CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) has today published a draft of their new 'Specification Guideline for Digital Cameras', this document is designed to provide guidelines to manufacturers for the publication of specifications and features for digital cameras. It covers a wide range of details such as focal length, effective pixels, sensitivity, signal to noise ratio and even weight, dimensions and volume. One interesting inclusion is a distinction between mechanical image stabilization and digital blur reduction. CIPA members include Canon, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sigma and Sony.

Click here for the draft 'Specification Guideline for Digital Cameras' (PDF)