First Canon 5D Workshop in China

In the first week of May 2009, 24 professional Chinese photojournalists gathered in Hangzhou for a four day conversion workshop with Canon's new 5D MKII. Sponsored by Canon (who provided the venue, cameras and microphones) and the University of Bolton (who organised the workshop content) four tutors Huang Wen, Chang He, Wang Xi and D J Clark collaborated with the participants to discover the potential of using the camera as a short form multi media journalism tool.

The workshop was one of a series being run to fund a new £5,000 award in Chinese Multi Media Journalism just announced at www.yxaward.org.