Sigma

The long-awaited SD14 - now finally shipping - is star of Sigma's busy booth but for us the highlight is the Foveon sensor DP1 compact, which has moved on a lot since the early mock-ups shown at Photokina last year and is now looking a lot more like a finished product. Having listened to feedback from potential users (something Sigma is uniquely good at) the DP1 now has an optional viewfinder and a manual focus wheel (though we'd rather this turned into a multi function wheel before the camera ships).

On the lens side of things there is a queue to see the astounding 200-500mm F2.8 APO EX DG, a lens so large and heavy Sigma doesn't even dare put it on a tripod. The other new lens, Sigma 18-200 mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS was actually originally shown at Photokina, but gets its official introduction at PMA.