Photokina 2012 Report
September 18th - 21st, 2012
Colonge, Germany
The Photokina 2012 convention doors are now open!
Quite possibly the most important photography trade show in the world, Photokina is a major launchpad for the latest products and technologies from pretty much everyone in the photo and video industries. Held only once every two years, this trade show averages over 1200 vendors from 45 different countries around the world, along with approx 180,000 visitors from about 165 different countries. Below you'll find links to the latest announcements made prior to, and during the show.
The next big photography trade show is CES 2013, which is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8th - 11th, 2013.
- *Apple Announces the iPhone 5 - Camera Essentially Unchanged
- *Just Announced: the Canon EOS 6D - the Smallest Full Frame EOS dSLR to Date
- *Canon Adds Three New PowerShot Cameras to Their Ranks
- *FujiFilm Introduces the FinePix XF1
- *FujiFilm Launches New X-mount EVIL Camera; the FinePix X-E1
- Leica Announces the Leica M, Leica M-E, Leica S, Leica D-Lux 6 and Leica V-Lux 4
- Lexar Debuts the First 256GB SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
- *Nikon Announces the D600 - a New Full Frame DSLR with a 24MP Sensor
- Nikon Releases New 1 Nikkor 18.5mm f/1.8 Lens for their Nikon 1 Series EVIL Cameras
- *Olympus Borrows Features From Their OM-D Line to Create Two New Digital Pen Cameras; the E-PL5 and E-PM2
- *Just Announced: the Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS
- *Olympus Adds Two New M.Zuiko Lenses, a Body Cap Lens, as well as Announced the Development of a New 17mm Lens in the Near Future
- *Red Announces a Monochrome Movie Camera
- *Panasonic Unveils the Lumix DMC-GH3 - Built for Multimedia Photographers
- *Just Announced: the Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs
- *Just Announced: the Pentax Q10
- *Sony Unveils Their Photokina 2012 Alpha, Cyber-Shot, and NEX Offerings
- *Sony Launches Several New E-mount and A-mount Lenses Alongside New Camera Offerings
- *Tamron Sets Up Their 90mm Macro Lens with Vibration Compensation and Ultrasonic Silent Drive
- *Tamron Announces a Full-Size High-Speed Telephoto with VC and USD
(* = Product has been announced before Photokina 2012)
Photos from the SHOW!
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Photokina 2008 Report
September 23 - 28, 2008
New product announcements from Photokina 2008 - the world's biggest
photo show in Cologne Germany. This show is only held once every two years. Many products listed have been pre-announced well ahead of the show this year.
If we have reviewed or previewed the product there will be a [link] shown.
Portable Card Reader/USB Storage
(* = Product has been announced for European distribution only
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Photokina 2006 Report
September 26 - October 1, 2006
New product announcements from Photokina 2006 - the world's biggest
photo show in Cologne Germany. This show is only held once every two years.
Many products listed have been pre-announced well ahead of the show this year.
If we have reviewed or previewed the product there will be a [link] shown.
Adobe Camera RAW 3.5
Adobe Digital Negative (DNG) Converter 3.5
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Beta 4 for Windows
Apple Aperture 1.5 for Mac
ATP 8GB ProMax CF and 8GB ProMax SDHC Cards
*BenQ DC C540 (LGD)
*BenQ DC C740 (LGD)
*BenQ DC C1000 (LGD)
Bibble Pro and Bibble Lite v4.9 Released
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi (EOS 400D) [Rebel XTi review]
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS
Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8000 Large Format Printer
Canon Media Storage M30 and M80
Canon PIXMA iP4300 Photo Printer
Canon PIXMA mini260 Photo Printer
Canon PIXMA MP510 Photo All-In-One
Canon PIXMA MP600 Photo All-In-One
Canon PIXMA MP810 Photo All-In-One
Canon PIXMA MP960 Photo AIO Printer [MP960 review]
Canon Powershot A630 [A630 review]
Canon Powershot A640 [A640 review]
Canon Powershot A710 IS [A710 review]
Canon Powershot G7 [g7 review]
Canon Powershot SD40 Digital ELPH [SD40 review]
Canon Powershot SD800 IS Digital ELPH [SD800 review]
