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 Deals: Refurbished EOS 6D for $1400, and Refurbished 60D, RebelT5i/700D, Rokinon 8mm

 

The hottest deal here is possibly this one: Refurbished Canon EOS 6Ds on sale at B&H for just $1399.99 (click here).

Then we have…:

  • Top Rated Plus eBay seller getitdigital (99.4% positive ratings) has the Canon EOS 6D body only for . New item, USA model, USA warranty.
  • Adoramacamera on eBay (99.8% positive ratings) has refurbished Canon EOS 60D body only on sale for . Refurbished by Canon with 1 year warranty. Free shipping.
  • Again Adoramacamera on eBay, they have the Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 manual focus lens for
  • Top Rated Plus eBay seller bigvalueinc (98.3% positive ratings) has the Canon Rebel T5i/EOS 700D with EF-S18-55mm IS STM lens for . New item in original box, free shipping.
  • buydig on eBay (99.4% positive ratings) has the Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 HD Fisheye lens for just . New item, USA warranty, free shipping

 

Does Canon’s Dual Pixel AF Need a New CPU to Show All Of Its Power?

Dual Pixel AF

Canon’s Dual Pixel AF was introduced with the awesome Canon EOS 70D. It was clear since the beginning that this innovative technology would be featured on various, future Canon DSLRs.

Now, a new rumor suggests that Canon’s Dual Pixel AF technology needs a new, more powerful processor to be fully exploited – maybe a Digic 6. This is especially true if the Dual Pixel AF is set to work with larger sensors and/or high end video production. That means we will see Dual Pixel AF unleash all of its magic with the next generations of Canon’s Cine EOS Cxxx series, and in the next high end DSLRs (which should be announced next year).

The rumor sounds plausible. Moreover, that Canon is looking to the EOS Cine line-up for their Dual Pixel AF technology appears to be granted: Canon just announced a hardware upgrade for the EOS C100 that brings Dual Pixel AF (see here too for an interview about the Cine line-up and Dual Pixel AF)

[via NL]

 

Europe Deal: Adobe Lightroom 5 40% Off (€77, today only, DE, UK, FR, ES)

Adobe Lightroom 5

Update: appears to be live Europe-wide. All EU Adobe sites seem to offer the discount: Adobe Spain, Adobe Italy, Adobe France, Adobe UK. Possibly other Adobe sites are also offering the discount.

Adobe Germany is offering a 40% discount on Lightroom 5 (download version). The offer is just for today, November 25th. To get Adobe Lightroom 5 for $77.5 click here. Regular price is €129.15. Remember: the offer is only for today!

There is a 5 parts tutorial about Lightroom 5 by Canon Professional Network.