AgfaPhoto is the worldfamous brand for consumer imaging products. The brand AgfaPhoto stands for reliable and convenient products. The AgfaPhoto product line comprises Digital Still Cameras, Digital Photo Frames, USB-sticks, SD-Cards, Analogue films & Single Use Cameras, Batteries & Chargers, Inkjet Cartridges & Photo Paper, Photo Printer and Minilabs.

BHS Binkert was founded in 1994 near its present-day headquarters in Laufenburg/Rhine. The company is a major European distributor for the photographic, digital imaging, consumer electronics and IT industries. BHS Binkert has sales partnership agreements with all major manufacturers and delivers exclusively to specialist retailers throughout Europe. CEOs are Michael Binkert and Soeren Müller. BHS Binkert employs around 65 staff.

The main sales performer continues to be the extensive range of digital cameras and camcorders. BHS Binkert also carries a comprehensive range of accessories, from tripods and camera bags or power packs and rechargeable batteries to memory cards, flashes and lenses.
In the digital imaging sector, BHS Binkert offers a variety of scanners, photocopiers and all-in-one devices for standalone or networked use.

The IT division includes printers and TFT monitors, consumer electronics products include LCD and plasma TVs, projectors and home cinema systems.

Professional studio and location photographic lighting and creative light shaping tools – designed and manufactured in the United Kingdom by Bowens International – Leading innovators in photographic technology for over 80 years.

General Imaging is the GE’s exclusive digital camera Licensee. With Offices in The U.S., Japan, U.K. and Germany, it is establishing a global sales and service network. General Imaging offers a range of high quality digital cameras ranging from 7 to 12 megapixels and every model has a standard feature set which includes face, smile and blink detection plus a three shot panoramic function. All models are designed and manufactured in the Far East and all products are supported by a service arrangement which is second to none. See www.ge.com/digitalcameras for more information.

Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $10.3 billion in 2007, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using Kodak solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; and Creative Professionals rely on Kodak technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images.

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Since introducing the word's first digital camera back (DCB) in 1992, Leaf has been recognized as a worldwide leader in the professional photography market. With extensive knowledge of image processing, color management and file conversion technology, Leaf has become the preferred professional digital camera and digital camera back vendor for the world's leading photographers.

The Leaf AFi-II family of digital medium format camera systems and Leaf Aptus-II digital camera backs deliver extraordinary image quality, natural, accurate colors and details in highlights and deep shadows. Both are available in up to 56MP configurations and feature the world’s most advanced digital imaging technology plus unique features such as the only touch screen in medium format. Leaf AFi-II and Leaf Aptus-II give you the power to capture the shots that only you can imagine.

Leaf – Our science. Your art.

Leica Camera AG is an internationally operating company in the optics industry, with headquarters in Solms, Germany and a second factory in Portugal. With all its products from the three divisions Photography, Hunting Optics and Nature Observation, the company pursues the same goal: to obtain a better picture. The product portfolio comprises a wide range of cameras for photography, projectors for reproduction and binoculars, spotting scopes and rangefinders for observation. It is the lenses that account for the Leica legend – manageable, compact and practical precision optics for analog and digital photography. Through specific investment in the manufacture of aspherical lenses, Leica Camera has gradually acquired a broad knowledge of production, optical computation, the measuring technology involved and the design and assembly of lenses integrating aspherical systems.

All Leica cameras and lenses, all projectors, binoculars, spotting scopes and laser rangefinders are the result of many years of experience, uncompromisingly high quality standards and ongoing further development by international innovation teams of experts and users. All this, plus the best materials in the high-tech laboratory and reliable precision engineering and meticulous assembly in the Leica factory, combine to produce stunning images. Last, but not least, Leica’s Customer Service guarantees that Leica products give decades of pleasure and permanent value.

Always first class: Metz is a successful, owner-managed company operating worldwide that export to more than 90 countries. For 70 years, development and production have been combined in Germany to meet high-quality standards. The majority of sales are achieved in the Consumer Electronics segment with high-quality TV sets; followed in equal proportion by Photo Electronics, as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of flashguns, and plastics. Reliable strengths in all three company divisions include flexibility and particular proximity to specialist dealers and customers. Certification according to ISO 9001 is just as natural as motivated and highly trained employees who live the company’s philosophy: “always first class”.

Metz: Photo Electronics – the flashgun specialists: Metz as one of the leading flashgun brands has been steadily expanding its range of products for years. Metz flash devices are exported to over 90 countries. The company’s versatile product portfolio ranges from extremely high-performance handheld to handy compact flashes. And that for nearly every camera; be it analogue or digital. Highlights of the extensive range of flashes are professional hand-held flash devices for digital cameras and an exceptionally high-performance compact flash with USB interface and elaborate LC panel. With these devices Metz once again underscore the development expertise of the in-house laboratories, which are complemented by the high production quality at the manufacturing location Germany.

Metz: Consumer Electronics: Premium devices and a high-quality system require qualified customer advice and care – even after purchasing – which is why Metz TV sets are only available at qualified specialist dealers. For over 19 years now, German specialist dealers have voted Metz “No. 1 Specialist Dealer Partner”. A look abroad shows that Metz TV sets are exported to Europe and around the world, even as far afield as Australia. The technological competence of the company Metz is already expressed in its product portfolio. It covers 16:9 flat TVs (HD ready devices in LCD technology in future also with 1920 x1080 pixels), slim TVs (100 Hertz tube technology with clearly reduced casing depth) and classic TVs (100 Hertz tube technology in digital casings). The extremely easy-to-use menu that was conferred the well-known Plus X Award complements the technological know how and selective sales and distribution.The modular casing set-up almost unique worldwide is fundamental in enabling Metz TV sets to provide individually solutions custom-built to satisfy end customer requirements including integrated digital and analogue reception. Additional set-top decoders are avoided through the integration of respective modules. This slot-system similar to that found in a computer allows the adaptation of the television to the reception conditions on site.

Metz: Plastics: You can count on Metz for quality! Well-known industry partners make use of the reliable on-site manufacturing. Complex plastic injection technology and subsequent surface refinements together with individual assembly options permit precise realisation of customer demands and requirements. Metz is always the right company to turn to: from the selection of suitable materials over the product conception up to the provision of injection moulding forms. Even specific technical requirements can be put into practice thanks to automatic and manual coating lines and using interior gas pressure processes, thermoplastic foam injection processes, ultrasonic welding or inmold technology. A highly specialised process of metallic coating also enables the exact treatment of exquisite surfaces. Customers from the automotive, telecommunications, medical devices industries and of course entertainments electronics all profit from this.

About Nikon

Founded over 90 years ago and now with a presence on all five continents, Nikon is a global leader in the imaging market. Whether capturing, editing or sharing, Nikon products allow users to experience the joy of photography. From the COOLPIX consumer line to advanced professional digital SLRs, Nikon is the choice of professional and amateur photographers alike. The company is also renowned for its interchangeable lenses, branded as NIKKOR. As a pathfinder in the professional imaging market, all Nikon products reflect the technology leadership and precision the company is known for.

In addition to digital and film cameras, Nikon produces equipment such as IC and LCD steppers and scanners, instruments such as microscopes and semiconductor inspection equipment, and other products including sports optics products, ophthalmic lenses and surveying instruments.

Nikon employs over 25,000 people, with consolidated net global sales of 955,791 million Yen (year ending 31 March 2008). Nikon Inc. is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange.
Nikon: At the Heart of the Image.

Olympus is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of opto-digital products for business, leisure, medicine, science and industry. The company produces imaging and audio products, endoscopic systems for medical and surgical endoscopy, microscope systems as well as diagnostic analysis systems for laboratories.

Smaller but more powerful lenses and the perfect harmonisation of lens and camera technology – summed up as “Miniaturised optics. Maximum brilliance.” – are the hallmark of the Olympus imaging solutions. Added to this are creative features and elegant designs to make Olympus cameras a particular hit with consumers. Besides a broad range of digital cameras (including the professional Olympus E-System digital SLRs), Olympus Imaging Europa GmbH offers an extensive product range encompassing binoculars, audio recorders and professional audio processing systems. The product line additionally encompasses several lines of accessories, including storage media such as xD-Picture Cards, flash units, underwater cases plus software.

