It's over... just for another year!

Well that's it, it's all over. Focus on imaging 2009 has been and gone. If you missed it, you'll have to wait another year for it to come around again. 

We'll compile a longer post about Focus at some point shortly, but so far our favourite things from the show were:

New PocketWizards..... mmmmmmm I can't wait

The discounts on recently discontinued Elinchrom flash heads at The Flash Centre

The speed with which EOS 5D Mark II cameras seemed to be flying over the Jacobs counter

Picking up a California sunbounce at a very good price

The seminars on the Canon stand - very interesting stuff

The lack of crowds this year making it easier to move around

Bumping into old friends we've not seen for a year

What we didn't like were:

The stupid questions some of the guys on the Canon stand had to put up with

The people carrying cameras around - seriously, what are you going to take pictures of?

The people carrying cameras around their neck with no lens on. See above.

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Focus on Imaging 22-25/February

Focus on Imaging is the UK's largest photographic trade show and  this year the focus team are celebrating their 20 year anniversary. Focus is a chance for all kinds of photographers to get together, share information, see the latest equipment and maybe pick up a bargain or two.

According to the Focus on Imaging website there were over thirty three thousand visitors last year making it the best attended show ever. Entry is free for professional photographer and costs six pounds for everyone else. Registration online is required or you will have to pay on the day at the show. Don't forget that car parking is eight pounds a day at the Birmingham NEC.

What will we see new from our favourite brand at the fair? As yet all seems to be quiet on the photo front with only the PowerShot A480 having been announced so far this year. Surely Canon won't keep us waiting until the PMA show in early March for new equipment. If you are lost then make a beeline for the Canon stand at L26 - probably the biggest stand in the whole show. You can download the floorplan here, http://www.focus-on-imaging.co.uk/images/Focus-2009-Floorplan.pdf.

If anyone fancies arranging meeting up with any other users, feel free to use the comments here to arrange times and dates!

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