I walked the show floor yesterday, and I have a few observations. Here they are, in random order.

• The Canon 1D Mark III is really awesome. It adds a ton of new features, including a huge buffer and 10fps shooting. There is a live-preview mode, but since it limits you to ISO 200-1600 and is manual-focus only, I don’t understand why one would possibly want to use it. There are a zillion customizations available, including correcting front- or back-focusing on your own. Sahweet.

• I’m going to eBay my N80 and buy the even-cooler N93 when it’s available. Slightly lower-res (but larger) screen, but includes GPS, longer battery life, better camera, and it’s thinner to boot.

• Canon says there should be a successor to the 5D before the end of the year.

• Lots of studio lights have moved to compact fluorescent bulbs since the last time I looked. I guess we won’t be able to call them “hot lights” anymore.