Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-21)

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FEWERthanfivedaysbeforeThe
PhotographyShowwassupposedto
startat theBiminghamNEC,organisers
Futureplcannouncedthatit wouldbe
postponedowingtothedramaticincreasein
coronaviruscasesin Europe.It willnowtake
placeon19-22September2020.
‘Weunderstandhowimportanttheshow
is bothfromanindustryandcommunity
pointof view,’saidFuture’sHeadof Events,
JonnySullens.‘PostponinguntilSeptember,
whenwehopethethreatof Covid-19will
havesignificantlyreduced,willallowusto
delivertheshoweveryonedeserves.Weare
nowworkingthroughtheramificationsof
thischallengingsituation.’
Ticketscanbetransferredtothenew
showdateora refundwillbegiven,Future
confirmed.Forfurtherticketinginformation
andupdates,visittheevent website at http://www.
photographyshow.com.

ThePhotographyShowis

postponed to September

Tokina 2020 lens

roadmap revealed

WITHtheCP+camerashow

cancelledowingtocoronavirus

fears,Tokinahasgoneaheadand

announceditslensroadmapfor

therestof 2020.

ForCanonEFandNikon

F-mount(APS-C),Tokina

highlightsan11–20mmF2.8CF

lens,expectedin thesummer.This

is in additionto thepreviously

announced11-16mmF2.8CFand

100mmF2.8CFMacrolenses.

Meanwhile,threenewAPS-C

lensesarementionedforSony

E-mountandFujifilmX-mount,a

23mmF1.4,a 33mmF1.4anda

56mmF1.4.TheE-mountlenses

arescheduledforthesummerand

theX-mountonesfortheautumn.

Tokinaalsohastwonewlensesin

thepipelineforSonyfull-frame

mirrorlesscameras,again

scheduledfortheautumn;a 35mm

F1.8FEandthe50mm F1.8 FE.

Thesesit

alongsidethe

85mmF1.

FE,whichis

alreadyon

sale.Wewill

sharemore

detailsas

soonaswe

get them.

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SeveralnewTokina

lensesaresettobe

released,whichwill

join the 85mm F1.8 FE

IT’SNOTEasteryetbut 2020 is looking

likeit couldbeanotherannushorribilisfor

thebigcameramakers.Accordingtothelatest

JanuaryreportfromJapanesetradebody

CIPA,globalsalesof interchangeable-lens

digitalcamerashavefallenby100,000units

year-on-year,nowsittingbelowthe

psychologicallyimportant500,000mark

(446,330in total).Salesof ‘Built-inLens

DSCs’,whichincludesfixed-lenscompactsand

bridgecamerasalsowentsouth,fallingfrom

455,210unitslastyearto358,316.

Thetruepicturecouldbemuchworse,

however,astheselatestfiguresdon’ttakeinto

accounttheimpactof coronavirus.Attemptsto

controlthespreadof thediseasehavenotonly

hitfactoryproductivityandsupplychains,but

therearefewercustomersoutandabout,

thoughthismaybelessof anissueforonline-

dominated camera and lens retailing. As well as

coronavirusdentingconsumerconfidence,the

threat from smartphones is as strong as ever.

Little respite for bigcamera makers

APDeputyEditorGeoffHarrisrecentlymetthe

topteamfromCanon,whoarejustone of the

big makers affected by coronavirus

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