Of the hundreds of digital products on display at PMA Sneak Peek 2007, the official press event of PMA 07 in Las Vegas, Nev., 18 have been selected by a panel of digital imaging editors to receive the prestigious DIMA Innovative Digital Product Award. The annual award is one of several events sponsored by the Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA), a PMA member association, Jackson, Mich.
DIMA Innovative Digital Product Awards recognize products or services utilizing new technologies and/or applications that make the product either distinct or the first of its kind.All entries were evaluated based on the following questions:
1. Why is this product/service considered innovative?
2. What sets this product/service apart from its competitors?
3. How does this product/service benefit its user?
Companies and products honored for their innovative digital products, in alphabetical order by company, are:
Zigview S2 (S2 version of the worlds first real-time digital angle viewfinder for digital SLR cameras)
SensorScope System (the first and only complete sensor cleaning system kit on the market for digital single lens reflex cameras)
Nexlab With DS Tower (a high-speed, dry digital minilab solution)
Epson Stylus Photo 1400 (the latest in the Epson lineup of Ultra Hi-Definition inkjet printers)
FotoNation FacePro (an advanced face tracking product designed to be embedded in mobile cameraphones)
Fujifilm IS-1 (a nine megapixel point-and-shoot camera capable of capturing both visible and infrared light)
HP Designjet Z Photo Printer Series
Hitachi Hybrid Camcorder, Model – DZHS300A
Joby Gorillapod Family (flexible camera tripod that secures a digital camera to virtually any surface)
Photobook Pro, KIS Photo-Me Group (high-quality photo albums, photo books and double-sided photo products utilizing currently available silver halide photographic paper as well as many inkjet and non-photo-paper materials)
Lensbaby 3G (third generation selective focus single lens reflex – SLR – lens)
Freedom Universal With Product Finder MTI (a powered merchandising and security system integrated with a digital signage screen that delivers SKU-specific information instantly when consumers touch the screen)
Olympus EVOLT E-510 (digital SLR camera)
Olympus SP-550 UZ Ultra Zoom (the worlds most powerful ultra zoom compact camera)
Olympus Stylus 770 SW (7.1-megapixel ultra-compact camera)
Think Tank Photo rotation360
Xerox iGen3 Digital Production Press
Source: DIMA Press Release
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