Hasselblad Bonus Cheque!

(Photo credit: August Bradley)

Hasselblad says "check", so being Canadian, you might not get all that excited. However if I say "cheque", does that perhaps get a little more interesting? How about a cheque amounting to 10% of the purchase price of a Hasselblad camera or digital back that you can then can spend on anything else at Beau Photo. Now are you excited? I'm thinking the answer might be... YES! Click on the above image to be taken to Hasselblad's info page for details on terms and conditions etc. You have until the end of July!

Wicked Promo from Phase One!

Phase One 645DF with IQ back

This one is very short, but very sweet, should you be wanting to get into the Phase One system! In the (slightly edited) words of the Canadian Phase One distributor...

We have a sale that is going from Monday, March 21st to Thursday, March 31st. It's a very short promo.

Trade in H or V series Cameras and lenses and save 50% off the selling prices of these items with the purchase of a back or upgrade. The competitive upgrade for Leaf, Hasselblad, Imacon etc. also works here.

If you can believe it - normally $5500 for a 645DF and 80mm Schneider leaf shutter lens, trade an old 500CM with an 80mm lens and get the Phase One DF kit for only $2750. Remember that there also has to be a digital back as a part of this. Lenses can be traded for an equivalent lens and saves 50% as well.

It's a blitz. The mechanical Hasselblad community is particularly excited about this one! This gives them way more for the old gear than it's worth used!

So the upshot of this, is if you are wanting to buy into a Phase One digital back, and were thinking of putting it on an older Hasselblad, now you can get an extremely generous trade-in for your old body and step up to a modern autofocus 645DF system from Phase One! Call us for more details...

Dec 2010 Specials!

There are lots of digital specials on at Beau Photo for December.  There are manufacturer's rebates as well as sale pricing on Nikon, Wacom, Lexar and more!  Also see the previous post with lots of Canon Rebates!

Wacom Intuos IV Tablets on sale!

We have Wacom’s latest Intuos4 Medium Professional pen tablets on sale for the holidays, in both USB (wired) and the wireless versions. The Intuos4 Medium has a pen tablet area of 8.8x5.5 inches and eight user programmable buttons, each with its own OLED display. Each button’s display will show you an icon relating to the function it will perform, and Wacom has many different preset configurations for you to download. For example, you can configure the tablet to show icons for your most commonly used Photoshop tools, such as crop, healing brush, cloning tool, so you can simply press the button to select the tool you need. There is also a circular touch pad that, among other things, can be set up to change your brush size in Photoshop. Spin your finger around the touch pad in one direction to make your brush bigger and in the other to make it smaller. All these functions are fully user configure-able on a program-by-program basis, so you can have customs settings for Photoshop, Lightroom, Final Cut Pro etc. For superb fine control when retouching photos, or to help reduce RSI (repetitive strain injury) due to always using a mouse, having a pen tablet is truly a godsend!

Intuos4 Pro Medium Sale! $ 379  (regular $ 429)

Intuos4 Pro Medium Wireless Sale! $ 429  (regular $ 479)

Nov. 2010: Hasselblad Year-End Promos

Hasselblad has announced some aggressive promotions, starting November 1st and running through to December 31st. Call me for current CDN pricing if you are interested in one of the H4D or lens offers!

15% off Lens Promotion:
Endusers may purchase an HC(D) lens or HTS1.5 tilt-shift adapter at a 15% discount.

H4D-40 Lens Bundle
Enduser may purchase an H4D-40 with a HC(D) lens of their choice for a
promotional price of $19,995 US.

H4D-50 Free Lens
Enduser may purchase an H4D-50 for $28,995 US and receive a
FREE HC(D) lens of their choice.

Note: Promotions do not include the new HC-II lenses. Choice of HC-50 and HC-120 are subject to availability while supplies last.

Special: Digital FOCI 8" Album ($149.95)

We have a clearance sale on some 8" Portable Digital Photo Albums from Digital FOCI.  Regular price was $269 and the clearance price is $149.95! While supplies last only...

Armed with a high-res 800x600 pixel LCD and bound in a soft leatherette, the Digital Album also sports 4GB of internal flash memory as well as slots for CompactFlash, SD/SDHC/MMC, xD, Memory Stick and MS Pro cards, so you can download or view images to it from pretty much any camera and it makes a perfect presentation tool for those times you don't want to lug around a full-blown laptop.  Not only does it support standard JPEG, BMP, GIF and TIFF files, it will also open RAW images from a wide selection of digital SLRs.

SALE! Nikon SB-900 Speedlight

We have lots of stock on the excellent top-end flash from Nikon, the SB-900, and have decided to put it on sale.

While our current stock lasts (or until the end of August), you can get it for the great price of $485!

Contact us if you want to take advantage of this sale!

NEW Hasselblad Promotions!

The following prices are in US dollars. For an accurate quote with current pricing in CDN dollars, please contact me. These promotions will be running from August 1st to September 30th, 2010.

H4D-40/Lens Promotion
Purchase an H4D-40 (with or without a 80mm lens) and be eligible to purchase any one HC or HCD lens of your choice at 25% off. Promotional lens purchase must be included on same order as the H4D-40.

H4D-50 Instant rebate
Purchase an H4D-50 (with or without a 80mm lens) and receive an instant $3,000 rebate as follows...

