Eye on Imaging Volume 3, No. 3 • May 2006
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| Welcome to the I3A “Eye on Imaging” newsletter, which is issued every other month. We will keep you informed and up-to-date on key I3A and industry activities and breaking news, as well as highlight the accomplishments of the individuals whose efforts keep our organization humming. If you have comments or questions, please send a message to Editor@I3A.org. |
The President’s Focus
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| Spring is finally here! I can tell because I’m no longer dragging the heavy winter coat on my trips to the White Plains, NY office, and I haven’t had to use an ice scraper on the rental car in a month. |
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| Lisa Walker |
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| Also noticeably different at I3A is that we’re in crunch mode planning our annual conference. If you’re reading this, you probably know that we’ve held our annual conference the first week of November for the past SIXTY years. Some would say you don’t break a tradition like that. But as we are all either painfully or gleefully aware, our industry is breaking tradition like never before. I3A must evolve right along with it. |
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Join Your Colleagues At ImageTech:
ACMEworks Digital Film Inc.
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Creative Memories
Digital Railroad
DigitalBenchmarks
Eastman Kodak Company
Electronic Imaging Consulting
EZ Prints
Felix Schoeller jr.
Ferrania Technologies
FilmLoop
FlashPoint Technology Inc. Flextronics
Foveon, Inc.
Fuji Photo Film Canada, Inc.
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.
Future Image
Hewlett-Packard Company
Icosystem Corporation
Image Permanence Institute
Imatest
InfoTrends
Konica Minolta Headqrtrs NA, Inc.
Konica
Minolta Holdings USA Inc.
Lifetouch Inc.
Lyra Research
Micron Technologies
Microsoft Corporation
Motorola
Ojos, Inc.
PMA Qualcomm
Sharpcast
Simple Star
Sony Electronics Inc.
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
SozoTek, Inc.
Sprint
Stanford University
The Well Connected Woman
Webshots
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| This year’s conference reflects the signs of our times. We’re focusing on the “standards and technology powering the future of imaging.” We’ve moved the conference to late spring, in order to better serve our customers, all of whom are extremely busy in the fall selling season, especially with photokina ‘on’ this year. We are also focusing on what we do best: looking ahead to where the industry is going, and developing the technology underpinnings to support that future. |
| We’ll set the stage for that vision on day one of the conference. The second day will be built around taking the lead on finding solutions to cutting edge issues facing the imaging industry. First, we present "Keeping the Memories Alive" — a panel examining new ways of solving the issue of preserving digital images for consumers. This panel will also provide a sneak peak into the work of the new I3A Consumer Photo Preservation Initiative. |
| Second — another new addition to the conference — the Technology Showcase, where you’ll see under–the–radar imaging products that provide will fresh insights into the technologies shaping tomorrow. |
| Last, but most importantly, we’ll dedicate the final luncheon panel session to Camera Phone Image Quality standards and testing. Not only will we have some of the brightest minds in the field openly discussing the burning need for new metrics for measuring camera phone image quality, but we’ll follow through with actions: an open working meeting to determine the path forward on fulfilling those needs. |
| Leading companies including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, SozoTek, Qualcomm, Motorola, Stanford University Center for Imaging Science, Micron Technologies, Flextronics, Hewlett Packard, Insilica and others will be there to set that pathway in motion. |
| ImageTech is truly shaping up to be a ‘DON’T MISS’ event, so don’t miss it! |
| Special thanks go to our ImageTech event sponsors Sprint Nextel, Fujifilm and HP. |
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| As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me at any time. See you in Chicago!! |
| Lisa Walker |
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I3A Annual Conference, ImageTech
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60th Annual Conference: The Standards and Technology Powering the Future of Imaging
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June 7 - 9, 2006 in Chicago
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Don’t miss I3A’s 60th Annual Conference, taking place June 7 - 9, 2006 at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in Chicago, a step away from the Magnificent Mile. Register now, as rooms in Chicago can be scarce and you don’t want to miss this event. |
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| We listened to you and the imaging community and have moved the event to a less crowded time of year, and to a central location to make it easier for everyone to attend. |
We’ve also reengineered the program to delve even more deeply into a single more technical theme, ImageTech:
The Standards and Technology Powering the Future of Imaging, and we have gathered the best minds in the industry to consider new ideas, opportunities, challenges and solutions surrounding our topic. |
