jim_d5 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Ok, surely I am not the only one to want this stuff. I go to sporting events all the time and see photographers, among whom are just about all using Canon equipment. They all have plenty of cool Canon stuff, i.e. a Canon t-shirt with a big red Canon logo on the back, or a red sleeve on their monopod that says something like Canon on one side and EOS Digital on the other. The list goes on and on. Another one, big Canon decals on thier lens hoods or white lenses. So where do you get this stuff? I have heard of a Canon Corporate Collection but all the links I see to it are broken. Do you have to be a CPS member? Also, whenever I go into Camera shops I see big Canon banners and flags. I am in college and like putting things on my walls, and being a big Canon fan I would like to have one of these banners. But how? I have searched for quite some time on the internet which has produced hardly anything. This stuff seems really hard to find. Anyone know a good source? Preferably one that will take a credit card and ships to the US :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisgermain Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 not sure I would place a large Canon sticker on my car... get yourself a big "break into my car - you may get some very valuable stuff." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 You can get all the Canon swag you want off ebay. Not sure why you want to, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohammed_abidally Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 This is free advertising for Canon. If one justs write to ones Canon dealer they should send you a variety of stuff for free... I have got loads of free stuf for fishing gear - Rapala, Shimano etc in the past. Rapala even sent me these nice key chains with mini Lures on them all the way from Sweden to Sri Lanka... Never tried Canon though! Perhaps best to keep a low profile here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akajohndoe Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I ended up with a Canon soccer ball and a Canon baseball cap from the salesman at my local camera store over the years, but no, you cannot buy or have them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amol Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 You have to own 3-5 "L" lenses. Seriously, you probably have to be a member of CPS. Or some type of sponsorship thing. I think a banner in your dorm might be fun. But any other Canon logos, like sticker on your car,t-shirts, or baseball caps, etc. are probably going to attract the attention of thieves, or muggers. I purposefully blacked out (colored in) my Canon EOS logo, on my camera straps, so that you can barely see it. I either put a patch (Yin-Yang patch) over my Lowepro bags patches or carefully undid the stitching of the rubbery logos on the newer Lowepro bags. I have petty much de-logo-ed everything, except the camera (but I have heard of people doing that too) Yes, I'm a little paranoid, but I'd rather be safer. You know, what might be a cool design, something more abstract, that only Canon uses would understand: Like a shirt that simply said "EOS" or something like that. Or similar to "got milk?" or "got linux?", it would be "Got EOS?" or "Got "L"?... okay maybe, it's a little tacky, but I'd feel safer wearing those. I think, you should design a shirt... maybe I'll try to design a shirt.... Amol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhite3.0 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Most sites like BH Photo and Adorama have Canon bags but that's about it other than equipment. I can't knock you for wanting Canon apparel as people wear shirts or hats of their favorite sports team. We all go through this phase of wanting to be noticed for our personal choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyDigs Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Some of the Canon Service Centers sell Canon logo items fron time to time. I've seen t-shirts, hats, lens-clocks, duffle bags, drink coolers, etc., at Canon Hawaii. I wouldn't buy any of it but the EF lens with an alarm clock in it was kinda cool (albeit geeky as hell). Sometimes the light’s all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. - Robert Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_baker4 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 In the UK you can get branded goods from EOS Magazine www.eos-magazine.com - see http://tinyurl.com/37opf8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebell Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Take ther example of wanting to wear a t-shirt with a big fat Canon logo on it - i am very interested as to what message or image are you wanting to project by wearing this shirt? If I buy a pair of Nike runners they have a prominent logo, but that is fine because Nike makes the shoes, they don't make cameras. My cameras of course have clearly visible Canon logos and that is fine. I just struggle to see why someone would want to wear clothing or whatever, nothing to do with photography, with photography manufacturer's branding on it. But it's a free world (in some areas) and you are obviously entitled to wear what you want. Maybe Canon dish out that sort of stuff at some shows/conventions - just an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnagex_carnagex Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I think they should give out stickers at least with their cameras. (I mean how many Apple logo stickers do you see on cars? In Vegas, tons..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 You'll get more chicks if you wear "Leica" logoes. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_c1 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Canon's so middle-class. Get stuff from Horseman, Leaf, Linhof, Sinar. Even Zeiss and Hasselblad are cooler than Canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_c1 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Or silk-screen your T-shirt with these:<p> <img src=http://www.dpreview.com/news/0610/zeiss1700-01-001.jpg><br> <img src=http://www.dpreview.com/news/0610/zeiss1700-02-001.jpg> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Or the coolest of cool...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awindsor Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Check out Pakon branded Canon cameras here for a suggestion on going the opposite route and un-branding your Canon camera: http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?CanonEOS3.html~mainFrame > You'll get more chicks if you wear "Leica" logoes. ;) I think the message of the Leica logo is that their women cost more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 > You'll get more chicks if you wear "Leica" logoes. ;) I think the message of the Leica logo is that their women cost more..... Why of course..... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w_t1 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 why would you want to advertise for Canon? Similar to all the amateur cyclists in Seattle I see that are wearing the eurofem cycling garb with all the sponsorship logos, riding 14 mph on their $5000 bike...Me, I'm going to paint over the Canon letters and remove the red rings, I hate advertising. The white lenses are another problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_barbu1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 <p><i>You'll get more chicks if you wear "Leica" logoes. ;)</i></p><p>You'll get more sophisticated chicks, if you learn to use a spell checker. ;-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I didn't say smart, just with a lot of cash. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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