KL Photography Festival 2012 features Free Independent Travel Exchange (FITE)

The biggest travel photography event of the year in Malaysia, KL Photography Festival 2012 is here! Featuring FITExchange with numbers of talks and travel photos by various Free and Independent Travel (FIT) advocates, KLPF 2012 had something interested me and urged me to attend the event held in Mid Valley shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur this year.

Acclaimed as the most impressive gathering of the leading players in the photo imaging industry, the most useful, informative and inspirational platform for local and international photographers, and the most diverse and comprehensive imaging event held in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, KLPF 2012 features booths set up by most of the popular brand names such as Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Olympus, Fujifilm, Pentax, Sony, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Lowepro, Thinktank, Tamrac, Sandisk and more.

Here are some of the images I captured in the exhibition hall.

In KLPF 2012, the travel sector is getting a bigger exposure with the setting up of one hall specially dedicated to the FITE (Free Independent Travel Exchange) where opportunities are open to travel business operators and travel organisations to offer their products directly to free independent travellers. Various talks are given by FIT advocates especially those experience journalists from local travel magazines. Photography destinations include Thailand, Vietnam, China, Africa and Europe are being shared with plenty of breathtaking travel photos. Amazing stuffs! 🙂

One of the biggest setup is by Nikon Malaysia, showcasing some of their latest products such as the full frame Nikon D800 and D600.

Canon is equally impressive, showing off their famous telephoto lenses and off course, their version of Full frame DSLRs which rival the same from Nikon.

Photo Gallery by Canon Malaysia.

Other than camera equipment, photography accessories and by-products are also participating.

Looking for a camera bag? Go nowhere! Come to the KLPF and you’ll be spoilt with endless choices!

Many photography hobbyists, professional or amateurs, are attracted to the event. One of the reasons why are the free model shooting! 🙂

I’m waiting for my turn to get hands on the latest Nikon D600, the most compact full frame DSLR to date. When would be my turn, bro?

It’s me trying out the latest trendy camera bag from Lowepro while chatting with the local distributor. You can get these bags at discounted price during the event.

To me, the winner for the sharpest looking model of KLPF 2012 falls to these 2 ladies from Sony.

View more photos in full resolution over my Flickr page.

The festival is still on until tonight 9PM (Sorry for this late sharing. It was too late last night to have this posted). Go there to get inspired and equip yourself for your next photo travel! 🙂 – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog

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Cecil Lee

The author is an avid traveler and photography hobbyist who loves to share with others his travel and photo-taking experience in many popular tourist destinations around Europe, Asia and Australasia. Read the exciting stories with many photos captured on his journeys.