Other Photokina Announcements

Capture 4.4.2: Adds D2hs, D2xs support (not acknowledged officially), support for D2 series after 2.0 firmware updates, bug fixes, minor changes. No D80 support, though.

Bibble 4.9: Adds D80 support, healing/cloning tool, hot/dead pixel correction, bug fixes.

Portfolio 8.1: Adds InDesign CS2 preview, S3 Pro raw file support.

Silkypix Developer Studio 2.0.24: additional supported models.

Aperture 1.5: now supports externally-linked files, Fujifilm DSLRs.

DXO Optics Pro 4: new features, supports D2xs.

D200 Firmware update 2.0: adds image authentication support, WT-3 support.

Epson introduced the new Stylus 3800, a 17" wide Ultrachrome K3 printer that slots between the 2400 and 4800 (list price US$1295). Also introduced are the P3000 (40MB) and P5000 (80MB) portable storage devices, which are said to be 2.5x faster than the older P2000 and P4000 they replace.

New Sigma lenses: 18-50mm f/2.8, 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 image stabilized.

New Tamron lens: 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3.

Zeiss introduces four new manual focus Nikkor lenses to go with the existing two: 25mm f/2.8 (really 26mm), 35mm f/2, 50mm f/2 macro, and 100mm f/2 macro. The primary problems I have with these lenses is that there really isn't a Nikon DSLR you'd want to use them on (that 1.5x angle of view change really give us 39mm, 53mm, 75mm, and 150mm equivalents). Perhaps the 50mm would make a nice portrait lens. What's really needed is a FM3-type FF DSLR to make these lenses stand out.

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