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Canon Professional Services USA – Finally on the Web

I see Canon Professional Services (CPS) USA is finally on the web!   See:  www.usa.canon.com/cps  
While CPS has been in existence prior to this new website, it’s been a bit surprising that they had no website and that everything was handled manually “the old fashioned way” with paper forms, etc.   It’s great to see CPS [...]

Other Brand Lenses and Warranty Implications

I’ve run across an interesting dilemma: Whether to use lenses that are not of the same brand as my DSLR camera body.   I was recently told by a Canon rep that if I use a non-Canon lens (such as a Tamron, Sigma, etc.) on a Canon body, this voids my warranty.   In my [...]

Looking Through Your Eyepiece Can Change the Exposure?

I’ve been into photography for a long time, but it seems I am always learning something new.   What I learned today though, actually surpised me.   (How can it be that I never knew this?)  What I learned was that my DSLR can actually have its light metering system completely fooled by light entering through [...]