Canon EOS System seminar - Kaz Chua

Today attended the Canon EOS system seminar held at Royale Bintang Hotel in Bukit Bintang KL. Wanted to see and feel the EOS 30D. It is the upgraded version of the 20D. Its immediate competitor is the Nikon D200 in term of price below RM6k. Both have their strength and own followings.

Participants mainly Canonian and a few Nikonians about 150 strong started registering at 8.55am. Very surprised to get door gifts of a Mar 06 edition of Digi Camera Mag, the Canon's EF lens work III book and 3M microfiber cleaning cloth ...all easily worth RM100 inclusive buffet lunch.

The seminar started with Mr PK Teoh the Canon Sales Director giving a very technical account of EOS system compared to other brand N F S etc. Do you know that Canon make all their camera parts and lens from their R&D ........own technology wherelse the others outsources certain parts ie CCD sensor from OEM Co etc. Canon have a full range of 65 lens that no other brand can compete with them.
He kept emphasising Canon CMOS sensor is one of its kind and its true............theirs is the leader in term of energy saving shot for shot and CPU speed and Noise control at highest ISO. All marketing talk and .........Canon always listen to their users. Wah power!!!!!!!!

Kaz Chua gave a more pictorial overlapping talk on digital capture by CMOS and lenses........ continually emphasising the EF L Pro lenses are the numero uno in quality & sharpness and a must have by any serious photographer. After Q&A we adjourned for lunch
In the afternoon session Kaz Chua was in action demonstrating potrait shoots using the EOS 5D and EOS 30D from backlite to side lighting and tungsten lighting. Then it was the shoot out at ISO1600 & 3200 and the clear winner is still the 5D but not as much from what I see. I thought they will let us shoot too but alas never happen ..........the model charges by the hour is my guess

Besides the exhibits and large format printer demo This 24" one cost RM10k but an upgrade using 8-9 ink will be coming soon. There is the EOS booth that you can try out the latest lenses and L lens. The one that I was considering is the EF70-300mm DO IS USM with the green ring. The speed of focussing and sharpness is much improved compared to my old one...........but at 300mm it is still soft in low light.

There was also some beautiful really sharp photos on display by Mr Teoh himself using a 1Ds. The 30d photos were also super sharp.