Here’s the final part of the 2007: 10 Photo Industry Predictions. I hope you enjoy going through my thoughts.

2007: 10 Photo Industry Predictions Part 3 of 3

7. Online labs will go to war. Competition among online labs will heat up as more photographers try to figure out what to do with all of their image files. Who will win? Consumers, who can expect to pay unheard-of prices per print. For instance, Adorama's PIX photo lab recently ended a promotion where 8x10 prints were 99 cents and 11x14 prints cost only $1.99. Will there be similar promotions in the future? We're pretty sure there will be.

Nature Sniper: Printing online is great, being able to print online at an incredible rate is sweeter, and you bet you will get deals like this from time to time this year. The only catch: Beware of the delivery charges and the print quality, it is advisable to print few copies as reference before sending a mass amount of photos. You have been warned.

8. Pros will upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CS3. Heck, they've already started, downloading the beta version by the thousands.

Nature Sniper: Well, it is already here! I will be more excited with the release of Adobe Lightroom, a RAW management software.

9. Another one will bite the dust: In 2006 we saw Konica Minolta and Pentax bite the dust. I think we'll see at least one more big name in photography either merge with another company or simply go away. I'm hoping a big electronics company with interest in photography, like perhaps Panasonic or Epson, will buy what's left and keep the brand/lensmount afloat as Sony did with Minolta.

Nature Sniper: Olympus has been I the dust-reduction technology since years and only now then they realize the importance of it, aren’t them a bit too late? Will Panasonic be debut-ing their dSLR? Using Leica (3/4 – fourthirds ) mount maybe? Can we expect Nikon D300 to be equipped with Dust-Vibration (DR) technology?

10. We'll be here. Whatever happens in '07, we'll be here to cover the latest photo industry news, and are planning some great new features. So, bookmark this page!

Nature Sniper: Of course you need to be here, we need to verify your prediction in the coming year. Oh ya, masterchong.com will be here too!

2007: 10 Photo Industry Predictions Part 2 of 3

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