Photokina 2014 - Day1 Tuesday 16 Sep 2014

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0810hrs preparing to leave for official opening Day

Clubsnap will be reporting live so keep checking in

 

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0935hrs Leica Galerie opening Viewing the works of photographers like
Jim Marshall,
Georges Yammine,
Martin Kollar,
Jamie Cullum
Michael Agel
Till Bronnet ,
Thomas Hoepker ,
Bryan Adams,
Tom Wright
Alejandro Cegarra
and others

 

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Attaching Leica cameras to Leica scopes

 

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Martin Vogt GM at Arca Swiss demonstrating his LF rig to fit digital cameras

Any mounts can be modified to fit this rig .... at the moment mounts for Sony 7 series, Nikon and Canon mounts
[video=youtube;1o7qsBBwBGE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o7qsBBwBGE&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

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Ricoh's reply and challenge to Go-Pro .... the just announced WG-M1 action camera with a whole tonne of features....
- waterproof to 10m
- super tough construction without need for a separate housing
- shock proof (withstands a drop of 2m)
- cold proof down to -10degC
- FULL HD 1920x1080 30p
- 3mm ultra wide angle lens (equiv to 16.8mm)
- CMOS 14mp sensor
- HDMI port
- 10fps burst shooting
- Underwater mode
- 1.5 LCD screen
- intuitive operations
- buit in WIFI

A full range of accessories will be announced

 

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Lee Filters announced their ultraslim Circular Polarizer (pictured 105mm size)




Food was OK..... just too much meat for my liking
A stall was selling chocolates shaped like cameras

 

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Over at Zeiss we checked out its latest lens offerings

Loxia 35mm f2


Distagon 35mm f1.4


Loxia 50mm f2

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Otus 85mm f1.4

 

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Explore Scientific telescopes


Photoimpex still selling film development chemicals within the Adox line



Panasonic's CM-1 drew loads of interest.... sexy lines

 

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other random images of various activities during the trade show

 

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Apologies, there will be some overlap in coverage here with eddie...

0930 - Leica opens the Leica Gallery at Photokina 2014, and launches their M edition 60, M-A, and S-E. For more info - http://en.leica-camera.com/World-of-Leica/Leica-at-photokina-2014/Leica-at-photokina-2014

 

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Leica also launched their foray into cloud storage - www.leica-fotopark.com

 

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Exciting news for RF users - Zeiss also announced their latest to the ZM family - ZM Distagon T* 1.4/35, which looks every bit like the "another" 35f/1.4, except the build (although still solid enough) and possible the price tag.

For more info - http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_de/camera_lenses/zeiss-ikon/distagont1435zm.html





Distagon with 10 lens element in 7 groups
2 lenses with aspheric optical surface
3 lenses made with special glass with anomalous partial dispersion
"Floating Elements" design

Focal Length 35mm
Aperture Range f/1.4-f1.6
Elements/Groups 10/7
Focus Range 0.7 to infinity

 

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How about Fujifilm's new XF50-140? More on that in tomorrow's coverage...

 

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Nice schwag from Nikon .... pins


Panasonic 3D Printed skins