Toronto Exposure Camera Show

This is really Henry's massive marketing, but it is worth attending.

This time, I was dissapointed in some ways, but impressed in others.

The parking lot at the International Centre in Malton was packed - I ended up parking offsite. However, there were other shows happening, and the camera show was really not all the crowded.

I played with an A77 with the 16-105 Sony lens. Nice. If I win a lottery, this is definitely on my short list!

Also played with an A900 and 135mm F1.8. I could use this just fine......

Sigma had a 200-500mm F2.8 zoom lens out for people to play with. Wow! I deliberatly did NOT look at the price tag.....

Magazines were there, other lesser ( ) brands were there, Tamron was there with a very small booth, lots of seminars.

My reasons for dissapointment:

• The Sony booth did not have a 35mm F1.8 lens in Alpha mount
• the Sigma booth did not have a 30mm F1.4 lens in Alpha mount. They showed me one in Nikon mount, which was kind of useless to me....
• Henry's was not giving any show prices for purchases. At least, not for the ones I looked at - Alpha bodies seemed to be the same price as in the store, and the price for the 35mm F1.8 was $249.

There are a couple of other things I wanted to see about, but since there were no show discounts, I left and will get them elsewhere. This is simple stuff - a case for holding filters, lens cleaning supplies, etc.

Anyone else go? Any other impressions/deals/feedback?

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Robert Fielder
Brampton, ON, Canada

I went yesterday. I had a free ticket that I got while I was at a Henry's store before.

That Sigma lens is $32,000 and is actually 200-1000mm (but f5.6 from 400-1000).

The show is basically Henry's way of making additional money. I'm surprised so many people buying things, thinking they are getting a "deal" because it's a show. The seminars are quite useful though, specially if you have the opportunity to ask questions for the presenter after the seminar.

The Sony still-camera booth was getting quite some attention (Sony also had a pro-video booth way at the back). Of course, a lot of Nikon and Canon folks at the show. When I visited the Nikon and Canon booths, I felt like I was looking at out-dated technology, in contrast to let's say Sony and Panasonic. I thought Olympus had the most beautiful booth with the water displays and all. I wanted a chance to hold the medium-format Pentax 645D, but it was sitting behind glass. The large pro-video section at the back with Humber College video school and their truck was quite neat. In general, lots of manufacturers represented at the show.

I went primarily to see the A77 first-hand. The grip fits like a glove. I don't think you can have a better grip than that in any make! The shutter is very quiet. The tilt LCD screen feels solid when moving with its brackets. The camera was a pre-production model as can be seen from the metallic microphone plate. The A65 also has the same grip-style. Also, I noticed that the new Sony 16-50 2.8 SSM is made in China. I was suprised about this, as I expected Japan or even Thailand.

If you want to take photos of beautiful models and show them off, then that is another reason to go!

Dazboot said:

That Sigma lens is $32,000 and is actually 200-1000mm (but f5.6 from 400-1000).

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To be precise it's a 200-500mm F2.8, but which comes with a matched 2x teleconverter that when attached turns it into a 400-1000mm F5.6. Came across the data the other day.

Just that insane though, I'd love seeing that beast

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I had completely forgotten about this, I'll try to go now. I should take my a77 with me and show it off

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http://www.4sighted.ca

A900, A77, KM7D, CZ85F1.4, Sigma 105F2.8, Tamron 17-50F2.8, 50F1.8, CZ24-70F2.8, 70-200F2.8.

mdesouki said:

I had completely forgotten about this, I'll try to go now. I should take my a77 with me and show it off

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Do you have a ticket? If not I can email you one. Legally!

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Robert Fielder
Brampton, ON, Canada

I only attend to see the Sony folks that ae always helpful and to see the Models with lighting setups
Amazing models

















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Sony A 900 Sony A700 Sony a55 Carl Zeiss - 24-70 Zeiss 135 Sony 70-300G Sony 16 fisheye Sony 100 macro Sony 11-18
Minolta 50mm 1.7 Questar Telescope

This is the Sigma lens:

http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/200-500mm-f28-apo-ex-dg-sigma

Wow!

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Robert Fielder
Brampton, ON, Canada

Not available in Sony mount--so basically does us (Sony users) no good even if you have the $32,000 to shell out.

Karski

Thanks Robert, sorry for not replying sooner, just saw this msg, I didn't end up going.

Munir

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http://www.sonyalpharentals.ca
http://www.4sighted.ca

A900, A77, KM7D, CZ85F1.4, Sigma 105F2.8, Tamron 17-50F2.8, 50F1.8, CZ24-70F2.8, 70-200F2.8.

Enjoyed your model shots a lot. Really nice techniques (and the models).

I was there, too.
Bought two point and shoot cameras.

Samsung ST500(dual screen) for $100.00 before tax and Sony T110 for $130 before tax.

Took a look at NIKON V1, J1. Nice but useless.

Wanted to buy a Nikon D300s, but they ask for $1450.00 and at the same time AdenCamera sells it for $1275.00

Noticed that you used Sony A-SLT55. Now at Blacks, the Sony SLT35 is on sale for $550.
Might pull the trigger. But the A77 was really massive and impressive.

Some Canadian retailers have better prices than B&H:

Canon T3i kit for $750.00
Sony NEX 5N with 18-55mm kit for $650.00
Canon 7D body for $1395.00
Nikon D7000 with 18-105mm kit for $1297.00
Nikon D3100 kit for $550.00

I think Sony's SLT35 beats both Nikon 5100 and Canon T3i.

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Best Regards.

Harrison