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Nikonians nude shoot

Dennis Hissink
Photokina report
Monday 2nd, October 2006
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

The guys from Nikonians were having a booth in Hall 2, level 1. Above them, at level 2, big company names like Nikon and Olympus had their booth so there was a huge number of visitors in that area. Twice a day Nikonians kicked-of with a studio shoot-out and within minutes a lot of Nikonians or perhaps wannabe Nikonians gathered around the Nikonians booth. With the model photo shooting Pascal Baetens demonstrated how to direct the model and come to an end-result you had in your mind.

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Nikonians model shoot

Nokia at Photokina 2006

Posted by: Mark Peters Monday 25th, September 2006

Nokia, the global leader in mobility, today kicked off a weeklong display of its latest imaging achievements at Photokina 2006, Germany. Highlighting the benefits that mobility brings to imaging, Nokia's exhibition area is packed with the newest Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and the very latest experiences offered by them. Nokia is pleased to invite the media to attend a press conference at Photokina 2006 from 3 pm to 4 pm on Tuesday, 26 September, in the Offenbach Saal, Congress Centrum Ost. To learn more about Nokia's comprehensive offering in multimedia computers and solutions, you can also visit Nokia at Photokina 2006 in hall 4.2, C 010/E 019.

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Dust removal technology demonstration

Posted by: Mark Peters Sunday 24th, September 2006

FotoNation, one of the world’s leading embedded imaging and connectivity companies, announced today that it will demonstrate its new patented FotoNation Dust Removal Technology at Photokina 2006, held in Cologne, Germany from September 26 - October 1st, 2006. The FotoNation Dust Removal and detection Technology completely and automatically removes dust from digital images. FotoNation has been awarded a United States patent for this technology and has 10 additional patents pending in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. FotoNation eliminates dust from images using in-camera software which distinguishes between dust and real detail in the photo.

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Ten years of Canon Digital IXUS

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Monday 18th, September 2006

Canon marked reaching another milestone by holding a lavish celebration in the company of hundreds of journalists and guests from the photo, fashion, design and lifestyle industries. Last Thursday, 14 September, guests were flown in from all over Europe to one of the several hotels reserved for the occasion. Canon Digital IXUS was celebrating its 10th birthday and Canon wanted to share this anniversary with everyone who directly or indirectly involved in the IXUS's success. The original IXUS Advanced Photo System (APS) camera immediately became a design classic when it was introduced in 1996. The Canon IXUS design still has record sales up to the present day.

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Photokina Future of Imaging

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Monday 11th, September 2006

Following the success of its industry briefing at Photokina two years ago, IDC will again present an overview and explanation of the consumer digital imaging market at Photokina 2006. This event will offer industry players key insights into the directions within the market and will pinpoint emerging opportunities that will define success over the years to come. Senior IDC analysts will offer detail of how consumers will choose and use the technologies available from digital capture through to print and photofinishing. The presentations will address the worldwide, Western European, and Eastern European digital camera and photofinishing markets. The briefing will be of particular interest to digital camera manufacturers, distributors, and resellers; suppliers to the digital imaging industry; printer and peripheral manufacturers, distributors, and resellers; and industry trade press. IDC will be presenting at Photokina on Thursday, September 28.

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Nikonians at Photokina 2006

Posted by: Mark Peters Wednesday 6th, September 2006

It was the Cologne, Germany Photokina in 1960 when the famous Nikon F appeared with praise from a new breed of fans. These fans had to wait nearly 40 years to define themselves under the name Nikonians. The biggest difference between the first Photokina held in Cologne, Germany in 1950 to the 2006 edition is that Nikon is now a major participant and the brand's users have organized to form a powerful international community. This year, they are not just fans and supporters of the Nikon brand. They are actively promoting excellence in photography by sharing their knowledge through the Nikonians community.

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Photokina hall map

Posted by: Mark Peters Monday 28th, August 2006

Photokina will be held for the first time in the new exhibition grounds of Koelnmesse, which will consist of the four new Northern Halls and the modernized former Eastern halls, which will then be known as the Southern Halls. Next to the new Entrance South and Entrance North, a new Congress Centre will be available to you in close proximity to halls 7 and 8. Finally, a new guidance and signposting system will ensure that everything is close at hand and easy to find.

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Photokina Mobile Imaging Conference

Posted by: Mark Peters Friday 25th, August 2006

International trade conference examines aspects of the "world of mobile imaging". As a result of ongoing developments in the imaging sector, more and more people from all social strata are now able to immediately record their impressions with digital images. Modern digital ultra-compact cameras have become popular among consumers, as have camera phones. As the number of people who constantly carry their mobile imaging devices with them grows, so too does the need for ways of sending and processing the resulting photographs quickly and under all manner of circumstances.

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The fast moving digital imaging world is causing manufacturers to act quickly or loose ground and end like a former important member of the industry. Corporate news have become more vary than only spreading the facts and figures around the end of a book year. Corporate news is also important to let their client or consumers know where the company stands for or what the next step of the corporate is to make the consumer as satisfied as before. Corporate news shows also the economic part of the digital imaging news. Unexpected corporate news like the sell out of Konica Minolta Photo division to Sony Corporation of the news that Kodak ends the product of digital cameras themselves and instead let them being produced by a third party was unveiled last year and some week ago. Expect more unexpected news this year and next year, because like Canon stated during one of their press events; "in 2007 we believe there are only five or six manufacturers left and we are one of them…"