Canon Powershot SD900 Digital ELPH [SD900 review]
Canon Selphy CP720 Printer
Canon Selphy CP730 Printer
Canon Selphy ES1 Printer
Casio Exilim EX-S770 Card
Casio Exilim EX-Z70 Zoom [EX-Z70 review]
Casio Exilim EX-Z700 Zoom [EX-Z700 review]
DxO Optics Pro V4 Public Beta Release
Epson P-3000/P-5000 Multimedia Storage Viewers
Epson PictureMate Flash Photo Printer
Epson PictureMate Pal Photo Printer
Epson PictureMate Snap Photo Printer
Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Photo Printer
Epson Stylus R260 Photo Printer
Epson Stylus R380 Photo Printer
Epson Stylus RX580 Photo All-in-One Printer
FotoNation Dust Removal Technology
Foveon 14.1 Megapixel X3 DSLR image sensor
Fujifilm FinePix A700 [A700 review]
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro UVIR
Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro DSLR
Fujifilm FinePix F31fd Zoom
Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd Zoom [S6000fd review]
Fujifilm FinePix S9100 Zoom
Hasselblad H3D Medium Format DSLR
Kingston Secure Digital High-Capacity (SDHC) 4GB Card
Kodak Easyshare C433 Zoom
Kodak Easyshare C743 Zoom
Kodak Easyshare C875 Zoom [C875 review]
Kodak Easyshare G600 Printer
Kodak Easyshare P712 Zoom [P712 review]
Kodak Easyshare V705 Dual Lens [V705 review]
Kodak Easyshare Z710 Zoom
*Leica D-LUX 3 (LGD)
*Leica Digilux 3 DSLR
*Leica Digital M8 Rangefinder
*Leica V-LUX 1
Lensbaby 3G SLR lens
Lexar 133x CF Cards
LightZone 2.0 Photo Editing software
*Minox DC1011 (LGD)
*Minox DC1011 Carat (LGD)
*Minox DCC Leica M3 (LGD)
Nikon Capture NX Software [Capture NX review]
Nikon Coolpix L5 [L5 review]
Nikon Coolpix L6 [L6 review]
Nikon Coolpix S7c Wi-Fi
Nikon Coolpix S9 [S9 review]
Nikon Coolpix S10 [S10 review]
Nikon D80 SLR [D80 review]
Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5 AF-S DX Zoom
Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5 AF-S VR Zoom
Olympus 2007 E-Series Pro DSLR
Olympus 2GB xD-Picture Cards
*Olympus E-400 SLR
Olympus FE-170 [FE-170 review]
Olympus FE-180 [FE-180 review]
Olympus FE-190 [FE-190 review]
Olympus FE-200 [FE-200 review]
Olympus SP-510 Ultra Zoom [SP-510 review]
Olympus Stylus 730 [Stylus 730 review]
Olympus Stylus 740
Olympus Stylus 750 [Stylus 750 first look]
Olympus Stylus 1000 [Stylus 1000 review]
*Olympus � [mju:] 725 SW
Panasonic DMC-L1 4/3-type SLR
Panasonic FX50, FX07, FX3 [FX3 review] [FX07 review]
Panasonic FZ-50
Panasonic LX2 [LX2 review]
PENTAX-DA 70mm F2.4 Limited
Pentax K10D SLR [K10D review]
Pentax K100D SLR [K100D review]
Pentax K110D SLR
*Pentax Optio L20 (LGD)
Pentax Optio A20
Pentax Optio M20 [M20 review]
Pentax Optio S7
Pentax Optio T20
Pentax Optio W20 [W20 review]
Picasa (free) Photo Software for Windows
Pretec 8GB SDHC Card
Pretec 16GB CF Card
Pro-View Wireless Remote Display for DSLRs
*Ricoh Caplio 500 SE (LGD)
*Rollei da1325 Prego (LGD)
*Rollei da5325 Prego (LGD)
*Rollei da7325 Prego (LGD)
Samsung 16/32/64GB CF Cards!
Samsung Digimax S700
Samsung Digimax S1000
Samsung GX-10 SLR
*Samsung SDC-MS61 (LGD)
SanDisk 4GB SDHC SD Cards
SanDisk 4GB SDHC UltraII SD Cards
SanDisk 8GB MP3 Player/Photo Viewer
SanDisk 12- and 16-GB Extreme III CF Cards
SanDisk Extreme IV CF Cards
Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA6
Sanyo Xacti VPC-HD1a [HD1a review]
Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 EX DC MACRO
Sigma DP1 Compact Digital Camera
Sigma Announces 4 New Four-Thirds lenses
Sigma SD14 Digital SLR
Sony Alpha 100 SLR [Alpha 100 review]
Sony Cyber-shot N2 [N2 review]
Sony Cyber-shot T10 [T10 review]
Sony Cyber-shot T50 [T50 review]
Tamron AF18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II LD Macro
Toshiba Ultra High Speed SD Cards
Ulead PhotoImpact 12 Photo Editing software
Zigview S2 Real-Time LCD for DSLRs
(* = Product has been announced for European distribution only)
(LGD = Product is covered by the LetsGoDigital web site)
Other Photokina 2006 Reports
Older Photokina & PMA Reports
Photokina 2004 Report
September 28 - October 3, 2004
New product announcements from Photokina 2004 - the world's biggest
photo show in Cologne Germany. This show is only held once every two years. Many products listed have been pre-announced well ahead of the show this year.