Panasonic Batteries ist einer der größten Batteriehersteller der Welt. Das Unternehmen gehört zu Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI). Dank der jahrelangen Erfahrung und des Know-hows von Matsushita im Bereich der Unterhaltungselektronik hat Panasonic Batteries in Europa eine einzigartige Marktstellung. Mit seinen rund 1.000 Mitarbeitern liefert das Unternehmen „mobile“ Energie in über 30 europäische Länder. Neben der europäischen Zentrale in Brüssel betreibt Panasonic Batteries Produktionsbetriebe in Belgien (Tessenderlo) und Polen (Gniezno), in denen jedes Jahr über eine Milliarde Batterien vom Band gehen. Das breit gefächerte Produktsortiment von Panasonic Batteries umfasst u. a. Oxyride-Batterien, Alkali-Batterien, Zink-Kohle-Batterien, Akkus, Ladegeräte, Photo-Lithium-Batterien, Silberoxid-Batterien, Zink-Luft-Batterien und Minizellen. Darüber hinaus bietet Panasonic Batteries eine Auswahl an Taschenlampen und hat erst kürzlich sein Ladegeräte-Sortiment erweitert.

Panasonic Batteries is one of the world’s largest battery producers and part of Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI). Thanks to Matsushita's many years of experience and know-how in the area of consumer electronics, Panasonic Batteries has a unique position in the market. The company is a front-runner in the race to develop innovative technologies that result in batteries of exceptional quality, delivering excellent performance over a longer lifetime. Panasonic Batteries is active in more than 30 European countries. As well as its European headquarters in Brussels, the company has factories in Belgium (Tessenderlo) and in Poland (Gniezno). Panasonic Batteries employs over 1000 people in Europe, all dedicated to providing the European market with “mobile energy”. Panasonic offers a full range of batteries: alkaline, rechargeable, zinc-carbon, photo-lithium, silver oxide, zinc-air, mini-cells and batteries for digital still and video cameras. Additionally Panasonic Batteries offers a range of torches and renewed recently its range of qualitative chargers.

Panasonic – a global leader

Panasonic, global market leader in Consumer Electronics, under the slogan "Panasonic ideas for life" provides a wide range of products, from audiovisual and information/communication equipment to home appliances and components. The company endeavors to become a "Customer Value Creation Company" that provides safety, security, comfort and convenience in line with the visions of contributing to a ubiquitous networking society and coexisting with the global environment. - While further differentiating products in the compact digital camera category, Panasonic plans to launch small and light SLR models that can deliver superior quality images. Panasonic is already one of the top brands in the digital camera market and intends to enlarge the market share further to 15 percent globally. The company aims to expand its digital AV business by thoroughly promoting connectivity between its flat-panel TVs and AV products like DSC, Camcorder and Blu-ray achieving growth through synergies.

Ricoh has a long history in photography going back to the 50s. During this time Ricoh has released many groundbreaking models, like the double-eyed Ricohflex II and the analogue GR series just to name a couple. Now photography has gone digital and in 2005, Ricoh released the GR Digital based of the acclaimed GR analogue camera with the aim to promote the Ricoh goal of 'expanding the photo shooting experience'. This high quality compact camera has been accepted and used by both professionals, amateurs and hobbyists alike. The versatile wide angle and high quality lens combined with the small form factor packed with many functions allows the photographer to carry the camera at all times so that he or she can capture candid images anywhere, anytime at any location.

The Schneider Group specialises in development and production of high quality photographic lenses, cinema projection lenses, high-quality lenses for industrial applications and precision mechanics. The group consists of the 1913 founded Jos. Schneider Optische Werke and its affiliates Pentacon (Dresden, Germany), Praktica (London, UK), Schneider Optics (New York, Los Angeles), Schneider Bando (Seoul) and Schneider Asia Pacific (Hong Kong). Main brand is “Schneider-Kreuznach”. Schneider Group has 550 employees worldwide, with 345 at the German headquarters. The group is the long-time world market leader for high performance lenses.