| New to the conference is a Friday morning Technology Showcase, where companies can demonstrate new products and technology to industry colleagues, and attendees will sneak a first glimpse of new technologies that will provide solution to their client and/or business challenges. |
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| Finally, with skyrocketing sales of camera-equipped mobile phones enabling a large part of the world’s population to capture images, we’ve designed our final day’s session to address metrics for measuring and testing camera phone image quality. |
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| ImageTech sessions will include: |
- "Next-Generation Sharing"— a panel discussion moderated by Paul Worthington, Senior Analyst, Future Image
- "Possibilities for the Future of Printing Technology-A New View of Printing Devices" — a panel discussion moderated by Steve Hoffenberg, Lyra Research
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- "AfterClick: We’ve Got the Images. Now What? Issues and Opportunities Beyond Capture" — a panel discussion moderated by Jeff Hayes, Group Director, InfoTrends
- "Keeping the Memories Alive: Archiving and Consumer Photography Preservation" — a panel discussion moderated by Fred Shippey, Electronic Imaging Consulting
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| Steve Hoffenberg, Lyra Research |
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- I3A Image Quality Performance Testing Program Working Session — a discussion to define requirements for a future I3A image quality testing program
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- Technology Showcase of cutting edge products and services
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| You will not only gain insight into the standards and technology shaping tomorrow, but will find out how leading companies plan to address the opportunities and challenges on the road ahead. |
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| Paul Worthington, Future Image |
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| ImageTech sponsorship opportunities are available. As a staging ground for an invaluable exchange of ideas among attendees and industry influencers, the event is a very effective platform for promoting a company’s product or service offerings to the prime audience that is I3A’s special blend of member companies, reaching every corner of the global imaging industry. |
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| View the agenda and register now! |
| Industry Leaders Attending Image Quality Session: Flextronics, Hewlett-Packard, Imatest, Insilica, Micron Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, SozoTek, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, and Stanford University. |
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| For more information on attending or sponsoring the conference, or exhibiting in the Technology Showcase, please contact Shannon Taylor. |
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| I3A thanks Platinum sponsor: |
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Open Meeting on Camera Phone Image Quality Standards and Testing
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Camera Phone Image Quality: How Do We Measure Quality for Images?
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June 9 Working Session to Cap ImageTech Conference
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| Because the skyrocketing sales of camera-equipped mobile phones have put image capture capability in the hands of a large part of the world’s population, one of the key issues we’ll address at this year’s conference is metrics for measuring and testing camera phone image quality. |
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| The closing luncheon panel session, Camera Phone Image Quality: How Do We Measure Quality for Images on the Go? on Friday, June 9th at noon, will be moderated by Sally Weiner Grotta, an internationally recognized expert in digital imaging software and bug-finding testing. After the panel session, a working meeting from 2:00 to 4:00pm will consider the requirements for an image quality performance testing program to be developed in I3A, and what actions we should take to fulfill them. |
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Sally Wiener Grotta,
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Digital Imaging Software,
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| While there are many image quality standards for digital still cameras, either they have not been applied to camera phones, or there are additional standardization requirements for camera phones that have not yet been met. Camera phone component and handset manufacturers may not be leveraging the standards or practices of the digital still camera industry, and carriers who must make constant capture device purchasing decisions struggle due to the lack of available metrics for testing and comparing those devices. |
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The luncheon panel session will discuss and evaluate the current landscape for image quality metrics for camera phones, and provide a foundation for the Image Quality working meeting to follow:
- Why do we need image quality standards and testing specifically for camera phones?
- Can existing DSC standards be utilized?
- Are there gaps to be filled with new standards?
- Why isn’t resolution a good measurement?
- What are the trade offs between sensor resolution and sensitivity?
- What about the cost trade offs?
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| The Image Quality working meeting will then move from discussion into the action phase. Participants will outline how the existing standards and test methods will be leveraged, flesh out ideas for new camera phone image quality standards, identify the metrics and implementation needs for a testing program, and determe relative quality ratings and how those ratings can be applied equitably in a cost/performance trade off. |
| Join these industry leaders attending this working session: Flextronics, Hewlett-Packard, Imatest, Insilica, Micron Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Sony Ericsson, SozoTek, Sprint, and Stanford University |
| Further details on the conference can be found at www.i3aannualconference.org. Contact Shannon Taylor, 781-876-6223 to reserve your space. |
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| This workshop was generously sponsored by: |
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2006 I3A Achievement Award
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Presentation Ceremony to be Held During Annual Conference Welcome Reception
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| The I3A Achievement Award recognizes, encourages and celebrates outstanding contributions by I3A participants whose efforts have resulted in advancement or growth of the imaging industry. |
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| Philip Wychorski, Eastman Kodak Company, received the 2005 I3A Achievement Award |
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| Last year’s Achievement Award was presented to Philip Wychorski of the Eastman Kodak Company. |
| Nominations have been submitted by member representatives of the Association and its boards, initiatives, and committees. The winner, selected from either the "Standards and Initiatives" or "Advocacy" category, will be named at the I3A Annual Conference Welcome Reception. |
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| Please join us at the Welcome Reception, on June 7th at 6:30 pm, at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in Chicago. |
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2006 Mobile Imaging Summit and 6Sight Conference
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Future Image and I3A Co-Host October 24 - 25, Monterey, CA, Events
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| The 6th edition of the Mobile Imaging Summit executive conference will take place on October 24, in conjunction with the 6Sight meeting. Beyond the Camera-Phone Ecosystem is the theme of this year’s Summit. |
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| Mobile Imaging Summit October 24, Monterey, CA Beyond The Camera-Phone Ecosystem |
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| The Summit is a limited attendance event open to senior executives that brings together leaders of the imaging, information processing and telecommunications industries to foster revenue growth in the camera-phone ecosystem. |
| Topics to be covered in this year’s event include a financial roundtable on monetizing user-generated content and discussions on who controls the network, social imaging, and visual communications. New lens, camera-phone and visual communications technologies will be showcased. |
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| 6Sight Conference October 25, Monterey CAConnected Imaging Revolution |
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Connected Imaging Revolution is the theme for the inaugural 6Sight conference, scheduled for October 25 in Monterey, CA. The event will bring together technologists, marketers, futurists, artists, educators, high-volume users and members of the media for a program emphasizing innovative use cases, breakthrough technologies, and creativity. |
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| Connected Imaging is among the key trends to emerge in recent years at the intersection of technology development and social evolution, as reported in the ground-breaking book Going Visual co-authored by Future Image founder, Alexis Gerard, and AVA Mobile founder, Bob Goldstein. |
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| Alexis Gerard, Founder and President, Future Image |
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| "Industry conferences are typically all about features, specifications, and market statistics. Instead, 6Sight focuses primarily on impact to people’s everyday lives," said Gerard. |
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| Monterey, CA inspires visionary thinking |
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According to Gerard, "The term Connected Imaging communicates value to users. It’s about the myriad ways we can be enriched by imaging tools that help people connect more effectively with each other – whether for work, personal, or community purposes. And the 6Sight conference is also about first looks at exciting new imaging technologies that will expand our horizons." |
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| The I3A Consumer Photo Preservation (CPP) Initiative, unveiled at the PMA International Show in February, is now in full swing. Participating companies include ACMEworks Digital Film, Creative Memories, Eastman Kodak, HP and Sprint. The group is now developing the creative and content for the website. |
| The project’s intention is to take the mystery out of preserving digital images by educating consumers about the risks faced, and the proper methodology for storing, cataloging and preserving digital images, using an easy to follow step-by-step approach |
