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Photokina Opening Day Report
A Crowded Fuji Booth
Photokina 2016 kicked off on Tuesday, September 20th and it seemed to get started without the excitement and intrigue of Photokina events from previous years.  I have been coming to Photokina since 1980 and have missed 2 in all those years.  During the peak years, all the halls and pavilions were filled.  In the past Kodak, Agfa, Leica, and Fuji had their own halls.  These were filled with gear ranging from cameras, printers, film and paper processing, mini-labs and more.  Today numerous halls aren’t even open, and no one except Leica has its own hall, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the display of cameras or other gear.
You know the show is different as you can catch a cab to and from the convention center without waiting in long lines.  Photokina has traditionally been about manufacturers showing their products to dealers and resellers.  It’s not a photographer show per se except for those real dedicated gear addicts.  It’s a ...

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Kevin Raber
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Photography is my passion and has been for 45 plus years. My career in photography has allowed me to travel the world, meet some of the most interesting people on the planet and see things I could never have dreamed of. My goal is to share the passion of pictures taking through photographs and teaching with as many people as I can hoping it brings them as much joy and happiness as it has me. I do this through Rockhopper Workshops and other projects as well as teaching at my Gallery in Indianapolis.
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