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PMA wrap-up

PMA wrap-up

PMA 2009 is in the books. All in all it was a pretty lack-luster show for us enthusiasts. Following are a few more product findings, some observations and my conclusions about the show in general. Be sure to check out my Day 1 and Day 2 reports if you haven’t already.

Click through for the rest of my Day 3 report or click here for my complete PMA report. More »

PMA ‘09 day 2 report

PMA day 2

Day 2 I took another lap of the show floor looking for things I may have missed yesterday. Click through to see what I found. More »

PMA ‘09 Day 1 Report

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Day one of PMA is in the books and as promised here is my first round of interesting product picks with comments. I will have more to report as the show continues and hopefully some additional in-depth reviews of a few of these items. Let’s dive in: More »

Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L

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Tilt/shift photography (the real kind, not the kind you fake with a computer) can be quite fascinating and is a key component of high quality architectual photography. I have often wondered why Canon’s tilt/shift lenses didn’t come in wider focal lengths than 24mm. Tuesday, Canon announced the TS-E 17mm f/4L lens. This lens promises to make high quality wide angle tilt/shift photography available to APS-C sensor cameras (27.2mm equiv) while allowing full frame and 35mm film users to explore a whole new world of creative possibilities. If it is anything like Canon’s other TS-E lenses I’m sure (to the right people) it will be worth every penny of the $2,500 Canon is asking for it. Scheduled to ship in May.

PMA PR

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The PR requests are starting to roll in pretty regularly for the upcoming PMA show. I even got a phone call from Kodak today while I was giving a presentation. I’ve worked with PR firms before. In fact, I have even hired them to work for me. Seeing how poorly most of these meeting requests are formatted I can’t help but wonder whose standards are this low, the PR people, the clients or the press they are trying to reach.

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