The annual Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival aka KLPF was held on 15 and 16 September 2007 at 6^th Floor Berjaya Times Square. Various manufacturer and digital photography related shop participated in the event.

KLPF 2007 main stage

Overview of KLPF 2007

Canon
Canon displayed their latest dSLR namely the EOS 40D and the EOS 1Ds Mark III. There is a variety of lens displayed, from ultra wide angle to their popular long white colored telephoto lens.

The 40D hands on experience was great, with the help of the assistant, I was able to do some ISO 3200 testing. The 1Ds Mark III however, was not available when I wanted to do some hands on. I guess that’s what happened when you did not chain a high-end camera up on the counter.

Nikon

There is nothing much to talk about Nikon, the best on their booth was a Nikon D200 mounted with a 300mm F2.8 VR lens.  There were displaying mostly point –and –shoot compact cameras. No, there were no D300 and D3.

KLPF 2007: A visitor testing D200 and Nikon 300mm F2.8 VR

In addition, there were two Nikon technicians sitting at the corner of the booth assisting Nikon users with dSLR and lens dust cleaning. A number of people were queuing up when I were there. For your information, Nikon Malaysia provides free sensor dust cleaning for their users. Bring your Nikon dSLR to your nearest Nikon service centre if you need some cleaning.

Olympus

Olympus had their newest lens the 12-60mm F2.8-4.5 High Grade lens on display together with a P-1 mock up. There were half-cut mock up of some lens and an E330 attached with Zuiko 300mm F2.8 lens.

People from Olympus were very helpful in guiding and enlightening me on their products. I tested the Olympus E510’s Images Stabilization on the spot.

Pentax

There was no dedicated Pentax booth on displayed. It was displayed at the Shriro Malaysia’s booth, the distributor for Pentax products in Malaysia. I did not have a chance to talk with any of the assistants regarding the camera as they were busy serving customers with other products that they were carrying.

Sony

A huge surprise when I overheard what a visitor beside me said. He asked his companion why there is no Sony booth. Only then I realize that there was actually no Sony booth displayed.  I am not sure why, an Alpha 700 on display would be really nice.

Lowepro

A lot of Lowepro bags were up for sale, I enquired few items and it was cheaper than the normal retail price.  Almost 90% of Lowepro products were available. Those who were looking for bags surely had a good time.

Tamrac

Not as many selections as Lowepro, they seemed to have brought only small items there. One was able to order any item and collect it after the fair, this way one still pay the offer price rather than the more expensive retail price. I order few items but have yet to receive my order until today.