Canon Expo 2010 New York

Once every five years Canon holds a technology exposition. The latest took place in New York City during the first week of September, 2010. This event is for Canon's customers and partners (as well as selected media), and includes business, education and government participants. Attendance is by invitation only. This was my first time attending a Canon Expo, and I have to admit being somewhat astonished at the scale of Canon's undertaking. They completely took over the main hall of New York's Javits Convention Center and there were literally hundreds of Canon employees on hand providing demonstrations of existing, new, and future technology. This included the still and video imaging segments as well as all of the other areas where Canon is a major player, which includes copiers, medical systems, office systems, and a whole lot more.
Indeed the Expo seems to have been designed to overwhelm the attendee not only with the breadth and depth of Canon's product ranges, but also its profess...