CPP is focused on the development of an informational resource for consumer education. The motivation and rationale are based on the recognition that:
- There is a real and growing risk that a generation of consumer
photos in digital form may be lost due to a variety of factors largely being ignored
- The collective membership of the I3A embodies the knowledge and expert guidance to help consumers protect these memories
- The imaging industry has the responsibility to do this, with consumer trust at stake
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| The CPP Initiative will meet on June 7, 2006. For more information about the CPP Initiative contact Jim Peyton. |
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| Cognima Hires Steve Langkamp as Chief Operating Officer |
| Cognima, the effortless mobile imaging company, announced that Steve Langkamp, a senior executive with substantial wireless industry experience, has joined Cognima as chief operating officer, a new position. Langkamp comes to Cognima from Magic4 Ltd., a leading mobile phone messaging software provider acquired in 2004 by Openwave Systems. As Magic4’s chief operating officer, Langkamp consistently met the time-to-market requirements of its handset manufacturer customers. After the company’s acquisition by Openwave, Langkamp was named Openwave’s vice president and general manager of client products and services. |
| HP Hires Disney’s HR Chief for Company’s Imaging and Printing Group |
| HP today announced that it has appointed John M. Renfro, the head of human resources at The Walt Disney Company, to lead human resources for the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) of HP. Renfro will serve as vice president and report to Marcela Perez de Alonso, executive vice president of human resources for HP, and to Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of IPG. Renfro will be responsible for improving organizational effectiveness, developing high-performance teams and delivering world-class HR programs for IPG, which reported revenue of $25 billion in FY2005. |
| HP, Nike Win Top Honors in Ceres/ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards |
| Hewlett-Packard and Nike Inc. have received the top sustainability reporting awards in an international competition sponsored by the Boston-based Ceres coalition and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The Ceres-ACCA North American awards program, now in its fifth year, is designed to highlight best practices in reporting on sustainability issues by North American companies and other organizations, and to provide guidance to other groups and companies that are publishing or intend to publish sustainability or corporate social responsibility reports. |
| HP Unveils Laptops With Spiffier Designs |
| Following in the footsteps of rivals, Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s second-largest computer maker, unveiled laptops with spiffier designs as well as more powerful processors. Six of seven new HP notebooks will run on dual-core chips from either Intel Corp. (INTC) or Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), and a business-targeted model allows users to swap the cellular broadband module if they switch carriers. |
| Independent audit results reveal most successful International CES in history |
| The 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) drew a record crowd of 152,203 industry professionals, with more than 25,000 international attendees from 144 countries, during its four-day run in Las Vegas January 5 to 8, 2006. The 2006 International CES was the largest CES in history, both in attendance and square footage, thanks to the addition of the Sands Expo and Convention Center, where 2,700 CES exhibitors showcased their wares over a record 1.69 million net square feet of space. In addition to the "who’s who" of the technology industry, the 2006 show also attracted top government officials, Hollywood stars, entertainment industry executives, engineers, retail buyers and media from all over the world. |
| Nokia surprises market, profit up 21% |
| Nokia surprised analysts by reporting a strong first quarter of double-digit growth in net profit and sales, and it said it increased its market share to 35 percent. Nokia earned $1.29 billion on $11.7 billion in sales. Analysts had expected a profit of $1.1 billion and sales of $10.7 billion. Nokia management said the company continues to benefit from a diversifying product portfolio, with more variety in the company’s mid-range offerings. Nokia highlighted the success of its N70 multimedia device, which was the highest revenue generator for the company this quarter. Analysts had been concerned about Nokia’s heavy focus on the low-end market. |
| Qualcomm raises guidance for Q3 |
| Qualcomm said it expects its fiscal third-quarter results to be at or slightly above the high-end of prior guidance management gave of about $1.77 billion to $1.87 billion in pro forma revenue. Qualcomm said it is shipping about 53 million to 56 million MSM chips compared with previous guidance of 50 million to 53 million. "The increase in our guidance reflects stronger than expected new orders for our very low-tier chipsets as well as increased demand for 1xEV-DO chipsets," said Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs. |
| Sony Ericsson profits surge |
