the Kodak. This digital wars are heating up…
Hasselblad
was demonstrating their latest addition to their medium format line, the
H1, the first 645 format Hasselblad. This camera features an advanced
auto-focus and metering system. The camera has been designed as a solution
for either film or digital photography. Its film backs can recognize and
use either 120 or 220 films and can automatically recognize the film bar
code system and several manufactures are making already making high-end
digital backs that will integrate into this new 645 system. As with the
standard Hasselblad system, the new H system will host an array of lenses,
interchangeable viewfinders, and magazines. The advantage of this new
system is that it doesn't force photographers to make a choice between
film and digital.
Foveon
announced that it had reached an agreement with Alternative Vision
Corporation for the distribution of its X3 image sensor technologies for
the industrial and scientific markets. This is good news for
photographers. Expanded distribution channels for Foveon means more
capital for further development of its X3 technology. 
Nikon
was demonstrating thee new Coolpix 3500 a 3.2 megapixel digital point and
shoot with a 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. While it doesn't offer
manual control it does offer 12 shooting modes that give the photographer
much more control than most point and shoot style digitals.
Nikon
also announced a number of software, firmware, and hardware upgrades for
their digital SLRs. Firmware upgrades are available for the D100, D1X, and
D1H cameras. A software upgrade is available for Nikon Capture that brings
it up to version 3.5. This upgrade allow users to take advantage of a
change in the compression method for raw riles and effectively double the
image size for the D1X and D1H cameras. There is also a hardware update
available for the D1X and D1H that doubles the size of the capture buffer
- a significant improvement if you're shooting fast action sports or
wildlife.
Olympus
was talking up their CAMEDIA C-50, an ultra-compact 5.0 mega pixel camera
with a 3x optical zoom lens and showing the new addition to their C series
cameras the C-5050, a 5.0 mega pixel camera with an f1.8 lens designed for
the photographer seeking a digital camera with both manual and advanced
photographic controls.
The
new Camedia C-730 Ultra Zoom is only a 3.2 megapixel camera but it is
sports a 10x optical zoom in a compact design. 
