Tanya Palta

At the CES 2008, its not only the camera manufacturers who were seen hogging the limelight.

Another new lens to emerge from the quarters of Sigma is the APO 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG MACRO HSM Zoom Lens.

The Olympus E-510 Medical and Macro Pro Kit which has been designed keeping in mind the needs of medical practitioners and macro photographers.

The Underwater Pro Kit from Olympus (£2599) includes the E-410 DSLR Body and not the E-510.

Coastal Optical Systems unveiled its new CoastalOpt® 60mm UV-VIS-IR 1:4 Apo Macro lens which is the first fully corrected lens for the UV-VIS-NIR spectrum.

The Olympus E-510 Nature Pro Kit (£3459) caters to nature photographers who need to cover a wide variety of subjects.

Sigma announced a new telephoto zoom lens for DSLRs with APS-C size sensors.

Nikon has released new firmware updates for its D3 and D300 digital SLR cameras.