Bring Printed Images To Life: Canon USA PIXMA PRO City Senses Interactive Galleries

Canon USA press release:

Canon U.S.A. PIXMA PRO City Senses Interactive Galleries Help Bring Printed Images To Life

Canon Partners with Celebrities Norman Reedus, COMMON and Tyler Florence for Hometown Galleries in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco

MELVILLE, N.Y., October 10, 2013 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, recently brought the five senses to life with the PIXMA PRO City Senses gallery experience, a three-city gallery series aimed at encapsulating an emotion and moment-in-time through the power of printed images. Inspired by their hometown pride and love of photography, actor Norman Reedus (AMC’s The Walking Dead), multi-Grammy award-winning hip-hop artist and actor COMMON, and notable chef Tyler Florence, each hosted gallery exhibits in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, respectively. These exhibits featured images created by the celebrity hosts and two local professional photographers, which were then printed on the PIXMA PRO family of professional printers for display.

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SanDisk and Canon Deals Live at Adorama (refurb S100, EOS 70D w/ 18-55mm and Pro100 Printer, SanDisk Extreme SSD)

Adorama has some interesting deals going on:

  • Refurbished Canon PowerShot S100 (12MP, 5x Zoom, 24mm wide angle lens) for just $194 (click here), regular price is $429
  • Canon EOS 70D Digital kit with EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens and Canon Pro100 printer – it’s yours for $1185 (click here) after $400 mail-in rebate – all you have to do is to add the Canon Pro100 printer. Moreover, 4% rewards.
  • SanDisk Extreme II 240GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, Up to 550 MB/s Sequential Read, on sale for $199 (click here) instead of $229.95 – offer expires 10/13/2013
  • SanDisk Extreme II 480GB Solid State Drive (SSD), SATA 6 Gb/s Interface, Up to 545 MB/s Sequential Read, on sale for $359 (click here) instead of $459.95 – offer expires 10/13/2013

EOS 70D Sample Shots

Canon Germany Starts Premium Photo-Book Service (HD Book)

Canon Germany today starts their premium photo-book service, called Canon HD Book. The books are printed on the professional production system DreamLabo 5000 which delivers first class quality obtained using the newest print-technology. This is a 7-Inkjet technology having 2400 dpi resolution. More information at hdbook.fotobook.de.

Canon Germany press release (click here for translation):

KREFELD, 10. Oktober 2013. Bereits im vergangenen Jahr angekündigt, gibt Canon heute den Start seines neuen Premium Fotobuch-Service, gesteuert über die Fotofachhandelsverbände Ringfoto und Europafoto, bekannt. Das neue HD book wird auf dem professionellen Fotodruck-Produktionssystem DreamLabo 5000 gedruckt und bietet dem Kunden Fotobücher in erstklassiger Canon Qualität mit höchsten Standards und neuester Drucktechnologie. Dank einzigartiger 7-Inkjet-Drucktechnik und Mikrodruck mit 2.400 dpi Auflösung erstrahlen Bilder in faszinierend leuchtenden HD-Farben. Die Kombination von Mikrodruck-Technik, neuen Farben und speziell beschichtetem Druckpapier garantiert höchste Bildqualität und extreme Langlebigkeit.
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Canon EOS 70D Sample Shots with Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 (and other Canon lenses)

EOS 70D Sample Shots

dc.watch.impress (translated) posted a set of samples shot with the [shoplink 14246]Canon EOS 70D[/shoplink] and various lenses, among them the awesome Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM [shoplink 14551](price & specs)[/shoplink]. The other lenses are the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 [shoplink 329](price & specs)[/shoplink], the EF 8-15mm f4L Fisheye [shoplink 250](price & specs)[/shoplink], and the EF 70-200 f/4L IS [shoplink 168](price & specs)[/shoplink]. I was particularly curious to see the performance of the Sigma 18-35mm with the 70D – not bad at all! :)

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Deal: Canon EOS 70D w/ 18-55mm IS STM – $1150

EOS 70D

This is the first Canon EOS 70D eBay deal I feature here. It’s a new seller, beststopdeals (43651 ratings, 98.5% positive), and they have on sale the EOS 70D kit with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens for [shoplink 1597 ebay]$1149 (click here)[/shoplink]. The seller clearly states: This item is 100% brand new. USA product sealed in original box & includes full USA warranty.