This past Sunday I drove down to Nashville to take in Imaging USA, the PPA's (Professional Photographers of America) annual photo expo.  I was fortunate to have the show so close to home.  Unlike the CES and PMA shows which cater to photo dealers, this show is for consumers, namely professional photographers.

I went to the show as a dealer, looking for new products to carry (found some good stuff--you will see it in the store soon) and to meet with suppliers, but I also went as a consumer, as all the big boys were there--Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji etc.  As a Canon shooter, I was in consumer mode as I got to try out the 1D Mark IV.

I found it interesting that some of the big camera manufacturers like Canon will not be at the dealer oriented PMA, but were still at the consumer oriented Imaging USA.