December 2013 BEAU NEWS DECEMBER 2013
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h ‘Tis the Season - I Sales, Gifts and More We are open until 2pm December 24th, Can’t decide? and will re-open January 2nd. We have gift certificates. Shop Thursdays until 7pm! mBeau Newsletter - December 2013 BEAU NEWS DECEMBER 2013 PRO SALES More details and a really cool video on the Profoto web KEN S. site: profoto.com/ca/b1/#b1-video New and Exciting from Profoto. You might be wondering how much this is going to cost. Well, it is a professional off camera flash that incorporates Profoto has announced an amazing new product, the B1 many products into one unit. If you consider the cost flash. How is it different from all the other strobes and alternatives you will see why it is a great value. speedlights out there? They took what’s good in those flashes and put it all into one easy to use and powerful • 5- Wireless TTL speedlights to get almost the same unit. Not a speedlight and not a monoblock, Profoto’s “off power output. 5 X $529.00 = $2645.00. And you will not camera flash” allows you to be creative in ways you’ve only get 220 full power flashes from the AA batteries. dreamed of. With Profoto’s AirTTL remote, you’ll have full • Other than using a softbox or an umbrella, you will not TTL flash control right from your camera. With battery have access to the range of Profoto light shaping tools that power and no cables or cords, you can take the B1 with you will with the B1 to give you an amazing range of effects. you to the remotest of locations and put it wherever you • 1-500 w/s Monoblock - averaged out price $900.00, + want, with the power and speed that sets the B1 apart from battery inverter - average price $1350.00 = $2250.00. You the competition. What’s more, is that you will have access won’t have TTL and it is a lot heavier to pack around. to the huge selection of light shaping tools that Profoto lights are known for, and you’ll have an off-camera flash that Profoto B1 Off-Camera Flash $ 2094.95 you will actually want to use, and one that can deliver truly Air Remote TTL-C for Canon $ 414.95 professional results. Air Remote TTL-N for Nikon* $ 414.95 Available in Spring 2014 * Anyone ordering a Nikon Air Remote TTL-N when you buy a B1 will be charged for a Profoto Air Remote. When we finally get a Nikon TTL, you just pay the difference in price for the TTL Remote. You then get to keep the Profoto Air Remote which you can use for backup or as a receiver for non-Air flash. Yes patience has its rewards! We are accepting pre-orders now for delivery mid- • Patent pending AirTTL technology. December. Call or email Ken at [email protected] • Exchangeable, integrated battery provides up to 220 full- power flashes per charge. • Cordless design and wireless Air technology allow you to shoot without cords and restraints. • Quick burst capability eliminates the risk of missing that perfect shot waiting for the flash. • 500w/s adjustable in 1/10 f-stop increments over a 9 f-stop power range give you both power and precise control. • Compatible with Profoto Light Shaping Tools. BEAU PHOTO SUPPLIES • 1520 WEST 6TH AVE. VANCOUVER, BC • www.beauphoto.com • beauphoto.blogspot.ca BEAU NEWS DECEMBER 2013 RENTAL NEWS JASON K. Matthews 20” Baby Hollywood C-Stands with Grip Head & Arm for those times you need a light, scrim or flag lower New in Rentals... than you can get with the taller 40” C-Stands. $7/day Nikon 58mm f1.4G Hopefully by the time you read this newsletter, I will have one of the new Nikon 58mm f1.4 for rent. This lens has been very much in demand, and all of the ones we get in Holiday Hours at Beau! store just fly off the shelves before making their way into the Rental Department! I have been assured that I will Yes! It’s December, when shops decorate themselves get one in the next shipment! with bright lights and play insipid tunes you can’t get Nikon has designed this lens out of your head! It also means the holidays are to be the ultimate in creamy here at Beau, and that creates a great opportunity bokeh smoothness, sharpness for you! Beau Photo will be closed for the holidays and minimized flare for night December 24th at 2pm, and will re-open January photography, and it should be an 2nd. What does that mean exactly? It means that amazing portrait lens! you can rent gear out for the nine days we are $30/day closed but only pay