After a break, last year, The Photography and Video Show returns for 2024 at its usual Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC) venue. The doors open on Saturday, 16th March, at 10AM, and close, each day at 5PM, until Tuesday, 19th March.
Apart from Pentax, all the big camera brands will be there, including Canon, Sony, Panasonic Lumix, OM System (Olympus as-was), Fujifilm, and Nikon. It will be interesting to see if the latter will include an exhibit of RED digital cinematic cameras, after Nikon’s recent revelation that it is to acquire the company.
On the lens front, regulars Tamron, and Sigma, will be showing their optics, while less familiar, up and coming, marques like Laowa and Irix will also be at the show.
The Photography and Video Show is also the place for special show bargains, with all the top retailers, like WEX, LCE, and Cameraworld fighting it out for your business.
Don’t forget there will be a lot of stands showing accessories, from flash to filters and tripods and monopods, as well as bags, printer paper, and much more. Talking of printing, Epson will be there.
Studio is a key word at the show and there are normally on-stand tutorials featuring pro photographers and models.
Software is, naturally, a big aspect of digital photography, and Skylum, and Adobe will be there, with the latter demonstrating its latest Creative Cloud still and video software tools, with another buzzword – AI – at the top of the agenda.
One stand I expect will be very busy is L195, where Just Serving Photographers will be running a sensor cleaning service – first come, first served.
Many of the photography magazine publishers will be at the show, so look out for special offers and goody bags for subscription sign-ups.
Finally, there are lots of live presentations, tutorials and talks that you can attend – find out more here.
The show is never a disappointment – it’s highly recommended. It could even revive a flagging photography mojo!
You can find out more at The Photography and Video Show’s official website.