Canon’s always had a number of very detailed whitepapers on their cameras – if you could only find them. So if you have been searching for them, head on over to Canon’s whitepaper page.
Just recently, they added a new whitepaper for the Canon 1D Mark IV. With the exception of the Canon 7D, every high- and mid-level Canon camera is covered. They also have whitepapers on some of their entry-level Digital Rebels.
I’ve been printing on Canon printers for years. While Canon cameras often come bundled with worthless “shovel-ware” software, Canon’s printer software, Easy-PhotoPrint, is actually worth installing, since it makes it a snap to print images. In fact, I often use it to print 4×6 photos taken with my iPhone, although I would never use it to produce big prints.
Canon recently released an iPhone app called Canon Easy-PhotoPrint for iPhone. As the title suggests, the app allows you to easily print photos from your iPhone or iPod touch on a compatible PIXMA printer via a local wireless network (Wi-Fi). Note the Wi-Fi requirement – my PIXMA printer is connected via USB, so the app does not work with it. You have to either own a PIXMA printer with Wi-Fi built in or connect the printer to a print server.
According to Canon, the following features are supported:
- Easily select from a wide range of paper sizes and paper types
- Select multiple photos from your iPhone or iPod touch Photo Albums and print up to 20 copies
- Print bordered or borderless photos
- Automatically find printers on a wireless network when launching the Canon iEPP (editor’s note: This is misleading – my printer is technically on a wireless network, but not connected directly to the wireless network)
- Start your iPhone camera directly from Canon iEPP and instantly print captured photos
Price: Free from iTunes.
Update: Canon also has a camera body rebate program. Contrary to their lens and flash rebates, the camera body rebates are not instant, but mail-in rebates, so you have to download the rebate form and send proof of purchase to Canon.
Here is how it works:
- You qualify for the rebate program, if you registered a qualifying Canon camera before October 12. The list of qualifying cameras is huge, so chances are if you have a registered digital Canon camera, it would qualify.
- Purchase a new qualifying Canon Powershot and get a $20 rebate, or a qualifying Canon DSLR and get a $50 rebate.
The rebate form (PDF) can be downloaded from Canon’s website.
The rebate offer expires on December 31, 2009.
The rumors were true – Canon officially announced their Fall 2009 rebates. Buy any of the 12 lenses or 5 Flash units (no camera bodies this time) from an authorized Canon U.S.A. dealer and they will instantly take off the rebate amount. You don’t have to deal with submitting rebate forms this time.
Download a PDF of the eligible Canon lenses and flashes from Canon’s website.
List of qualifying product:
- EF 200mm f/2L IS USM
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
- EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
- EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
- EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
- EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM
(my workhorse)
- EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
- EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
- EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
- EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
- EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
- Speedlite 270EX
- Speedlite 430EX II
- Speedlite 580EX II
- Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX
- Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX
The rumors were true – Canon officially announced their Fall 2009 rebates. Buy any of the 12 lenses or 5 Flash units (no camera bodies this time) from an authorized Canon U.S.A. dealer and they will instantly take off the rebate amount. You don’t have to deal with submitting rebate forms this time.
Download a PDF of the eligible Canon lenses and flashes from Canon’s website.
List of qualifying product:
- EF 200mm f/2L IS USM
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
- EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
- EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
- EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
- EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM
(my workhorse)
- EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
- EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
- EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
- EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
- EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
- Speedlite 270EX
- Speedlite 430EX II
- Speedlite 580EX II
- Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX
- Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX