booths

Photokina 2012 came to an end in Cologne, Germany today. If you weren't able to make the show this year and are wondering what the show was like, we've collected some photos of the fancy booths set up by major camera makers. Hopefully they can provide you with a glimpse of how the big brands went about showing off their latest and greatest wares.

The photo above shows the gigantic photo globe found between two of the halls. Called "the world's largest photo globe", it measures over 19 feet in diameter and was created as a collaboration between companies in the Photographic Industry Association.

I'm in Cologne, Germany covering Photokina right now. It's the day before the trade fair opens, and as I was walking through the exhibition center to a press event (which I'll write more on soon), I passed by some of the main exhibition halls. Instead of the squeaky clean "photographer's Disneyland" that guests enjoy when the fair is up and running, everything was a mess, as companies were working hard to set up their impressive displays.

Since this isn't a view that most people who visit the fair see -- after all, who wants to waste time walking around a day early? -- I decided to roam around and snap some photos of what Photokina looks like the day before opening.