H4D-50 (without 80mm lens)
MSRP: $28,995
Promotional Price with rebate: $25,995

H4D-50 (with 80mm lens)
MSRP: $30,995
Promotional Price with rebate: $27,995

In addition, H4D-50 cameras purchased under this program will eligible for an upgrade to the H4D-60 for the difference in MSRP. Upgrade orders must be placed by October 31, 2010 to be eligible for this offer.

DEMO Clearance: Canon iPF6100 Printer

We have just received our demo iPF6300 printer from Canon, so we are selling off the previous model, the 24" wide iPF6100.

We are selling our demo iPF6100 for $2,450 and it will still carry a full one-year warranty from Canon. Previously, this printer sold for nearly $4,000.  The new iPF-6300 will sell for $4,490, so this demo allows you to save over $2,000 off the price of the latest & greatest model.

The iPF6100 is a 12-ink, large format, floor standing printer capable of printing on roll media up to 24 inches wide. It uses twelve 130mL ink cartridges: photo black, matte black, grey, photo-grey, cyan, magenta, yellow, photo-cyan, photo-magenta, red, green and blue. Whew!

NIK Software - Save up to $99!

We have stock on NIK Software at Beau Photo and the good news is that we have some limited time special pricing! The Image Explorations show on Vancouver Island was a resounding success, but we still have a few copies of NIK software at the show special pricing. These prices are only going to be on for a limited time, so don't delay if you want to take advantage of these specials!

NIK Software		Regular	PROMO
Dfine 2.0		$99.00	$75.00
Color Efex Pro 3.0		$299.00	$225.00
Silver Efex Pro		$199.00	$150.00
Sharpener Pro 3.0		$199.00	$150.00
Complete Collection (Ultimate)		$599.00	$500.00
Complete Collection (Aperture & Lightroom)		$299.00	$250.00

Trial versions of all the different plugins are available here: http://www.niksoftware.com. While you could buy the serial numbers for these plugins online... take note that our sale prices are way lower than the web prices!

Also note that if you are a student enrolled in a certified photography program, you would be eligible for educational pricing on NIK Software, and that's even lower than the above promo prices.  We have student editions of most packages in stock as well.

Canon EOS-50D: Sale!

***  $895.95  ***

While our supplies last, we have put the EOS-50D on sale for $895.95! A great deal for this 15 MP semi-pro DSLR! Contact us here at Beau: 604-734-7771

Note: above price includes Canon's $100 instant rebate which is on until the end of July August 2010!

Phase One Summer Promo!

Phase One is offering its flagship DF camera and P 65+ digital back with an 80mm Schneider Leaf Shutter + two lenses of your choice for USD $39,990. Click on the above image for more info.

You SAVE up to USD $8,000!

The offer ends on August 15th so don't wait too long.  Contact either myself or Ken Shymka at Beau Photo for more information...

Canon: rebates extended & price drops!

Canon has extended the vast majority of lens and body rebates until July 31, 2010.  The two exceptions are the 5D Mark II (the whopping $500 rebate is no more) and the 1Ds Mark III.  However, in its place, they did introduce price drops, although on the 5D Mark II it is not quite to the tune of $500, but the 1Ds Mark III did drop by $1000!

- Price Drops -

Our new price on the 5D Mark II body is $2620, whereas before it was $2950.

The new price on the 5D Mark kit with EF24-105mm f/4L IS is $3425.

The 1Ds Mark III has dropped, now selling for $7400.

Lastly, the excellent and affordable EF 100mm f/2.0 lens has become even more affordable, now only $579, a whopping price decrease of nearly $150!

Sale: DataColor Spyder 3 Studio

We have some Spyder 3 Studio kits in stock still, on sale for $489, over $100 off the previous price. Everything you need to calibrate your inkjet printer and monitor, all in a slick padded aluminum briefcase!

This product has been replaced with the new Studio SR, but the as far as quality of calibration, they are essentially the same.  The major difference with the SR is faster reading of printer patches, although since you tend not to have to recalibrate most printers very often (usually just when you decide to standardize on a new paper), I personally do not feel the speed increase is all that important.  You can use the very latest Spyder 3 Print SR software with older Spyder 3 print as well.  Not to mention the Spyder 3 Studio SR is selling for $629, so the older package is a really sweet deal!

Hasselblad Promos • June 2010

There are tons of great new promos available from Hasselblad! These are only on until the end of June 2010, so don’t wait too long if you want to take advantage of any of these great offers!

1. Purchase an H4D-50 and get ANY lens FREE! That’s right...ANY Hasselblad lens of your choice, FREE! This is a potential savings of over $7,000 USD!
   
2. H4D-40 camera available without lens - $17,995 (USD). You now have the option to purchase just the H4D-40 (body and viewfinder) without the lens.
   
3. H4D-40 w/ 35-90mm zoom kit - $19,995 (USD). This promotion is bundling the popular 35-90mm zoom lens with the H4D-40 camera body. This is a huge savings of over $5,000 USD!
   
4. Purchase an H4D-40 get 30% off ANY one lens.
   
5. Purchase an H4D-40 kit (includes 80mm) or body/viewfinder and get your choice of ONE Hasselblad lens at 30% off.
   
6. Purchase a H3DII-31 without a lens for $9,995 or with a 80mm lens for $11,995 USD. Hasselblad has never been more affordable!  Please note that there are very limited quantities only for the H3DII-31 promo.