Ted Fox,Executive Director, Photo Marketing Association Int’l.
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Bill McCurry, McCurry Associates
Machiko Ouchi, Executive Director, JPEA International
Lisa Walker, President, I3A
James L. Chung, President, International Photographic Council
Ed Lee, Director, Consumer Services & Photo Printing Trends Service, InfoTrends
Liz Cutting, Senior Account Manager, NPD Techworld
Brent Bowyer, President and CEO, IPI (Independent Photo Imagers)
Mike Worswick, President, PRO (Photographic Research Organization Inc.)
Bryan Lamkin, Senior VP, Digital Imaging and Digital Video Business Unit, Adobe Systems
Bing Liem, President and CEO, AgfaPhoto USA
Mark Roth, President, Argraph Corporation
Paul Wild, President, Bogen Imaging, Inc.
Eliott Peck, VP and GM, Sales, Canon U.S.A. Inc.’s Consumer Imaging Division
John Clough, President, Casio, Inc.
Dan Schwab, VP, Marketing, D&H Distributing
Martin Wood, CEO, Delkin Devices Inc.
Kevin R. Donohue, CEO, Digital Portal Inc.
Jaime Cohen, GM & VP, Americas Region, Digital & Film Imaging Systems, Eastman Kodak Company.
John Lang, President and CEO, Epson America, Inc.
Atsushi Yoneda, President and CEO, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.
Joe Murphy, Regional Sales Manager, GE/SANYO
Jack Showalter, President, Hasselblad USA Inc
Larry Lesley, Senior VP, Digital Photography & Entertainment, HP’s Imaging & Printing Group
Doug Pircher, VP/GM, International Supplies
Todd Schrader, Senior VP, Sales & Marketing, Konica Minolta Photo Imaging U.S.A., Inc
Roger Horn, President, Leica Camera
Jim Gustke, VP, Memory Card Business Unit, Lexar
Steve Giordano Sr., Chairman and CEO, Lucidiom, Inc.
Henry Froehlich, Chairman, MAC Group
Richard Kacik, Director of Sales, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America
David Lee, Senior VP, Nikon Inc.
Shiro Kazuta, President, Noritsu America Corporation
Stewart Muller, VP, Olympus Imaging America
Monica Helmer, National Marketing Manager, Optical Group, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company
Ned Bunnell, Director of Marketing, Pentax Imaging Company
Ken Gerb, Senior VP, Sales & Marketing, Samsung
Nelson Chan, Executive VP & GM, Consumer & Handset Business, SanDisk Corporation
Tak Inoue, President, Tamron USA, Inc.
Steven Tiffen, President & CEO, Tiffen
Pete Richichi, Executive VP, Sales & Marketing, Wynit
We have invested heavily in our dealer and supplier supported 'Mamiya On Campus Programs' to create a generation of professional photographers whose needs will have to be supplied by the retail community served by PTN.
What a year 2006 can be for the professional photo dealer specialist!
Mitsubishi
Service Is Key To Customer Loyalty
Richard Kacik, Director of Sales, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America
In today's volatile photo market, it is important for dealers and minilab owners to offer their customers a one-stop shop with a wide range of photo services. Excellent customer service is a great asset to any business—make the customer feel special and they will come back, time and again.
Mitsubishi launched the CP-9550DW photo printer and DPS Kiosk in mid-2005. In 2006, we will continue to market these new products while concentrating on enhancements for the current product line.
With digital photography, consumers have the option of printing photos at home. The greatest challenge for the imaging industry is the struggle to gain consumer support for printing at retail locations.
Nikon
DSLR Technology Adds To The Photo Experience
David Lee, Senior VP, Nikon Inc.
The growth of the digital SLR market currently enjoys the spotlight, creating a tremendous opportunity for photo manufacturers and dealers. The first step in capturing DSLR consumers is to educate them and help them become comfortable with this technology. This can be accomplished through each manufacturer's messaging efforts to deliver a better-educated consumer to retailers, as well as the interaction that takes place at the point-of-sale.
Through our efforts behind cameras like the Nikon D50 and D70s, we aim to communicate the freedom and ease of use of digital SLR photography and to build an awareness of the complete system available to an SLR photographer, which includes accessory lenses and speedlights. Educating the consumer of the total system approach to SLR pho