Sights seen at Japan's CP+ photo show
CP+ is organized by the Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA). Most of the camera manufacturers such as Olympus and Sony are members of this group.
CIPA aims to make CP+ one of the top global photo fairs, along the lines of the annual Photo Marketing Association Annual Convention and Trade Show (PMA) in the US and the biennial Photokina in Germany.
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Helpful staff members were on hand to guide visitors.
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A visitor tries out the new Olympus E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera.
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Cross-sections of the Olympus E-3 and E-30 offer an interesting view of the guts of the two dSLRs.
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Olympus also showed off the vintage film-based Pen compacts alongside their digital counterparts.
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The silver VF-2 electronic viewfinder is designed to complement the silver E-PL1. It will be available in April.
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To show how rugged its Tough-series cameras are, Olympus encased them in a block of ice.
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Sony displayed its concept mainstream dSLR, first unveiled at last month's Photo Marketing Association (PMA) tradeshow held in Anaheim, California.
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The star at Sony's booth had to be the concept mirrorless camera with interchangeable lens, which the company said will be launched within this year.
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Sony's other concept products for its Alpha range, among them two dSLRs and two lenses.
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This wall is decorated with Panasonic's current Lumix lineup.
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Over at Ricoh's booth, we spotted a mockup of a GXR camera body attached to a Hasselblad medium-format camera body. The company said this was to show how flexible the system can be, but there is no word on whether Ricoh will make such a product.
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Pentax's booth was decorated with its K-x dSLR, which is available in a multitude of color combinations.
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The highlight at Pentax's booth is the 40-megapixel 645D medium-format shooter.
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Here's a split view of the 645D.
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The 645D in a transparent case. Wouldn't that be a nice change of color for a medium-format camera, instead of the traditional black design?
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Canon showed off almost all of its EF-mount lenses.
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Visitors at Canon's booth had a chance to try out its 800mm F5.6 lens.
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A professional sports photographer sharing his experience with the crowd at Nikon's booth.
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The new Coolpix cameras.
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Visitors at Sigma's booth got to try out the company's "monster" lens, the 200-500mm F2.8.
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The lens bar at Sigma's booth allows visitors to check out the various optics the company has.
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It's not just all digital cameras at CP+. On the showfloor as well were film-based toy shooters. Shown here is the Pinhole 100.
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The Pinhole Blender is a medium-format pinhole shooter encased in a tin can.
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Polaroid showed off its Instant Film cameras from the good old days.
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