Canon Canada Starts CPS Program for Students

Canon

From Canon Canada:

Canon’s Student CPS Program is designed to offer an unrivaled level of sales and service support for studying Photographers, Videographers, and New Media Artists. By becoming a member of Student CPS, you will be eligible for a host of real world benefits designed to help and assist post-secondary Visual Arts, Fine Arts, and Applied Arts students in mastering their craft and achieving their career aspirations. Membership benefits include:

  • Access to student-specific pricing discounts on a selection of professional products – view list in Program Details

  • Membership-exclusive promotions, discounts and contests

  • Subsidized incoming overnight shipping charges ($10) on eligible product. These charges will be added to the repair service charge. Return shipping is free for warranty repairs and a flat $10 fee will be charged for return shipping of out of warranty service.

  • Expedited service turnaround target of 6 days

  • 20% discount for repair parts and labour for eligible productsLearn more by visitng our program details page and then apply for membership via the Application link.

Canon EOS C300 Honored with Design for Asia Silver Award


Canon EOS C300 (alongside EF Cinema Lenses)

Canon USA press release:

Canon’s Cinema EOS System EOS C300 cinema camera honored with Design for Asia Silver Award

TOKYO, Japan, November 21, 2013—Canon Inc. announced today that the company’s EOS C300 professional cinema camera (launched in January 2012), part of the company’s Cinema EOS System1 lineup of professional digital cinematography products, was recognized for design excellence by the Hong Kong Design Centre2 with the 2013 Design for Asia Silver Award.

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Latest Canon Press Releases

Two of them.

  • Canon U.S.A. Showcasing Latest Large Format Printing Systems During Autodesk University 2013
    MELVILLE, N.Y., November 21, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today that it will showcase its latest large format printing systems during Autodesk University 2013, December 3 – 5 in Las Vegas, NV. Attendees of the prominent software conference can expect to see first-hand the new Océ PlotWave 360 system and Océ PlotWave 750 system – designed with a series of advanced collaboration tools to meet the evolving print, copy and scan needs of technical users – read the rest here
  • Canon imagePROGRAF Printers Earn 2014 “Wide Format Graphic Arts Printer Line Of The Year” Award From Buyers Laboratory LLC
    MELVILLE, N.Y., November 21, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the company has earned the Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) “2014 Wide Format Graphic Arts Printer Line of the Year” award for the imagePROGRAF iPFx400 and iPFx400S series of large format printers (12- and 8-Color models). Additionally, Canon’s imagePROGRAF iPF6400S, iPF8400S and iPF765 MFP M40 printers have been recognized for three prestigious BLI Winter 2014 “Pick” awards in the wide-format category – read the rest here.

Cine Modded Canon L Zooms – An Interview

newsshooter interviewed Japanese company Technical Farm (translated), a company that converts Canon L lenses for Cine use. They add hard stops to the focus mechanism and a smooth manual aperture ring. The modification is offered for the [shoplink 246]EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM[/shoplink], [shoplink 232]Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L (price & specs)[/shoplink] (first version) and [shoplink 8658]EF 70-200 f/2.8L II[/shoplink].

 

Humor: The Ultimate Nikon vs Canon Underwater Shootout

Nikon vs Canon
Image used with permission – credit: wetpixel.com

Warning: don’t try this. Really, do not.

The folks at wetpixel.com is working on the ultimate Canon vs Nikon underwater shootout. Both companies produced special editions of their pro grade cameras, i.e. there is a Canon EOS 5D Mark III [shoplink 2431](price & specs)[/shoplink] that can be used under water without housings of any kind. That opens new possibilities for underwater photography we haven’t seen before. The results of the comparison are still under embargo but I am confident wetpixel will soon share their findings with us.

This is a major breakthrough in underwater photography, and obviously the Canon is the better performing camera. Period. :-)

[via wetpixel]
Nikon vs Canon
Image used with permission – credit: wetpixel.com

Canon USA earns 2013 Center of Excellence Certification for Customer Support Center

Canon USA press release:

Canon U.S.A. Earns Prestigious 2013 Center Of Excellence Certification By BenchmarkPortal For Customer Support Center

MELVILLE, N.Y., November 14, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce that for the fifth consecutive year it has earned the Center of Excellence certification by BenchmarkPortal, placing its customer support center in the top 10 percent for efficiency and effectiveness. The Center of Excellence distinction is based on objective comparison to key performance indicators from the world’s largest database of contact center metrics that is audited and validated by researchers from BenchmarkPortal.

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