Alphabetical list (page 2)

Note: Most of the stand shots were taken before the show was open to the public (hence the lack of anyone in many of the stand shots).

Delkin

Delkin had a change of stand design for 2002, you had to walk into the stand to see their full array of storage, storage adapter and reader/writers on display. Compact Flash cards up to 512 MB capacity, SD cards up to 128 MB capacity and SmartMedia cards up to 128 MB capacity. Delkin also noted that their cards are the only CF cards bundled with free software, the latest is onDVD a tool which allows you to create CD-R discs of images which can be played on a standard DVD player. New for the show was their six-in-one reader, of which there was only one prototype unit available.

The six-in-one can read Compact Flash (Type I and II), Memory Stick, SmartMedia, SD and MMC (strictly speaking only four different connector types). The new reader allows you to access the Compact Flash slot concurrently with either the SD, MMC, Memory Stick or SmartMedia slot. Also new at this show was their own brand Memory Stick to PCMCIA adapter (reader/writer).

Delkin stand	Various Delkin CF (and other) storage cards
A prototype of their six-in-one USB reader	Memory Stick to PCMCIA adapter
Site links	External links • Delkin • Delkin 6-in-1 Card Reader Press Release

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Epson

Epson had a great stand if you're into printers, papers and inks. Epson had a much less inspiring stand if you're into digital cameras, we didn't spot a single Epson digital camera or mention of one on the stand. There was also much less talk of their 'revolutionary' Print Image Matching, probably because EXIF Print (EXIF 2.2) was announced at PMA and is designed to replace PIM.

Epson stand	Epson Photo 785 EPX
Site links • EXIF Print News Article	External links • Epson

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Foveon

For a company who didn't even have a stand on the show floor (they had two 'OEM' meeting rooms) Foveon were most definitely the talk of the show. I got involved with Foveon and the X3 towards the end of Q3 last year and was excited and extremely impressed when I got to test a pre-production X3 sensor. At the show Foveon made the announcement that they had gained the support of Microsoft. Bill Gates appeared on a video feed during an early morning DIMA session and proclaimed his admiration for Foveon and Microsoft's intention to integrate native support for the X3's RAW file format. Also mentioned briefly was that Foveon were working with Adobe to include X3 RAW file format support in Photoshop (although this was curiously left out of their major press conference later in the show). As expected Foveon also picked up a DIMA Innovative Product award for the X3 sensor.

Bill Gates video, Carver Mead on the right	Eric Zarakov of Foveon with their DIMA Innovative Digital Product Award. In his hand is the X3 sensor.
Site links • Foveon X3 Announcement • Foveon X3 Exclusive Preview • Foveon announce Microsoft and Adobe support	External links • Foveon

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Fujifilm

Fujifilm were displaying their latest wares in their normal extravagant style. Their stand was probably one of the single largest at the show (if you include all the meeting rooms) and along with Canon had the best location (to the left of the main doors). At this show the digital cameras gathering the most interest at the Fujifilm stand were of course the new F601 and S602. The F601 being the latest version of the stylish and successful 6800Z and the F602 the updated 'prosumer' 6900Z. The S2 Pro was there but just a prototype unit in a glass box.

Fujifilm stand	FinePix S602 Zoom (3.1 mp SuperCCD, 6x zoom)
FinePix F601 Zoom (3.1 mp SuperCCD, 3x zoom)	FinePix S602 Zoom - rear
FinePix 2800 Zoom (2.1 mp, 6x zoom)	FinePix 30i (1.9 mp, fixed lens, MP3)
FinePix A101 (1.2 mp, fixed lens)	FinePix A201 (1.9 mp, fixed lens)
Site links • Fujifilm S2 Pro News Article • Fujifilm F601 Zoom News Article • Fujifilm S602 Zoom News Article	External links • Fujifilm USA

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GretagMacbeth

GretagMacbeth had a moderately small stand covering their color calibration products. These include the ColorChecker DC Color Reference Chart (seen below) and associated suites (notably ProfileMaker) of software for producing accurate profiles based on captures of the chart or comparisons for printed output. The ColorChecker DC Color Reference Chart has no less than 237 patches in a 12 x 20 cm grid.

GretagMacbeth Stand	ColorChecker DC Color Reference Chart
Site links	External links • GretagMacbeth

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Hewlett Packard

One major part of HP's stand was the joint HP / Indigo photo finishing printer. This huge unit is capable of an amazing 5,440 six-color automatically cut 4 x 6 inch prints per hour, alternatively it can print 680 12 x 17 inch prints per hour for the higher end professional labs. On the stand you could queue (and it was a long queue) to have your photo taken and printed on the Indigo.

Also displayed on the stand was HP's new Photosmart 812 four megapixel, three times optical zoom digital camera. Still in pre-production state the 812 was operational and shooting and demonstrating its easy-to-use interface, clearly labelled controls and simple docking / charging station. What surprised us the most about this camera is how compact it really is, something that wasn't clear from the original press photos. The 812 will be the first HP device to support their new 'Instant Share' initiative which allows users to instantly share their images on the web and by e-mail or order prints via Shutterfly.

Hewlett Packard stand	Indigo photo finishing printer
HP Photosmart 812 (4 mp, 3x zoom)	HP Photosmart 812 - rear
Site links • HP Photosmart 812 News Article	External links • Hewlett Packard • Indigo

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