Advanced Photonix, Inc. Retains Cameron Associates as Investor Relations Advisor.

CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) (AMEX - API), a leading supplier of opto-electronic solutions and Terahertz instrumentation to a global OEM customer base, announced today that the company has retained Cameron and Associates as its investor relations advisor.

Cameron will assist Advanced Photonix, Inc, in broadening its financial market presence and establishing new relationships within the investment community and financial media. The firm has a wealth of experience representing rapidly growing technology and emerging healthcare related companies.

Richard (Rick) Kurtz, Chairman and CEO stated, "With our recent addition of Picometrix Inc. to the API Family of Companies, we have a much broader array of technologies, capabilities and market potential to leverage. We need to communicate this message to our investors and the capital markets in a much more proactive way. Through Cameron we will endeavor to present our company and its business strategies to a wider investor audience, while providing increased corporate transparency to the general public. We believe that Cameron's experience and knowledge of the investment industry, particularly of the micro and small cap markets, will serve our company and its shareholders well."

Founded in 1976, Cameron Associates, Inc. is a New York City-based, full-service investor relations firm providing strategic counsel to a select group of public companies. Additional information about Cameron Associates can be obtained on the Web at www.cameronassoc.com.

The information contained herein includes forward looking statements that are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable but are subject to inherent uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, unforeseen technological obstacles which may prevent or slow the development and/or manufacture of new products; potential problems with the integration of the acquired company and its technology and possible inability to achieve expected synergies; obstacles to successfully combining product offerings and lack of customer acceptance of such offerings; limited (or slower than anticipated) customer acceptance of new products which have been and are being developed by the Company; and a decline in the general demand for optoelectronic products.

Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) is a leading supplier of opto-electronic solutions and Terahertz instrumentation to a global OEM customer base. Products include the patented High speed optical receivers in APD and PIN configurations and silicon Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (LAAPD), PIN photodiode and FILTRODE(R) detectors. More information on Advanced Photonix can be found at http://www.advancedphotonix.com.