| Handset vendor Sony Ericsson announced net income for the first quarter of 2006 more than tripled to $131.8 million compared with $38.7 in the same period last year. The company said it shipped 13.3 million phones during the quarter, a 41 percent increase over the same period last year. And there’s more good news for investors and analysts. Like Nokia, Sony Ericsson reported that the average selling price of its handsets increased to $180, compared with $174 in the fourth quarter. Sony Ericsson’s results have been powered by the success of its Walkman music phone, building on Sony’s famous portable music player brand as well as new camera phones. |
| Sprint introduces child location service |
| Sprint Nextel says it is the first U.S. wireless carrier to offer a consumer-focused LBS application that enables a parent to use a phone or PC to pinpoint the location of a child on a map along with the address, surrounding landmarks and accuracy of the information within a specified radius. The news comes on the heals of Disney’s MVNO service that will allow parents to track their children’s whereabouts. One interesting feature is called the "safety check," which allows parents or guardians to set alerts to notify them when the child arrives at a specified location such as school or home. |
| Sprint Nextel Buys Affiliate UbiquiTel For $1.3 Billion |
| Sprint Nextel scooped up another one of its affiliates, agreeing to pay $1.3 billion in cash to acquire UbiquiTel. Sprint agreed to pay $10.35 a share for UbiquiTel, which serves 452,000 direct subscribers and 151,000 wholesale subscribers in nine states from California to Tennessee. The deal further increases the likelihood that Sprint will run the table and buy out the remaining four affiliates: IPCS Inc., Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., Swiftel Communications and Northern PCS. On Friday, Shenandoah said it was exploring the option of a sale after failing to reach an affiliate agreement with Sprint. |
| Study Benchmarks Chemical Companies’ Relative Exposure to REACH |
| Most large capitalization companies in the chemical sector indicate that the new REACH regulations will have a relatively minor effect on variable operating costs, according to a new survey by Innovest Strategic Advisors. The chemical industry has previously claimed that the European chemicals policy termed REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals) will result in thousands of lost jobs and have sweeping economic impacts. The effects of REACH will be felt more intensely by the mid-cap and small cap companies, according to the report. Some smaller specialty firms indicate that approximately 30% to 40% of intermediates used in production could be affected. |
Buyer beware: First draft of 802.11n fails |
| It’s always risky to ship products based on drafts of standards, something Broadcom, Atheros and a host of analysts have been saying for a while when it comes to the 802.11n standards process. Now it looks like they have been proven correct. The first vote by members of the IEEE 802.11 working group failed to reach a majority on Draft 1 of the new 802.11n standard, which boosts 802.11 performance in terms of throughput and range. The draft couldn’t even get a simple majority, with just 46.6 percent voting for moving the draft to the next step in the IEEE process. Meanwhile, a host of vendors are shipping pre-N router products based on Draft 1.0 to get a head start in the market, much like they did with previous standards of 802.11. Airgo’s CEO Greg Raleigh says the rejection of Draft 1.0 shows the desire for significant changes in the standard, including improvements in interoperability with legacy devices. |
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Digital Photography Trends
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| InfoTrends Study Shows that Nearly 40% of U.S. Digital Camera Owners are Using a Retail Print Service |
| According to InfoTrends, the use of retail photo printing services continues to grow. Retail services might involve ordering prints from a photo kiosk print station, ordering them over-the-counter at a retail store, or placing an order through a retailer’s online site for pickup in the store. The study confirms that digital camera owners continue to use multiple sources for obtaining prints, but more people are shifting to retail. Not only is usage increasing, but frequency is as well. While only 13% of digital camera owners reported printing at retail most often during 2004, this percentage had increased to 23% in 2005. |
| Digital Production Color Entering Rapid Growth Phase, Future Technological Innovations Transforming Industry |
| The printing industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Many of the technological changes that are affecting the industry are related to developments with digital color. InfoTrends’ most recent study forecasts the digital color market to grow 20% a year through the end of the decade. The market for digital color is currently generating over 58 billion pages in the U.S., and results in over 42,000 annual hardware placements in production environments. This production market purchases $4.46 billion in digital color equipment, service, and supplies (excluding paper), and generates almost $25 billion in retail value of print. After examining literally thousands of pages of data, InfoTrends believes that the digital production market is entering the high growth phase in terms of technology adoption. |
| CE Sales Rise 11% For Top 100 Dealers |
| America’s love affair with consumer electronics grew more torrid last year, sending sales of the industry’s 100 largest dealers soaring past the $100 billion mark, according to the latest TWICE Top 100 CE Retailers report, prepared with market research partner The Stevenson Company. Specifically, relentless demand for flat-panel TVs, Apple iPods, digital cameras and all other manner of digital devices drove retail revenue up 10.9 percent in 2005, to $108.5 billion. What’s more, merchants and consumers overcame the triple threat of hurricanes, high fuel costs and product shortages to breeze past the prior year’s 7.9 percent volume gains for the Top 100. |
