Canon loans Rebel's at Oshkosh airshow

[TimB]

I found this on the www.airventure.org (http://www.airventure.org/) site and thought some of you may be interested. Canon is loaning out Rebel XT's at the Oshkosh airshow this week. That should help sell a few cameras. Wish I was there. :cry:



Canon offers free camera loans
Dawn Patrol returns Thursday-Saturday
Canon USA will again have digital cameras available to lend to EAA AirVenture visitors Tuesday, July 25, through Sunday, July 30. Those wishing to borrow a camera (Canon Digital Rebel XTs) will need a driver’s license and credit card (but there is no charge). When you’re done shooting, Canon will provide you with a CD at no charge with all the photos you took that day. Cameras are available on a first come, first served basis.
Thursday through Saturday visitors are invited to join the Canon Dawn Patrol. Canon technical reps will accompany attendees out on the grounds and provide a mini course on how to get better shots. You also get your shots on a CD. Selected photos will be posted to the AirVenture website photo gallery.

[Becca]

I saw in one of my National Geographic Traveler magazines that Sony is doing the same thing at the Grand Canyon. You can stop at the visitors center and pick up a camera and return it at the end of the day. Interesting marketing plan.

[mdgphoto]

Yeah, I would be surprised if this didn't help them sell cameras. It's really nice that they're even providing a free cd of all the shots that were taken by the person who borrowed the camera.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

You get a lens, I assume? Hopefully a 75-300 at least. Not a kit lens.

[Mark_Cohran]

Good marketing. I wonder how many people actually buy that model of a camera within 6 months of using them?

Mark

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Very few, probably. They loan out cameras that to the average consumer are too big, too bulky, and too hard to use. Plus, they won't care for the image quality if the paramters aren't set properly. " The colors are a lot brighter from my Kodak, that's for sure"

etc. etc.

Unless people know a thing or two about slr's, I doubt they'll be too impressed from a first use.

[Moppie]

I would imagine Canon preset all the parameters first ;)
Then they would come with basic shooting instructions, use Auto and P only etc.
Then if anyone knows more about how to use them, they can play with it themselves.

[Steve Parr]

Unless people know a thing or two about slr's, I doubt they'll be too impressed from a first use.

I didn't know the first thing about DSLR's when I bought my 300D, and it impressed the Hell outta' me.

To the original poster, are you the TimB??

[Ronald S. Jr.]

I just meant strictly image quality, Steve. Seems like most of my family (non-photographers) notices things like sharpness, color, and who's in the picture. Not much else matters to them. So, I thought when dslr shots, as they are out of the camera (without adjusting parameters), wouldn't be sharp enough or have enough saturation to "wow" most average consumers that might pick it up.

[TimB]

I didn't know the first thing about DSLR's when I bought my 300D, and it impressed the Hell outta' me.

To the original poster, are you the TimB??


I guess that depends on what you meant by the TimB? :rolleyes:

[Steve Parr]

I just meant strictly image quality, Steve. Seems like most of my family (non-photographers) notices things like sharpness, color, and who's in the picture. Not much else matters to them. So, I thought when dslr shots, as they are out of the camera (without adjusting parameters), wouldn't be sharp enough or have enough saturation to "wow" most average consumers that might pick it up.

I couldn't disagree more.

I've taken shots that I thought were absolute train wrecks, and other people; non-photographers, thouoght they were great...

[tim]

Give them a 350D and a 600mm F4, then watch them try to carry it around ;)

I couldn't disagree more.

I've taken shots that I thought were absolute train wrecks, and other people; non-photographers, thouoght they were great...

I agree - my customers couldn't care less about sharpness, color, etc, what they care about is what the photo's of. They don't care if it's not perfect. Like the saying goes, F8 and be there (though I don't recommend that).