cv2.imshow command doesn't work properly in opencv-python

Question

I\'m using opencv 2.4.2, python 2.7 The following simple code created a window of the correct name, but its content is just blank and doesn\'t show the image:

Answer 1

This is how I solve it

import cv2
from matplotlib import pyplot

img = cv2.imread('path')
pyplot.imshow(img)
pyplot.show()