If we have reviewed or previewed the product there will be a [link] shown.
Products listed alphabetically by manufacturer
Adobe's Digital NeGative Format
Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0
Breeze Browser v2.10 for Canon
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II [1Ds Mark II review]
Canon EOS 20D SLR [20D review]
Canon PIXMA Photo Printers
[iP4000 review] [iP6000D review] [iP8500 review]
Canon Powershot A400, A85, A95
[A400 review] [A85 review] [A95 review]
Canon Powershot G6 [G6 review]
Canon Powershot SD20 [SD20 review]
Canon Powershot SD200 & SD300
[SD200 review] [SD300 review]
Canon Powershot S70 [S70 review]
Canon Selphy DS700 Compact Printer [Selphy review]
Casio Exilim Pro EX-P700 [EX-P700 review]
Casio Exilim EX-S100 [EX-S100 review]
Casio Exilim EX-Z50 and EX-Z55
[EX-Z50 review] [EX-Z55 review]
Casio QVR-61
Concord 3346Z and 3040
Concord 5340Z and 4340Z
Concord Wi-Fi for Digicams
Contax U4R
DALSA 22MP Imager for Mamiya ZD
DIWA Konica Minolta Awards
DIWA Nikon Awards
DIWA Olympus Awards
DIWA Sony Awards
Epson Announces EasyPrint
Epson L-500V 5MP 2.5" LCD [L-500V review]
Epson Stylus Photo R320
ExpoDisc White Balance Solution
Fuji, Kodak and Konica Minolta Form PASS Group
Fujifilm Announces 3 New Inkjet Photo Papers
Fujifilm FinePix E500, E510, E550
[E500 review] [E510 review] [E550 review]
Fujifilm FinePix F810 Zoom
Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro SLR [S3 Pro review]
Fujifilm FinePix S3100, S5100
[S3100 review] [S5100 review]
ImageRecall v3.0 Photo Recovery
Kodak & Others Announce ImageLink
Kodak Easyshare DX7590 [DX7590 review]
Kodak Easyshare PrinterDock Plus
Kodak KAF-8300CE Image Sensor
Kodak DCS Pro14 Firmware Update
Kodak Pro 1400 Digital Printer
Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200 [A200 review]
Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D SLR [7D review]
Leica Digital-Module-R 35mm Back
Lexar and Kodak xD-Picture Cards
Lexar Media Photokina Announcements
Mamiya ZD 22MP Medium-Format dSLR
Nikon Coolpix 4800 [4800 review]
Nikon Coolpix 8400 [8400 first look]
Nikon Coolpix 8800 [8800 first look]
Nikon D2X Pro SLR
Olympus 1GB xD-Picture Card
Olympus AZ-2 Zoom
Olympus C-7000 Zoom [C-7000 review]
Olympus D-535 Zoom
Olympus D-590 Zoom [D-590 review]
Olympus EVOLT E-300 SLR [E300 first look]
Olympus FL36 Flash
Olympus Stylus Verve [Verve review]
Olympus Zuiko 7-14mm
Olympus Zuiko 14-45mm & 40-150mm
Panasonic Lumix FZ3, FZ15, FZ20
[FZ3 review] [FZ15 review] [FZ20 review]
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX7 [FX7 review]
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC80
Panasonic PRO Series SD Cards
Pentax *ist DS SLR [*ist DS review]
Pentax Optio 750Z [750z review]
Pentax Optio MX4 [MX4 review]
Pentax Optio S50 [S50 review]
Pentax Optio S5i [S5i review]
Pentax Optio SV [SV review]
Pentax Optio X [X review]
Sandisk 3 New USB2 Card Readers
Sandisk Extreme III Cards
Sandisk Quadruples UltraII Capacities
Sandisk Photo Album Player
Sigma Photo Pro v2.1 (PC/Mac)
SMaL Camera Partners with Pure Digital Tech
For Digital One-Time Use Camera
SMaL Camera/Radio Shack FlatFoto
Sony 2GB MemoryStick PRO
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-L1 [L1 review]
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M1 [M1 first look]
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P150 [P150 review]
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T3 [T3 first look]
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-V3 [V3 review]
Sony PictureStation DPP-FP30
Tamron 11-18mm Wideangle Zoom
Ulead PhotoImpact v10.0
Other Photokina 2004 Sites
LetsGoDigital's Photokina 2004 page
Photokina 2002 Report
The Photokina convention is held every other year in Cologne Germany
This year it runs from September 25 through 30, 2002.
The Photokina convention is held every other year in Cologne Germany
This year it runs from September 25 through 30, 2002.
Other Photokina News Pages
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