SWPP 2012 round-up

Brian and I took a trip to the SWPP 2012 show in Hammersmith the other week, with a view to having a look around, catching up with some old friends and seeing what various stands had to display. Most interestingly was the ability to actually put hands on the new Canon PowerShot G1X. While we couldn’t take any pictures with it, it feels nice in the hand and the layout and design look great. I really think it’s a great move by Canon and early reports suggest the image quality really is as good as you’d hope it would be with a sensor that size.

We also got to have a chat with Guy Thatcher from www.hireacamera.com – a really great place if you’re looking to hire cameras and lenses either for a job or to try out before buying. Guy always has the latest stuff in stock and the service has always been great when we’ve used them before.

Colin Woodley from Eizo gave us a quick tour of their self-calibrating monitors and Gary Astill took us through some of the Lastolite Speedlite flash accessories and light modifiers they had on display. We also spoke to Helen Atkinson from Snapperstuff who told us about the updates to the ThinkTank Photo bags they were now shipping. So, take a look at the video and see what you missed.

If you’ve not been to the SWPP before, then male sure you book up to head in next year. While it is very much aimed at Wedding and Portrait shooters, there is always something of interest for people working across the genres.