I just received a wonderful email from Amazon.com this morning:

Hello from Amazon.com.

We are pleased to report that the following item will ship sooner than expected:

"Canon EOS 1D Mark III 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)" [Electronics]

For more details, please visit the Your Account section of our web site
(http://www.amazon.com/your-account). You can also reach Your Account
by clicking on the link in the top right corner of any page on our web
site.

That is wonderful news. I checked my account and found the following: Delivery estimate: April 27, 2007 - May 4, 2007.

So if your planning on ordering one of the hottest Canon cameras to hit the market, please be sure to use this link. [ Canon EOS 1D Mark III ]

Posted by Mark Anderson at 10:13 AM | Permalink

The camera has been available for pre-order at B&H and Adorama for a couple of weeks. Well it just became available at Amazon.com. Yes I just ordered mine. I'm crazy that way.

If you are going to order the camera. Do me a favor and click on the link above. I will get credit for it.

Posted by Mark Anderson at 1:48 PM | Permalink

Canon has just released an updated firmware image for the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi (400D) camera.

This firmware update (Version 1.0.5) incorporates the following fixes and improvement.:

1. Fixes the printing of lens names when using PictBridge.
2. [Redeye 1] can now be selected when connecting with specific printers.
3. Improves the reliability of communication with the Speedlite 380EX.

This firmware update applies to cameras with firmware versions up to 1.0.4 installed. If your camera's firmware is already version 1.0.5, it is not necessary to perform this update.

Additional details can be found on the following page. [ more ]

Posted by Mark Anderson at 1:05 PM | Permalink

Canon is offering bulk discounts on their Fine Art paper packs. As I mentioned previously, I'm giving up on the iPF5000 printer for now. It is far more than I need.

However, the new Canon PIXMA Pro9500 Photo Printer is shipping in May and is now at the top of my list.

I have been looking at my paper options for this printer and stumbled onto this special promotion. The Hahnlemuhle brand paper looks good for most of my needs. [ more ]

Posted by Mark Anderson at 2:01 PM | Permalink

Canon has announced upgrades to many of their bundled software packages.

Canon RAW Codec 1.0 for Windows Vista
ZoomBrowser EX 5.8b Updater for Windows
ImageBrowser 5.8b Updater for Mac OS X
Digital Photo Professional 3.0 Updater for Windows and Mac OSX
EOS Utility 2.0 Updater for Windows and Mac OSX
PhotoStitch 3.1.19 Updater for Windows

Visit the Canon download library to get updated software for you camera model [ more ]

Posted by Mark Anderson at 4:07 PM | Permalink