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Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ Promotion About to End

The Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ on a bunch of lenses and speedlites is about to end. Many of Canon’s most desirable lenses are included in this rebate and the discounts are substantial. The promotion officially ends tomorrow, but if you are thinking of taking advantage of these prices at site sponsor B&H, keep in mind that they have very limited Saturday hours – a better bet would be to make your purchase today.

All of My 2011 Photographs. Yes, All of Them. Really.

Everything from 2011…

This youtube video includes all of the photographs posted at my blog during 2011.* Yes, all of them! The photographs appear more or less in the order they were made, so this forms a sort of year-long overview. Since it does include everything, there are going to be a few, uh, slow moments in the video. (I do not recommend viewing at full screen size on large monitors since the original images used in the video were relatively small.)

If this is a slow day for you, you could even watch the whole thing!

I put this together while doing initial work on the 2001 Favorites list, an annual project of assembling a set of what I regard as some of my best work of the past year. I have some ideas about which images will make the cut for that more limited set, but I’d love to hear your opinions about what you think should be included, too. I’ll post the “finalists” for the 2011 Favorites sometime in the next week or so.

* OK, I made a lot more photographs in 2011 than what you see here. But most will never be seen in public. :-)

(Update: A few people asked “why no music to accompany the photographs?” This brings up a whole series of thoughts that I should explore in depth at some point, but which I’ll mention briefly for now. Let me get the easy one out of the way first – this wasn’t meant to be a “real” production. It was just a way for me to string together a large number of images as part of my own review of my 2011 photographs. On to the more complex issues…

Some of you may know that my academic training is in music. So, for me, adding music to images is not a simple thing – I’m afraid that I’m cursed with thinking “too much” about what it means and how it works together. For me, the idea of just “adding some music” is not a simple idea at all. In fact, it raises some questions about why we think that individual photographs are worthy of consideration in silence… but sequences of them seem to raise expectations that a musical accompaniment will be provided. Finally, given the diverse images in this large set it is hard for me to come up with a meaningful musical accompaniment that somehow ties in with the images in more than a random way. I suppose that I really need to compose my own… )

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Canon ‘Instant Rebates’ on Lenses and Speedlites

There is a new Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ promotion at site sponsor B&H that features a lot of interesting gear at even lower prices than were available during the instant savings promotion that recently ended. In fact, the selection of lenses and electronic flashes and the size of the discounts both seem unusually large. (It is a bit tough to realize that I just bought a lens at $100 off under the previous offer… and it is now available at $150 off! I’ve heard a rumor that some vendors may honor the more recent pricing if you call them, so I may give that a try.)

Click the link to see a newly updated full list of eligible equipment and read more details – or read on to see a list here on my blog. The promotion runs from November 27 through January 7. (Making your purchase from B&H by clicking through these links helps support the blog and does not change your price. Thanks in advance!) Continue reading Canon ‘Instant Rebates’ on Lenses and Speedlites

New Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ – Lenses and Speedlites

11/28/11 – New Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ Prices at B&H

(Note: Check the “Deals” page on this blog for more on this promotion, news about deals from ThinkTank Photo, and other periodic updates.)

UPDATE: Canon extended the ‘instant rebate’ promotion into early February. If you are going to purchase from B&H, the last full day to do so is FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012!

The Canon ‘Instant Rebate’ promotion at site sponsor B&H features a lot of interesting gear at even lower prices than were available during a late 2011 promotion. In fact, the selection of lenses and electronic flashes and the size of the discounts seem unusually large.

Click the link to You may purchase directly through the following links to B&H (and help support this blog in the process) or click this link to see the full list of eligible equipment and/or purchase from B&H.  It runs from November 27 through FEBRUARY 4. (Note that B&H has very limited ordering hours on the final day of the promotion.)

Lenses (Note: This is an exceptional list of lenses and the discounts are larger than usual)

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Autofocus Lens (save $90)
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Autofocus Lens (save $170)
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens (save $60)

Canon Super Wide Angle EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM Autofocus Lens (save $240)
Canon Super Wide Angle EF 20mm f/2.8 USM Autofocus Lens (save $60)
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Autofocus Lens (save $180)
Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide-Angle Autofocus Lens (save $150)

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens (save $100)
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Zoom Lens (save $120)
Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Autofocus Lens (save $120)

Canon Normal EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Autofocus Lens USM (save $180)
Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM Autofocus Lens (save $40)
Canon Normal EF 50mm f/1.8 II Autofocus Lens (save $15)
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM Autofocus Lens (save $230)
Canon 85mm f/1.8 EF USM Autofocus Lens (save $40)
Canon Telephoto EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Autofocus Lens (save $50)

Canon 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro Autofocus Lens (save $30)
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens (save $60)
Canon Macro Photo MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Manual Focus Lens (save $110)
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens (save $110)
Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Autofocus Lens (save $60)
Canon Telephoto EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM Autofocus Lens (save $170)

Canon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM Autofocus Lens (save $270)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens (save $300)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens (save $150)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM Lens (save $150)
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Lens (save $75)
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM Lens (save $140)
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Lens (save $150)
Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Autofocus Lens (save $170)

Canon Telephoto EF 135mm f/2.0L USM Autofocus Lens (save $110)
Canon Telephoto EF 300mm f/4.0L IS Image Stabilizer USM Autofocus Lens (save $140)

Canon 400mm f/5.6L USM Autofocus Lens (save $130)

Canon Wide Tilt/Shift TS-E 17mm f/4L Manual Focus Lens (save $260)
Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II Tilt-Shift Manual Focus Lens (save $230)
Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 Normal Tilt Shift Manual Focus Lens (save $150)
Canon Telephoto Tilt Shift TS-E 90mm f/2.8 Manual Focus Lens (save $150)

Speedlites

Canon Speedlite 580EX II (save $50)
Canon 430EX II Speedlite (save $30)
Canon Speedlite 320EX (save $25)
Canon Speedlite 270EX II (save $15)
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin Lite Ringlite Flash (save $60)
Canon MR-14EX TTL Macro Ring Lite Flash (save $45)