Big industry players such as Canon, Leica, Nikon, Hasselblad, Olympus, Sony, Panasonic and Fujifilm all have their latest and greatest cameras and lenses on display at the event.

 

Photographers can also benefit from free workshops, with over 30 specialist presenters and live demos taking place. Some of the presenters include Walter Borchenko discussing medium format photography, Johan Pretorius talking about sports photography and Patrick Toselli giving finer details about fashion photography. For a complete list of presenters plus the schedule for appearances click here. 

 

Luckily cameras are not the only products on display, since the accessory market is also well catered for with printers and scanners, tripods, PC software & hardware, lighting, backdrops and underwater accessories also making an appearance.

 

Tickets to the event will set you back R80 while kids under 16 goes in for R40. There is also a limited number of discounted weekend passes available (R200) which starts going on sale Thursday morning. The Expo opens at 9 am and closes at 5 pm. For more info visit www.photofilmexpo.com.