Digital imaging by Sony is the place where cutting-edge styling meets three decades of unmatched technological heritage.
There’s a wide range of beautifully designed imaging products from Sony that look as good as the incredible images they produce.

Cyber-shot™ compact digital cameras make it simple to shoot, share and enjoy a lifetime of precious moments.

Easy to use HANDYCAM® camcorders capture more unforgettable memories in sparkling Sony High Definition.

The growing α family of digital SLR cameras, lenses and accessories helps photographers of all abilities take their creative passion to the next level.

Sony digital cameras and camcorders are complemented by a range of high-quality photo frames, printers and accessories.
Sony manufactures audio, video, communications and information technology products for the global consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, game and online businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be one of the world’s leading digital entertainment brands.

When there is such a choice of representative organisations out there you may ask yourself, why the SWPP?

To us the answer is very simple. If you are a newcomer to the industry or considering a career change then we offer the most comprehensive range of educational seminars by inspirational speakers.
The profile of our membership contains many individuals who have enjoyed active careers in many of the traditional 'professions' and to whom 'professionalism' is second nature.

We are dedicated to providing quality training and mentoring to all that ask and want to progress in Professional Photography without prejudice or discrimination.

If you are already in practice and want to gain that all important edge over your competitors, then we can help you too. And what is more, your qualifications will be accredited in respect of your past achievements.

Since its founding in 1950, Tamron has taken a leading role in the development of optical systems, based on technological know-how and innovative production technology. An outstanding understanding of customer demands and a passion for challenges led to product concepts yielding novel lenses with outstanding optical qualities. Highlights in the current product portfolio are the revolutionary 28–300mm multi-zoom with an extremely efficient proprietary technology image stabilizer (VC) and an 18-250mm zoom featuring the biggest focal length range currently available in the world. Flexibility and high performance is Tamron’s trademark and characterize all Tamron products.

Underlining its leading position in imaging processes, Tamron expanded beyond the conventional photography market and became a manufacturer of integrated optoelectronic products. Today, Tamron develops and produces lenses for digital cameras, camcorders, CCTV lenses, ultra-precision components for optical systems and accessories for electronic imaging.

We are a IMPORT/ EXPORT International trading Company in Branded Consumer Electronics Established in Jan 2002 in Dubai,UAE since then we are mainly dealing in Photographic Goods , MP3/Mp4 Players and Digital Games Consoles. Our Main Product range includes Digital Still and Video Cameras ,Fully Professional and Semiprofessional Cameras, Camera Lens Flashes , Memory Cards etc.Also we deal in Games Consoles of SONY PSP, PS2 , PS3 and Nintendo Wii & GameBoy also Microsfot X Box 360 etc. We always welcome Business partners to start new bonding with our company.

The YUKON Advanced Optics is one of the leading designers and manufacturers of day optics (binoculars and spotting scopes), night vision (riflescopes, monoculars, binoculars & goggles) and digital night vision for civil market. We also offer a wide range of accessories (photo adapters for taking pictures in the day- and nighttime, video attachments, mounts, objective lenses, IR-Flashlights, directional microphones, etc) .

Carl Zeiss is a leading international group of companies operating worldwide in the optical and opto-electronic industry. Carl Zeiss AG is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The business groups are generally ranked first or second in the strategic markets of medical and research solutions, industrial solutions und lifestyle products. They offer products and services for biomedical research and medical technology, as well as system solutions for the semiconductor, automotive and mechanical engineering industries. Planetariums and high-quality consumer goods such as camera lenses and binoculars carry the ZEISS name to millions of people around the world.
In fiscal year 2006/07 (ended 30 September), the Carl Zeiss Group, which is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, generated revenues totaling EUR 2,604 million. The Carl Zeiss Group has approximately 12,300 employees, including about 4,300 outside Germany. It is directly represented in more than 30 countries and operates production facilities in Europe, America and Asia. The eyeglass business operates as Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH and is the number two eyeglass provider in the world. This company is owned equally by Carl Zeiss AG and a private equity company. Further information is available at www.zeiss.com.