The annual international PMA photo trade show is facing tough times, with several big names not appearing this year. Hardly any UK magazines are sending reporters this year, but we will be there to find out if PMA has a future, as well as reporting back from the companies, large and small, who will be exhibiting at this year's show in Anaheim, next door to Disneyland California.

If a bulky pan and tilt or plain ball head aren't for you and your tripod, what about a self-locking joystick grip style head? An example of this is the Manfrotto 322RC2 quikc release head. Stephen Anstey like it so much he went and bought one. Read why in his review.

Thanks to our sibling site Four Thirds User we have a hands-on preview of the new Olympus Pen E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds hybrid system camera. It's Olympus' third hybrid and their most affordable one yet, but is its cheaper price at the cost of features and usability? We find out.

The Clickfree Transformer SE will turn any old USB drive in to an easy to use PC or Mac backup solution, and it can backup the media files on your iPod or iPhone too. Sounds ideal, but just how good is it?

Samsung has just launched its NX10 hybrid system camera, following Panasonic Lumix and Olympus. Nikon is rumoured to be preparing to follow, and Sony has publicly voiced its interest in developing its own hybrid system. The hybrid market could be worth three times the total DSLR market of today, We find out why, and try to answer the question of whether you will be a hybrid user eventually.

Take a bunch of photos and video clips, mix in some music, and hey presto - you have an impressive animated movie with great special effects. That describes muvee Reveal's predecessor, autoProducer. We find out what makes muvee Reveal different and better.

Part Three of our Scrapbooking series by Paula Watkins. This week we choose the size and number of our photographs and decide on the correct background.

(UPDATED) In less than a year since announcing its intention to develop a mirror-less interchangeable lens hybrid camera system, Samsung has announced the NX10, and it will ship later this month. We have no less than 35 unique images of the NX10, and its three companion lenses. Read our first impressions of the Samsung NX10.

For the price of a good quality webcam, you can have a USB-connected digital microscope. But is it just a toy, or a seriously useful digital imaging tool? We test the Veho VMS-004 digital microscope.

We've been playing with Nikon's rather amazing new S1000pj compact camera that has a built-in projector. Find out what we thought of Nikon's projector-cam - is it a gimmick or a really useful evolution of the camera?