Last week Canon held launch events in Jeddah, Riyadh and Alkhobar to present awards to its top retailers and to showcase 13 new products. In the Eastern Province, Canon honored Giant Stores, MCC, Sara Studio, Ateeq Gifts and Al-Ateeq Exhibition with retailer awards. Canon’s KSA partner in photo and video products, Al-Quraishi Trading Company, put on a display of the latest digital still cameras and digital video cameras. Canon has now made available in the Kingdom the EOS-1D Mark II which delivers approximately 8.5 frames per second at 8.2 megapixels, taking over from Canon’s EOS-1D as the most powerful D-SLR camera in the world.
Canon also released the 8.0 Megapixel PowerShot Pro1 digital camera, the new flagship of the PowerShot range. Targeted at the region’s professional and highly advanced photographers, the camera is the first compact from Canon to be fitted with a Canon professional L-series USM lens. A handful of features generally reserved for Canon’s high-end digital SLR cameras combine to allow enlargements up to A2 size.
“The PowerShot Pro1 is the professional photographer’s ideal compact,” said Mirza Ibrahim Baig, brand manager, Al-Quraishi Trading Company. “With its combination of L-series lens, 8 megapixel resolution and DIGIC processor, this camera reaches far into the domain of professional digital SLRs as it represents the highest standards for optical performance and engineering excellence as demanded by professionals.”
