40% Off Canon Products Sale at PBCom Tower Ayala

Here’s something for you Canon users, or you who just enjoy hearing about sales –

 

40% Off on Canon Items

I’m currently trying to get word if they’re including SLRs or lenses in the sale. If they are, then a 40% discount on a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens would be a pretty sweet deal.

I’m a Nikon user myself, but I will definitely be over there to see if I can get myself a Selphy printer, or a digicam. Sometimes my Nikon D70s takes too long to whip out of the camera bag for those quick capture moments. I cannot, for the life of me, stand taking photos using my cellphone.

Sweet New Toys from Canon (50D) and Nikon (D90)

Photokina 2008 is barely a month away, and camera giants Nikon and Canon (or Canon and Nikon, for my latter-biased friends ) have started pumping out new babies to hungry photography enthusiasts the world over.

Canon is said to be releasing the EOS 50D, a sister model of last year’s popular release, the 40D. Nikon, on the other hand, is set to release the D90, the world’s first DSLR with Movie Mode (at a sweet 720p HDTV quality, albeit forgettable Mono sound quality, so that they can still say, “hey, at least we still bothered.”).

I’m a Nikon user, and I love my D70s (which is now in danger of being replaced and moved into a DSLR nursing home if there ever was one), but I can appreciate what both brands have to offer.  If I had assimilated myself into the Canon family first, I would probably still be using the brand until now. I’ll let other people defend their brand advocacies and just nod along to each argument.

So here’s a quick look at some readily comparable features available in the upcoming Canon 50D and Nikon D90:

	Nikon D90	Canon EOS 50D
Effective pixels	12.2 mp	15.1mp
AF Points	11 points	9 points
LCD Monitor	3.0″ TFT LCD	3.0″ TFT LCD
ISO	ISO 200 to 3200	ISO 100 to 1600
Continuous Shooting	4.5 fps	6.3 / 3.0 fps, 60/90 frames
Damage to Bank Account	$1299 with 18-105 VR kit lens (or roughly around Php 60k)	$1599 with 18-200 IS lens (or roughly around Php 72k)

If you need more facts and specs so you can brag about how great the new Nikon is to your Canon-toting friends (or vice-versa), visit both hands-on previews at the ever-reliable Dpreview website (Or straight here for the EOS 50D review, and here for the Nikon D90 review).

Restless Wander Nominated for Best Travel Blog

The Philippine Blog Awards 2008

I had to interrupt my daily routine (of doing nothing) to deliver really important news — My good friend Trish Morente’s travel blog Restless Wander, has been nominated for Best Travel Blog for the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards! Way to go Trish! Everybody’s proud of you and rooting for you to get shortlisted among the finalists And although this isn’t as newsworthy, I’ve also added you onto my Blogroll (Now there’s two of you in there )! Woohoo! You’re not only being nominated for awards, you’re being added onto people’s blogrolls! You’re on a winning streak!

They’re posting the finalists soon, so I’ll be sure to check back, and I expect to see your fine blog in there, because you deserve it! Good luck!

Update: Another friend of mine’s blog, karlo rules the world without strobes, has also been nominated under the Best Photography Blog category. Congrats Karlo! Pa-Outback burger ka naman!