CP+ 2025 live: all the latest news from Canon, Sony and more at the world’s biggest photography show | usagoldmines.com

Welcome to our live coverage of CP+, the world’s largest camera and video show which takes place every year in the Pacifico, Yokohama, a suburb of Tokyo in Japan, since it debuted in 2010.

The show opened to the public today, Feb 27, and doors close on Mar 2, and we’re lucky enough to be attending to bring you all of the latest news, announcements and surprises from the camera world.

With the likes of Photokina in Cologne, Germany, no longer taking place, CP+ is the perfect opportunity for many camera and lens manufacturers to reveal their best cameras, lenses and accessories.

We’ve certainly heard no shortage of rumors and big announcements running up to this event. We’ll be walking around the show floor to see what’s actually coming out and if any of the rumours came true. Buckle in as we visit Canon, Sony, Sigma and Panasonic stands and more.

Welcome to our CP+ 2025 live coverage

We’re at CP+ 2025, psyched to see what new camera gear in store for us. For the general public, this is the first chance to get a look at new gear already announced this week, including the Canon PowerShot V1 vlogging compact, the radically minimalist Sigma BF, and Sony’s monster 400-800mm super-telephoto zoom lens.

We’ve already had hands-on time with some of this gear, but it will be interesting to see which cameras and lenses draw the biggest crowds, and we’re hoping to find some lesser-known treats.

This is the ideal place for the likes of third-party lens manufacturers to showcvase their latest optics, such as Cosina / Voigtlander. Without further ado, let’s dive in!

The radically minimalist Sigma BF

First stop, Sigma!

For camera enthusiasts, Sigma made waves this week with its new BF full-frame camera, plus two impressive new lenses, as well as a whole new look with a rebranded Sigma logo. The company doesn’t appear to be wasting any time either and is proudly displaying all three for the general public to see at the Sigma stand in this year’s CP+. Let’s look at the Sigma BF first…

…starting with its rather quirky and unique design and feature set. We’re told the metal body is made from a single aluminum ingot over 7 hours, while the user interface is properly stripped back – reminding us a little of the Leica CL. Sigma’s compact 24MP full-frame camera has already caused quite a stir online in the past few days, and now guests at CP+ are seeing what all the fuss is about.

Sigma’s monster 300-600mm f/4 pro super-telephoto lens

While Sigma caught us off guard with the BF camera at Monday’s unveiling, there were way more rumors about a new lens. Those rumors ultimately proved unfounded, with many people speculating a fixed 800mm lens – we got two lenses instead; the 300-600mm f/4 DG OS for full-frame cameras, and the 16-300mm f/3.5-6.7 DC OS for APS-C, and they’re here at Sigma’s stand.

It’s the super-telephoto zoom that’s getting the most attention – it’s monstrously big! It’s a pricey lens for pros available for L-mount and Sony’s E-mount cameras, and which is said to be the same size and weight as a 600mm f/4 lens, but with the advantage of having that wider reach. It also delivers up to 5.5 stops of optical image stabilization.

It’s a heavy thing, mind – cue the show-offs touting the lens. This feels like being in the gym. Think we’ll look for something smaller…

Sigma’s travel lens with world’s biggest optical zoom range

In the 300-600mm lens’ shadow? A new 16-300mm f/3.5-6.7 DC OS superzoom lens, which boasts an incredible zoom range, that should make it ideal for travel photography. Apparently it has the biggest optical zoom range of any mirrorless lens – a mega 18.8x zoom. It may not steal the headlines in the same way as the BF camera and 300-600mm lens, but this could just be our favourite of the three new Sigma products.

It’s available for L-mount, Sony E, Fujifilm X and also Canon RF – taking Sigma’s tally of APS-C lenses for Canon RF now to a total of seven. Sadly, there’s still no news on any third-party lenses for Canon’s full-frame RF-mount cameras…yet.

All three of Sigma’s products are available to see and try at CP on stand 89.