PMA Part II



Wednesday, March 4

I started off today with a couple of workshops about bookbinding and printing. The best one was by some folks from the Hardcover Binders Association, a trade group. http://www.hardcoverbinders.org/

After that, I finally made it to the main floor of the trade show. Canon has now declared itself the world leader in digital imaging, and I didn’t hear anybody disputing that. As such, they claimed the most prominent and biggest space on the floor. They have a huge array of products from cameras to printers and in all prices from inexpensive to out of sight.

A number of the large manufactures such as Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Pentax were putting on demonstrations and shows featuring famous photographers and personalities. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and am looking forward to more tomorrow.

There were a few amazing products that would have been unbelievable just a few years ago. For example, Sony was showing a new camera that will produce true 220 degree panoramics in camera just by turning the camera during a 10 sec exposure. The camera seamlessly stitches together a series of images. The camera is under $500 and ships next month. Casio was showing a pocketable point and shoot camera that will shoot 30 frames per second. This can be easily converted to HD video.

Speaking of video, Canon, Sony, and JVC among others, were all showing super-small, gorgeous Hi-Def camcorders that use flash memory and are about the size of your fist. These manufactures were also showing portable DVD recorders that could be used to write directly from the video cameras.

I’ve enjoyed meeting photographers, dealers, and manufactures from all over the world.

After resting at my hotel, I had dinner at Bahama Breeze http://www.bahamabreeze.com/ and walked back to the convention center for the Beach Boys concert. The concert was wonderful. It certainly helped that the room had good acoustics. Mike Love and Bruce Johnston were the only two original members. At any rate, they sounded great and everybody left with big smiles.

I decided to take the bus back to my hotel. It is a twenty minute walk but the bus took 45 minutes. Deciding whether to sit for 45 minutes or walk for 20 is not an obvious decision.

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