photokina 2012, the world’s largest imaging fair, took place last week in cologne, germany. there was a lot to see and test on the huge fairground that is koelnmesse, not just from the big players in photography and imaging. i was there with lytro, maker of the first consumer light field camera.
photokina was my second time to meet eric cheng, underwater photographer and, more recently, director of photography at lytro, in real. our lives had intersected very briefly 8 years ago in berlin. other people i was lucky enough to meet were gretchen harding and sam tellman from lytro, adam hanlon from wetpixel, and andi voeltz (second time in 8 years also).
had a great time, and found new inspiration for both photography and lightfield photography!
on a side note, attending a photography fair had exactly the effect i was afraid of (or hoping for?): i need a new camera. :)
photos after the break:
photokina 2012, north entrance
photokina entrance
left: visitors entrance, right: exhibitors entrance. it’s nice to just walk in without waiting! :)
world of imaging
world of imaging – south pole
linhof plate camera from 1903
press section, photokina 2012
sony’s exotic test photo setup at photokina 2012
ebony steel band, playing in the sony area
sony rx1 – full frame goodness
the internal life of sony’s rx1
sony rx100
the internal life of sony’s slt-a99
tanks and babes, hyundai booth at photokina 2012
spacy tamron dance show
spacy tamron dance show
spacy tamron dance show
eric cheng talks lytro and living pictures
an ordinary photo of a lytro camera taking a picture of a lytro camera, taking a picture of a lytro camera, taking a picture of a lytro presentation. #meta
eric cheng talks lytro and living pictures
lytro photowalk introduction – eric cheng
lytro photowalk introduction – eric cheng and gretchen harding
an amazing hologram of the ur-leica (1913/14)
close-up of the ur-leica hologram at photokina. (printed lens array mask?)
the ur-leica hologram, focussed on the lens array
the ur-leica hologram, focussed on somewhere behind the lens array
sam tellman, south of antarctica
lytro photowalk introduction – gretchen harding, eric cheng and sam tellman
lytro attack on a girl with an interesting iphone case
the limited edition brushed metal finish orange lytro model
beautiful: the limited edition brushed metal finish orange camera model that was given out to some of the very first lytro employees
lillo & co: animal-shaped photo book binding machines
samsung’s display area at photokina 2012
samsung galaxy camera
samsung waterfall display
canon hall, photokina 2012
canon booths, photokina 2012
nikon hall, photokina 2012
nikon photo heart, photokina 2012
fujifilm at photokina 2012
fujifilm extra-low dispersion lens for reduced chromatic aberration
pixelsophie’s new lytro t-shirt
eric and custom-made lytro-iphone-video rig
hard-core lytro fan axel didn’t just bring his own lytro
hard-core lytro fan axel didn’t just bring his own lytro
a nearly-blind woman tests the lytro lightfield camera at photokina 2012
pentax’ wg-II is water-/temperature/shock-proof and looks bad-ass!
pentax’ wg-II is water-/temperature/shock-proof and looks bad-ass!
pentax k-5 II with a transparent body
the asctec falcon 8 camera-octocopter
another camera copter
equipment for *serious* wildlife photographers by martin iglesias
social media talk by oliver and colleague from social network group
eric cheng talks lytro and living pictures
eric cheng talks lytro and living pictures
you just can’t compete with a playboy shooting.
“back to the future”: irina werning’s version of “young me, now me”