far2000
AMG Aficionado
After a relatively low key PMA, Canon is back with a bang at Photokina. As usual the large stand is one of the busiest at the show, with the two recently announced DSLR models, the EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 50D taking pride of place - and getting the most attention, along with the long hoped for 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS. The very lovely and rather pricey new 24mm F1.4 L II lens is also on display.
Also drawing the crowds are the new high-end PowerShots, the 14.7 MP G10 (which, like its predecessors, is built like a tank but has a far more useful 28-140mm zoom range) and the twin SX10 IS (10MP CCD) and SX1 IS (10MP CMOS) superzooms - the latter here in prototype form only. Elsewhere there's the usual brace of new compact PowerShots (including the SD990 IS and SD880 IS - plus the four models announced in late August (SX110 IS, A2000 IS, A1000 IS and its girlie sibling, the E1). Of course Canon isn't just a camera company, and there is a vast array of inkjet printers on display, including the newly-released Selphy ES3 and ES30 photo printers, with large built-in screen and, in the case of the ES30, a gigabyte of internal memory.
The other attention-grabber on the stand is the range of L-series telephoto prime lenses set up along one side of the stand, including the 800mm F5.6 and 200mm F2 monsters introduced for this year's Olympics.
Pictures from the Canon stand
Canon: Photokina 2008 Show Report: Digital Photography Review
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