After walking the halls for three days what was the best of Photokina? Well if people numbers are anything to go by the Fuji medium format system stole the show, in fact Fuji stand was well laid out and buzzing.
Sigma stand was also busy stars being the cinematography lenses and the 85mm f1.4, Olympus had a holographic display of the yet to be shown OM-D E-M1 MKII and a new Pen PL-8. Nikon had the already released D5 & D500 plus the D3400 and the Keymission action cams (are Nikon losing the plot?) but the setting was dull and un-imaginative. Panasonic laboured on 4K (and 8K) and had the pre-requisite models on a swing over lit.
Canon big thing was the 5D MKIV and the M5, the M5 is a much better offering than the previous M series and feels solid in the hands and had tons of interest. the 5D MKIV is well reported on these pages and I had one with me (along with a G7 X). I'm surprised no one has brought up the EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM MKII, I shot a few frames with the lens at the Expert Bar (over-crowded and poorly laid out) which housed lens, the C700, 1D X MKII and the other Canon cameras, the EF 24-105 f4L IS USM MKII will sell, sell, sell.
Canon had half a hall with a dome showing stills & video and a lot of wasted space why they crammed everything into the Expert Bar is beyond me. Printer had minimal floor space, they had the 8K camera and the 120MP camera both showcasing whats to come.
Overall however this was not Canon at their best and I left disappointed they under-played so much of what they can offer.
Sony new a99 MKII was another camera that was the talk of the show and the stand (which was massive) was very busy.
The other highlights were the drones (everywhere), action cams (GoPro stand was constantly blitzed with Hero 5 mania).
Lastly for us Canon users Phottix have added to their Laso offering the Indra 500LC studio / location flash which is compatible with Canon radio flash system giving 500W/s TTL power, up to 1/8000s sync speed, 15 channels, 5 groups, at 100m range. The Laso is backwards compatible to older non-radio Canon flashes using a Laso receiver, I have this system and it works a treat.
Sigma stand was also busy stars being the cinematography lenses and the 85mm f1.4, Olympus had a holographic display of the yet to be shown OM-D E-M1 MKII and a new Pen PL-8. Nikon had the already released D5 & D500 plus the D3400 and the Keymission action cams (are Nikon losing the plot?) but the setting was dull and un-imaginative. Panasonic laboured on 4K (and 8K) and had the pre-requisite models on a swing over lit.
Canon big thing was the 5D MKIV and the M5, the M5 is a much better offering than the previous M series and feels solid in the hands and had tons of interest. the 5D MKIV is well reported on these pages and I had one with me (along with a G7 X). I'm surprised no one has brought up the EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM MKII, I shot a few frames with the lens at the Expert Bar (over-crowded and poorly laid out) which housed lens, the C700, 1D X MKII and the other Canon cameras, the EF 24-105 f4L IS USM MKII will sell, sell, sell.
Canon had half a hall with a dome showing stills & video and a lot of wasted space why they crammed everything into the Expert Bar is beyond me. Printer had minimal floor space, they had the 8K camera and the 120MP camera both showcasing whats to come.
Overall however this was not Canon at their best and I left disappointed they under-played so much of what they can offer.
Sony new a99 MKII was another camera that was the talk of the show and the stand (which was massive) was very busy.
The other highlights were the drones (everywhere), action cams (GoPro stand was constantly blitzed with Hero 5 mania).
Lastly for us Canon users Phottix have added to their Laso offering the Indra 500LC studio / location flash which is compatible with Canon radio flash system giving 500W/s TTL power, up to 1/8000s sync speed, 15 channels, 5 groups, at 100m range. The Laso is backwards compatible to older non-radio Canon flashes using a Laso receiver, I have this system and it works a treat.
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