{"id":397,"date":"2006-06-05T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T12:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2013-03-07T23:01:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T23:01:04","slug":"sony-alpha-100-launch-marrakech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bargh.co.uk\/blog\/sony-alpha-100-launch-marrakech\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Alpha 100 launch &#8211; Marrakech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Alpha 100 was\u00a0 launched to UK journalists in Marrakech, Morocco. We flew over from London to Marrakech on\u00a0\u00a0BA 6918. ( Seat 24C)<\/p>\n<p>Sony arranged a few professional photographers to assist &#8211; these included the Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins who was in my group.<\/p>\n<p>Our first night was in luxury tents in a Desert Encampment nr Kasbah Agafay with Moroccan salads, lemon Chicken Tagine, vegetable Couscous, orange salad and wine. 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We flew over from London to Marrakech on\u00a0\u00a0BA 6918. ( Seat 24C) Sony arranged a few professional photographers to assist &#8211; these included the Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins who was in my group. 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