Gadget Lab's David Becker reports in from PMA 2007 with more innovations and reflections: start with more of his notes from the show.
Hands-off image editing might be the future for snapshotters: it runs as a system service, and whenever it spots a new JPEG coming in, it performs a set of subtle enhancements, adjusting lighting and color.
Let it be said once and forever: on-camera flashes suck. Digicams don't come with a hot shoe, so how to get the most from your portable model? Of the options on show at PMA, Becker liked these the best.
Get an extreme wide-angle lens with Libao's Cyber-Tech, an inexplicably named setup from China that results in 28,000 pixel-wide shots (and a 1.5 Gb file!)
If, like me, you just suck at photography from the ground up, try the dummies-guide 'n' camera combo. This could also be sent to professional photographers you know as a crude and insulting joke on their birthdays.
And, finally, there really isn't anything these days you can't print a photo on. Read Novelty Photo Printing, parts I, II and III.
