CP+ is held in Yokohama, a port city close to Tokyo. The capital region had its heaviest snowfall in 45 years last weekend, and piles of snow still line the street.
Sigma's stunning DP Quattro cameras drew the biggest lines by far on opening day.
This Canon exhibit showcased every EF lens in the camera giant's extensive catalog.
Hasselblad continues its bizarre skinning of Sony cameras with the HV, a rebranded and rugged A99 that sells for an unbelievable $11,500. The HV follows the Lunar, which was based on the NEX-7, and the Stellar, based on the RX100.
Never one to let a 4K opportunity promotion slip, Sony has set up a "photo theater" that lets show attendees view high-resolution photography on expensive new TV sets.
Most companies demonstrate their cameras by hauling out models to pose in elaborate studio-style setups. The queues for these are often prohibitive.
A model poses in Nikon's booth under countless LED lights in the company's trademark color scheme. The scene was designed to show off the low-light portrait abilities of the new Df DSLR.
Canon, to its credit, is the only major company not to line up tireless women for show-goers to shoot. The company showed off its impressive new G1 X Mark II camera's macro abilities with a complex display of foliage.
Canon staff show attendees how to use the full-frame 5D Mark III DSLR.
Casio's FC400S puts a unique spin on the point-and-shoot — it's designed for golfers, capturing swing data at high speed and offering advice on technique.
The traditional camera's decline makes room for upstarts like GoPro, which no doubt sees an opportunity in the extra visibility afforded to extreme sports by the Winter Olympics.
Another new type of camera commonly seen on the Sochi slopes is the drone. Here, attendees examine DJI's Phantom range of camera-equipped quadrocopters.
There were more complex drone rigs, too, including this one designed to carry the weight of a full-frame DSLR.
This Sony Mavica prototype from 1981 was the world's first electronic still video camera, a precursor to digital cameras that stored single frames of video on floppy disks.
The Kodak Professional Digital Camera System was the world's first DSLR, released in 1991. It consisted of a 1.3-megapixel sensor inside a converted Nikon F3 body alongside a separate processing and storage unit.