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Camera Phone Trends
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| Camera Function Tops List of Frequently Used Features on Cell Phones, According to InfoTrends’ Study |
| According to recent research by InfoTrends, the camera is the most popular mobile application. Although consumers may not be purchasing phones initially for their imaging components, it seems that once they try the camera feature, they are pleasantly surprised by its utility. InfoTrends’ data shows that 29% of U.S. Internet users now have a camera phone, up from 18% in June of 2005. As the market moves towards an early majority phase, behaviors will change accordingly. For example, the number of images captured per month has been cut by more than 60% from 2004 to 2005. The cause of this decline can be attributed to some consumers no longer purchasing camera phones for "fun" and "spontaneity," but rather because the handset was the most affordable and had the best overall features. |
| U.S. Mobile Phone Sales Up, As Old Phones Get Tossed |
| U.S. mobile phone sales to consumers in the first quarter increased more than 11 percent, as wireless subscribers threw out their old phones for new ones. Shipments reached 34.8 million units in the quarter, as sales neared $2.3 billion, The NPD Group said. The increase compared to the same period last year was due to a strong demand for replacement models and from new subscribers. |
| YouTube offers mobile upload service |
| YouTube launched a service that allows users to upload homemade clips via their mobile phones or PDAs. Members can shoot clips with their cell phone and e-mail them to YouTube, where the clips are automatically posted under the users’ profile. |
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| Herb Stein has spent 54 years in the photo industry, much of that with Berkey Photo and Qualex Inc. Stein joined Berkey Photo in 1967 as manager of the Laboratory Equipment Division and became vice president of Operations in 1981. With the Colorcraft acquisition of Berkey, he was vice president of Operations and technical director, and maintained these responsibilities when Qualex was formed in 1987. Stein retired from Qualex in 1990. |
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| Herb Stein, I3A Role Model and 2006 PMA Distinguished Service Award Winner |
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| Mr. Stein has been active on I3A’s IT4 (formerly PH4) Standards Committee on Photochemicals and Processing since 1985. In addition, Mr. Stein has represented PMA on I3A’s Standards Management Board, where he served on the task force that developed the ANSI-accredited I3A Standardization Procedures and Administrative Practices. Mr. Stein is a member of the USA Technical Advisory Board for ISO/TC42 – Photography, and has been a member of the I3A Integrity in Transportation of Imaging Products (ITIP) Committee since its inception in 2001. |
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| Mr. Stein received the 2006 PMA Distinguished Service Award. The award is given each year to people whose exemplary, lifelong careers and dedication to photo imaging have contributed to the betterment of the industry as a whole. His activities with PMA began in 1968 with the formation of the Society of Photo Finishing Engineers (SPFE), serving as chairman from 1984-1989. Stein currently serves as technical advisor to the SPFE Committee and just completed a thorough revision of the SPFE Study Guide, bringing it up to date with the inclusion of chapters on digital imaging. |
| Stein began his career in the photo industry in 1952 as an analytical chemist for Consolidated Film Industries in Fort Lee, N.J., and joined Pavelle Color Corp. in New York, N.Y., in 1955 as chief chemist and quality control manager. In 1962, he joined the Gevaert Corp., which soon merged with Agfa to become Agfa-Gevaert. His responsibility as technical manager – Color Products was as a liaison between U.S. companies using their Kodacolor and Kodachrome-type products and the factories in Europe. |
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| ACMEworks Digital Film Inc., founded in 1999 by Stephen Hagel, came into existence at a time when various television animation production facilities, including Warner Bros. Television Animation, were undergoing a transition in the way they created their content, a shift in paradigm from traditional methods to digital methods. |
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| ACMEworks’ client studios realized early that, in spite of the "digital advantage" for production, high resolution human–eye–readable film based archives still provided the best long-term security for their assets. ACMEworks’ early success was driven by innovative programs that helped its customers bridge the gap between Standard Definition broadcast resolution and the higher resolution archival quality files created by the animation service studios. "We were able to conform a Standard Definition frame rate of 29.97 fps to 24 fps material provided by the overseas service studios. This saved the client studios thousands of dollars in post production costs that really helped them to rationalize the film recording costs," explained Hagel. |
