Canon and Ron Howard Launch Project Imaginat10n – 10 Films Inspired By User Photographs

Canon USA press release:

Canon U.S.A. And Ron Howard Launch “Project Imaginat10n” Film Festival On Yahoo Showcasing Ten Films Inspired By User Submitted Photographs

“A Ron Howard Presentation” Features Ten Short Films Directed by Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, Georgina Chapman, James Murphy, Biz Stone and the Five Winning Consumer Directors of the Canon Project Imaginat10n Film Contest

MELVILLE, N.Y., October 24, 2013 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, and two-time Academy Award® winner Ron Howard, are officially launching the “Project Imaginat10n” Film Festival, which will kick off with the global premiere of ten short films at Lincoln Center in New York City today. Following the premiere, screenings will be held in Los Angeles, CA hosted by Bryce Dallas Howard, the first graduating director of Canon’s Project Imagin8ion as well as in Brooklyn, NY hosted by James Murphy, a celebrity director for Project Imaginat10n. Yahoo Screen will continue celebrating the Film Festival from October 25, 2013 through the end of the year where consumers can view each of the 10 films.

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Canon Deal: Rebel T3i w/ 18-55mm IS II – $435

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Top Rated Plus eBay seller Bigvalueinc (98.2% positive ratings) has the [shoplink 16315 ebay]Canon Rebel T3i with the EF-S 18-55mm IS II lens for $435[/shoplink]. New item in original box, free shipping. Compare to $559 on Amazon. The seller doesn’t have a stellar rating but eBay regularly feature them in the Daily Deals section. Hurry up, this deal wont keep the price for long (usually they raise it after a few hours).

For more hot deals that appear to be still live check this post.

Want A Full-Frame Canon EOS 5D Mark III with a Huge Discount (and Canon 50mm and 35mm L lenses)?

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Authorized Canon dealer B&H has two hot EOS 5D Mark III bundles on offer, both bring concrete savings thru instant rebate (shows up after checkout) and mail-in rebate ($400). I think that the body only kit (the 2nd) is actually the best price by an authorized dealer. The bundles are:

B&H also has some pretty good deals going on for two popular Canon lenses (price shows up after checkout):

Possible Image of the EF 100-400mm II Leaked

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Hard to say if it is the real thing. It doesn’t look like any other Canon lens. The image showed up on Peter Norvig’s G+ profile. He writes:

For Canon fans, you might find this exciting.  A photographer was using this lens. I assert that the black stripes of the focus and zoom rings are the wrong width and placement to be either the 70-200 or the 100-400; therefore I speculate this is a prototype of the long-rumored 100-400 II.

Any ideas…?

[via CR]