Olympus will showcase the new Olympus PEN F camera and the M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm 1:4.0 IS PRO lens at The Photography Show 2016 taking place from19th to 22nd March at the NEC in Birmingham. Photographers can pre-book a 30 minute session to sit down in an exclusive PEN-F area with a member of the Olympus team and get to know the camera. Sessions can be booked online and also from the Reception desk on the stand. The Photography Show will also host a number of talks by Olympus visionaries such as Jay McLaughlin, Edmond Terakopian, Robert Pugh and R Cleveland Aaron. Additionally, Olympus will have two photographers speaking on the prestigious Super Stage at the Show; Nick Danziger and Peter Dench.

Olympus Press Release

Olympus UK at The Photography Show 2016 19th to 22nd March 2016, Stand No E31.

Final exciting show news!

Southend, March 2016 - Visit the Olympus Stand and explore the world of Olympus cameras.

Come and meet the Olympus team and take a look at their award winning line-up of lenses and compact system cameras - engineered to outperform DSLR.

The Photography Show will be the first real opportunity for photographers to get hands on with the recently launched PEN-F camera and the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm 1:4.0 IS PRO lens.

PEN-F proves beauty has no need for DSLR beasts

The new Olympus PEN-F is far more than just beautiful. It is the result of 80 years of camera history and technical innovations - are you ready to wake the beast? Olympus are running very special PEN-F VIP sessions on the stand. Photographers can pre-book a 30 minute session to sit down in an exclusive PEN-F area with a member of the Olympus team and get to know the extraordinary PEN-F. Sessions can be booked on-line and also from the Reception desk on the stand - spaces are extremely limited. For more details and the chance to book a session please go to: www.olympus-imagespace.co.uk/TPS- VIP

This year the stand will feature a visually exciting working studio for craftsmen, designer leather workers, Otzi London. Using both traditional and contemporary craft techniques they will be making beautiful hand-made leather camera bags and camera straps on the stand. Olympus will be gifting an exclusive, personalised hand-made leather camera strap to photographers who purchase a PEN-F at The Photography Show. Visitors can take their personalised strap away with them on the day, and claim by showing their receipt from the Show as proof of purchase. Maximum 3 initials.

The telephoto view

Visitors will be able to experience the amazing quality of the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm 1:4.0 IS PRO lens, from a special raised viewing platform. The M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm 1:4.0 IS PRO lens is the world’s most compact and lightweight telephoto lens. It has the world’s most powerful 6-step image stabilisation system (in combination with the matching Olympus camera models). It also boasts the shortest focusing distance for telemacro photography in the category: just 1.4m from subject to camera. This makes it ideal for fastmoving professionals who need powerful, top-notch lenses that match the usability of their small-format, Micro Four Thirds cameras.

‘Over the shoulder’ – Damian McGillicuddy exclusive workshop shoots Olympus Principle Photographer Damian McGillicuddy will be hosting three exciting, exclusive live shoots every day at the show; 10am, 1pm and 2.30pm, only 10 places available per shoot. Photographers will be able to see first-hand how Damian conducts a commercialstandard shoot that will be used for publication and then they get the chance to work alongside Damian – an opportunity not to be missed! For more information and details about the shoots, and to book a place go to: www.olympus-imagespace.co.uk/what-is-on/overthe-shoulder/

Damian McGillicuddy will also be hosting ‘an audience with’ each day on the stand at 5pm. An informal open 40 minute session for photographers to sit and talk with Damian and share their love of photography.

Super proud, Super Stage

Olympus are proud to announce that they have two photographers speaking on the prestigious Super Stage at the Show; Nick Danziger and Peter Dench.

Nick Danziger
‘An afternoon with Nick Danziger’ - Saturday 19th at 16.00, Super Stage

From the corridors of power at No. 10 to Camp David; Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai to Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Nick has photographed subjects in some of the world’s most troubled and isolated countries. He'll tell more about his travels and also give the audience a unique behind-the-scenes look at the All Blacks. An afternoon to remember.

Peter Dench
‘The picture in-between’ - Monday 21st at 16.00, Super Stage

Award winning photojournalist, Peter Dench, realised early on that you don’t have to jump on an aeroplane to the front line of war to take photographs; you can just step on a bus and pop down to the local pub. Dench’s work is witty, challenging, sometimes dazzling, sometimes affecting - an often laugh-out-loud, visual romp through the quirkier aspects of human life. Dench will be showcasing 20 years of image making - from the beaches of Bulgaria to the bar stools of Britain, a kaleidoscopic experience, not to be missed.

On stage with the Olympus Visionaries:

Olympus Visionaries Jay McLaughlin, Edmond Terakopian, Robert Pugh and R Cleveland Aaron will be speaking at the Show:

Jay McLaughlin: ‘Who, why & how: the fundamentals of photographing people’ a different perspective on the thought processes of photographing people.
Saturday 19th @ 13.30 on the Live Stage

Edmond Terakopian: ‘Opera by the River: the 11 month project’ 32,000 pictures, a photo essay to capture the process of staging an opera.
Sunday 20th @ 14.00 the Behind the Lens Theatre

Robert Pugh; ‘Nice Day for a White Wedding’ the techniques required so that you truly shine on their big day.
Mon 21st @ 16.00 and Tues 22nd @ 14.00 on the Wedding and Portrait Stage

R Cleveland Aaron: ‘120 Hours in India’ a commission with a time pressured deadline.
Tuesday 22nd @ 14.00 the Behind the Lens Theatre

An Audience with

This year visitors will get the chance to sit down and talk with their favourite Olympus Visionary, during an informal 40 minute session on the Olympus stand. Visionaries might cover anything from their work and careers to their Olympus kit, giving Visitors the chance to ask questions share their love of photography. For more details and the daily schedule please go to: www.olympus-imagespace.co.uk/TPS-audience

Olympus Clinic

Based on the great feedback from visitors to the stand in 2015, the Olympus service technicians will return to The Photography Show to support their photographers. They will offer free lens and body cleaning for Olympus users (however this will be subject to availability).

Olympus Show offers

There will be a series of exciting Olympus offers at the show, against a large selection of Olympus bodies and lens. Every OM-D E-M1 body/body lens kit purchased at the show will come with a free HLD-7 battery grip. All the other show offers will be detailed on promotional leaflets which will be available from the Olympus stand and on the retailer stands
at the Show.

Visit Olympus at The Photography Show 2016 19th to 22nd March on Stand E31, Hall 5, NEC Birmingham.

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