for TWO! This would be a great opportunity to do some personal projects like Profoto B1 Off Camera Flash classy family portraits or maybe family ugly Xmas This revolutionary off camera flash unit incorporates TTL sweater contests! Just remember to pick up on (Canon & Nikon only) into a cordless, battery powered December 24th by 2pm, as the staff will be outta 500W head. With here like a Peregrine Falcon dive-bombing a Mallard AirTTL, you have full duck at 2:01pm! TTL control with the head, and with The most popular items booked for the holidays Profoto’s unique light seem to be lighting gear and fast zoom lenses like the shaping capabilities 24-70mm f2.8 & 70-200mm f2.8. Perhaps you would you have endless like some lighting gear for the aforementioned family possibilities shaping photos or maybe a telephoto lens for Bald Eagle your light. viewing at Brackendale, Harrison Mills or Boundary Bay? A GoPro for skiing/snowboard videos, or a Have a look at Ken’s article for more information on this fish’s eye view by dunking it into a salmon stream? new flash from Profoto. Gear tends to get booked faster as we near Xmas Eve, so get your reservations in! Available as a two head kit or individually. Price TBD. New Matthews C-Stands For rental inquiries or to book equipment, call Jason at Matthews 20” Baby C-Stand with Grip Head & Arm Beau or send him an e-mail at [email protected] Slightly less flashy, but no less important are a pair of new BEAU PHOTO SUPPLIES • 1520 WEST 6TH AVE. VANCOUVER, BC • www.beauphoto.com • beauphoto.blogspot.ca The New EOS 70D body • 20.2 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor • Dual-pixel CMOS phase-detect AF during live-view and movie recording • 7 fps stills shooting • Full HD (1920x1080) at 24, 25 and 30 fps. • 19-point AF, all cross-type. • 98% coverage VF with 0.95 magnification • Single SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card slot • Built-in WiFi • Fully articulated, 1.04 million dot, 3” touchscreen LCD $1049 - body only Now available at Beau for sale and rental. *price after rebate as of December 6th. Try before you buy - rent a body or a lens and if you decide to buy one, we will credit up to two days of the rental toward your purchase. Canon Large Format Printer Deals! Get up to a total of $1500 off the price of a Canon large format graphics printer! An instant rebate of $500 - $1000 is applicable as well as an additional trade-in credit for your old printer (17” wide or larger) on some models. Call or e-mail Mike at Beau for information. [email protected] Beau Photo Supplies 1520 West 6th Ave. @beauphotostore Vancouver, BC 604.734.7771 www.beauphoto.com Beau Photo Up-to-date reviews on Canon products and information on sales and rebates - beauphoto.blogspot.ca BEAU NEWS DECEMBER 2013 DIGITAL NEWS MIKE M. NEW! Nikon Df Digital SLR $2,999 kit with a new AF-S 50mm f/1.8G zoom A few weeks back, Nikon announced the new, retro-styled Df digital SLR, available in all balck or black & silver styling. The easiest way of understanding what it is, is to think of it as a hybrid of sorts, a fusion of various cameras: take the sensor and associated image quality of the Nikon D4, add the flexible user interface and flexible control customization from a D800, take the AF system from a D610 and wrap it in a rento-themed body roughly the size and weight of a D610, but with smattering of old-school mechanical control wheel that look lifted from an F3 or FE2 film body. Lastly, add in a switchable metering-coupling lever from the old F4 film body, which allows you to use any old pre-AI Nikkor lens (something that no modern Nikon can do, not even a D4) and fuse it all together into a brand new DSLR! The Df should be in rentals here by the time you read this and Coming to Beau Thursday December 12th! we may have limited stock available too. Initial pre-order demand was somewhat low, since I think a lot of people Get your hands on the new Hasselblad H5D and talk to didn’t know what to make of the Df, but now we have been the Hasselblad rep. Greg King, who will be here to answer getting more requests in and have basically sold out of our any questions. initial small shipment that we’re expecting, but don’t worry, more are on their way! Please pre-register for this exciting free event here. The good news is that the Df is a solid, professional body BEAU PHOTO SUPPLIES • 1520 WEST 6TH AVE.