Photokina, the pho­tog­ra­phers and the imag­ing industry’s State of the Union is near and looks like there’s going to be some shift in how the game is going to be played next.

Canon’s S90 & the G11 have attested to the image-quality-is-everything the­ory, and once again have reaf­firm Canon’s com­mit­ment with their new gears, the S95, G12 and the next king to their 1Ds Kinghood, the Mark IV and the 1D Mark V.

Interestingly, “some­thing hybrid” is expected to make some big splash at the September open­ing of the show; with the increas­ing inter­est in HD-DSLR film­mak­ing and inno­va­tion, I wouldn’t be sur­prised if movie record­ing will be a stan­dard fea­ture on every SLR just like how cam­eras are on your mobile phones.

I wouldn’t be too sur­prised if noth­ing inter­est­ing will come, though, it is only a cam­era, after all.