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It seems that every time the
photographic industry gathers these days that there are proposals for
radical changes in how we take and make our images. This year’s PMA, held
near world headquarters in Orlando, Florida, once again proved that people
can always find new ways to reinvent the wheel. Our crack reporting team
Bob Shell, Roger W. Hicks, Frances E. Schultz, Joe Farace, Peter K. Burian,
and Robert E. Mayer reconnoitered the show floor all day and wrote into
the night to bring you all the news on the latest gear. And although digital
grabbed many of the headlines you’ll soon see that there’s more than digital
in the photo world. You can only appreciate the hard work they did if
you’ve ever attended such a show yourself. Upon entering you’re met with
all the sound and fury of the hucksters and the bad music and the glaring
lights and you have three days to make sense of it all. But once again
our team pulled the plums from the PMA pie and filed their timely and
exciting reports in timely and exciting fashion.
But chasing around the show
floor is just part of why our reporters did their job so well. All of
these folks have years of experience in photography and coverage of the
photo industry. They are, we can say without sounding too prideful, the
best in the business, and we are honored to share the same pressroom with
them. Having people of this caliber makes our job here so much easier.
That said, the following articles cover many of the products shown this
year and due in stores soon. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to cover everyone
and everything, so our apologies to those we might have missed. Be assured
that we will cover more products in upcoming issues of Shutterbug, and
that many of the cameras, lenses, etc. that are merely highlighted here
will be the subject of future comprehensive Shutterbug reports.
Check out the magazine for
in depth coverage of the PMA Reports listed below. Or visit the Past Issues
section for June 2002 PMA Reports.
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