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Top 10 Focus on Imaging 2011 Round-Up - Focus on Imaging 2011 is now over for another year, here's the top 10 highlights of the most exciting products shown at Focus.
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Here are the Top 10 highlights of the Focus on Imaging 2011 show!
Possibly the most talked about camera on the internet, along with the Fujifilm FinePix X100, is the new transparent prototype, the Sony Alpha 700 replacement, with transluscent mirror technology, shown below. Have a look at our hands-on with the Sony Alpha Prototype.
The Fujifilm Finepix X100 is especially interesting to photographers, as it's new optical viewfinder / electronic viewfinder combination is unique in that it allows you to choose between an optical viewfinder, electronic viewfinder or an optical viewfinder with an electronic overlay. The camera features a high quality CMOS sensor, that is the same size as you find in DSLRs, along with a high quality metal body, and retro looks, you have a camera that appeals to the Leica user, but with a much more consumer friendly price point. For more on the Fujifilm FinePix X100, have a look at our hands on report, or read our full review.
Nikon's stand featured a completely new design this year, and all of the new cameras were on display including this impressive Nikon D7000 DSLR video setup - used for recording HD video. The camera was fitted with a Marshall monitor connected via the HDMI out port. The high quality video and background blur was achieved thanks to a very nice Nikon 85mm f/1.4 lens. More on the Nikon stand and hands on with their new cameras can be found here.
Samyang took the opportunity to not only sell lenses, but also show a number of new lenses, including a new 35mm f/1.4 lens, a fish-eye lens for the NXCAM video system, and a new prototype, shown below, of a 7.5mm fish-eye lens designed for the Micro Four Thirds system. Have a look at our special Focus report on Samyang lenses.
The new Lensbaby Sweet 35 was on display and fits neatly into the Lensbaby Composor lens swap system, allowing you to quickly change the aperture of the lens. For more information have a look at our Focus report.
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Went to the show and thought it had contracted yet again. Not sure if I will go again as these type of events seem to have had their day. Lets hope there is a revival as it is getting increasingly difficult for people to see camera equipment. This year there were a lot of 3d camera efforts though all of them were pretty dire. Sony's stand was impressive as was Graphistudio with great seminars.
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Fantastic show at Focus this year! Can't wait til next year by which time outdoor flash will have come on in leaps and bounds. Hope I can present my own seminar on daylight flash balancing next time with the brand new Splash Flash orthe evr popular and most desirable Quad rangers on the TFC stand.
Meanwhile, I could have spent two days exploring all the above items plus ten fold more besides.
Felt like I'd gone to heaven with so many seminars on flash and running a photo business.
Bowens, GraphiStudio, SWPP, TFC, Studio Decor, Calumet, EPhotozine, were just some of the stands well worth spending an hour or two gleaning info.
Speakers who stood out were Jim Marks, who I first met at SWPP in January, such a pleasant and entertaining instructor - Big Dog with his superb model draped seductively over a Triumph motorbike used his traditional deadpan, 'This is easy, let me show you how easy', method of presentation - There were so many good speakers and presenters that I'd better make it three days next time.
Favourite model - Monica on the Bowens stand, Wow! There was another young lady on a stand near Bowens who's eyes entranced, but maybe we're getting away from photography now.
All in all the most positive show I've been to in twenty years!
See you all next year and thank you for a great day out.
Keith Robins of YeoPhotoGroup (Google it in)
Interested in how the image industry is on the move. Enjoyed the demo/workshops. Big mistake Canon not being present, very short sighted. I was always taught to attack a tough market not give it to the competition?
Some very good offers at the show, I even came away with a new printer and the wife was with me!...result.
Tony D
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