Canon showing Analog Box Camera prototype at CP+ 2026

Japan’s leading camera show, CP+ 2026, is underway this week and, with it, the reveal of numerous prototypes and product debuts. CP+ has taken the place of the long-lamented photokina as the venue for sharing prototypes. Numerous gadget blogs have covered the reveal of Canon‘s box-style Analog Concept Camera, featuring an optical waist-level finder and manual focus, at the CP+2026 show in Japan.

According to Digital Camera World:

While the company has been widely anticipated to launch a mirrorless retro camera based on the classic Canon AE-1 for the SLR’s 50th birthday in April, Canon gave us quite a different retro-inspired body at the camera supershow in Yokohama.

The Analog Concept Camera is styled after classic box cameras of the past, but in a form factor small enough to fit in your palm. I was able to try out the camera, which sits in your left palm while your right hand manipulates the focus ring – which is entirely manual…The viewfinder is a top-down affair, using a mirror to reflect what is seen by the camera lens. It felt both surreal and cool to be focusing with a top-down finder on a Canon camera!