| ACMEworks won the "2000 Emerging Enterprise of the Year" Award from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. In presenting the award, the Chamber commended ACMEworks as: "A forward thinking, innovative company whose vision toward the future in a time when people are rushing madly towards the digital abyss would be praised in good time." |
| Preservation is a core ACMEworks value. In addition to its work with professional studios, ACMEworks has been addressing the growing consumer still photography market, which is increasingly going digital in acquisition. ACMEworks has been beta testing a new program with a specific segment of this market since early in 2004 and is eagerly anticipating the launch of a consumer image preservation service later in 2006. |
| ACMEworks’ core values around image preservation align perfectly with I3A’s, particularly around the Consumer Photo Preservation Initiative and related future initiatives. ACMEworks is dedicated to contributing to the educational process necessary to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy and treasure the images that will become their memories of us. |
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I3A Meetings and Events
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| To arrange to attend any of these meetings, please register on the members’ Web site or contact the Standards Department at i3astds@i3a.org. |
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| May 2006 |
| Mon 15 |
I3A/IT9 – WG5 – Task Group 1 – Rochester, NY |
| Tue 16 |
I3A/IT9 – WG5 – Task Group 2 – Rochester, NY |
| Wed 17 |
I3A/IT9 – WG5 – Task Group 3 – Rochester, NY |
| Thu 18 |
I3A/IT9 – WG5 – Rochester, NY |
| June 2006 |
| Tue 6 |
USA/TAG/ISO/TC42 – Chicago,
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I3A
Standards Management Board (SMB) – Chicago, IL |
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Wed 7 - Fri 9 |
I3A Annual Conference
ImageTech: The Standards and Technology
Powering the Future of Imaging
Chicago, IL
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Wed 7
1:00 - 5:00 PM |
Joint Standards Management Board and Management Committee – Chicago,
IL |
Wed 7
11:00 AM -1:00 PM
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CPP Initiative – Chicago, IL |
Fri 9
2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Camera Phone Image Quality Standards and Testing Working Session – Chicago,
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| August 2006 |
| Tue 8 |
IT10
Electronic Still Picture Imaging |
| October 2006 |
| Mon 2 |
TC42/JWG20/22/23 – Cologne, Germany |
| Tue 3 |
TC42/WG18 – Cologne, Germany |
| Wed 4 |
TC42/WG18 (cont’d) –
Cologne, Germany |
| November 2006 |
| Thu 30 |
Annual X–Ray Meeting |
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Industry Events
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| As a service to its members, I3A provides a listing of events affecting the imaging industry. |
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May 18 - 21 |
4th International Kyiv PhotoFair 2006
Kyiv, Ukraine |
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May 23 - 26
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4IS&T Archiving Conference
Ottawa, Ontario |
| May 31 - June 6 |
ExpoPrint Latin America 2006
Sao Paolo, Brazil
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| June 7 - 9 |
 I3A Annual Conference, ImageTech
Chicago, IL
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| June 9 |
Camera Phone Image Quality
Standards and Testing Working Meeting
2:00 - 4:00
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Chicago, IL
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| June 19 - 22 |
Third European Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision
Leeds, UK
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| June 19 - 23 |
Ink Jet Academy: Practice of Ink Jet Technology
Manchester, UK
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| June 26 - 29 |
IS&T Printing Technology SPb’06
St. Petersburg, Russia
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| June 26 - 30 |
Ink Jet Academy and Developer’s Conference
Chicago, IL
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| July 13 - 16 |
Imaging Expo China/Interphoto Shanghai
Shanghai
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| July 19 - 22 |
Shanghai Intl Advertising Technology & Equipment Exhibition
Shanghai
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| August 8 - 11 |
PhotoImageBrazil
São Paulo - Brazil
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Sept 11 - 13
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PMA Canada Exposition 2006
Ottawa, Canada |
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Sept 17 - 21
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Digital
Fabrication / International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies
Denver, CO |
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Sept 26 - 29
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SGIA ’06
Las Vegas |
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Sept 28 - 30
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5th Annual China Intl Silver Conference
Guangzhou Province , China |
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Sept 26 - Oct 1
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photokina
Cologne, Germany |
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Oct 24 - 26
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6Sight
Conference / 2006
Mobile Imaging Summit North America
Connected Imaging
Beyond the Camera–Phone Ecosystem
Monterey, California |
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