Round Up of PMA Photo Goodies

The Photo Marketing Association show (PMA) in Orlando, FL is beginning to wind down. I've been in town since Sunday and have gathered a few goodies that might interest you.

Adobe announced Photoshop Elements 4 for the Mac. This full featured image editor for $89 is all most amateur photographers would ever need. Nikon previewed its Capture NX software that provides an unified environment for photo management and image editing. Clearly Nikon has put a lot of effort into this project, and it looks great.

I discovered a super-portable screen calibrator by gretagmacbeth called the huey. I really like its interface and intelligence, but I can't tell yet if it will really help me make better prints. There's also been quite a bit of hallway talk about archiving our images. Some folks are even considering using film to archive their digital pictures. Isn't that ironic?

Overall, this year's PMA show has been an exploration in refinement. No earth-shattering announcements, but lots of improvement with existing products. I've tried my hand at reporting on some of these items via photoblogging. You can see my pictures uploaded from the show floor via my WiFi LifeDrive using Splashblog software. It was a fun proof of concept.