COLOGNE, GERMANY.- Through October 1, photokina 2006 is presenting the current trends of the global imaging world in Cologne. Almost all of the global players from the photo and imaging industry, the leading suppliers of consumer electronics and a host of new exhibitors from the IT and telecommunications industry are on hand in the halls of the Exhibition Center with a large number of new products and innovations for both consumer and professional. photokina 2006 presents the innovations in the imaging world in a comprehensive and concentrated form unmatched by any other trade show. It covers still and moving images from exposure to storage, processing, communication and presentation. Below, we present an initial overview of the current innovations and trends at photokina 2006.

Trends: digital reflex cameras: The new boom in SLRs, Compact cameras and cameraphones: Small, attractive and always to hand, New printers for those special prints, 8 gigabytes and more: New, high-capacity memory cards, Camcorders: DVD and hard disk replace tape, Send, sell, present: The Internet opens up new opportunities for photography, Scrapbooking: Rediscovering the photo album, Lomography: The analog cult, Lifestyle media at photokina: Presentation of digital solutions for image communication in the living area.