Come celebrate the New Year with Phase One and Vistek!

The first Phase One Advantage Series event of 2012 takes place Wednesday, Jan. 18 with four sessions between the hours of 1 & 5pm.

The New Year Shootout will give you a chance to see the difference a Phase One camera system – 645DF camera, IQ-Series digital back and Leaf shutter lens – can make.

Two shooting sets will be ready for you to work with: one set up with a live model for beauty shots and the other for still life photos.

What: Phase One Advantage Series: New Year Shootout
Where: Vistek Toronto | 496 Queen Street East
When: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 | 1 – 5pm
Cost: FREE!

Attendance for each session is limited to 40, so make sure you register early!

• 1 – 2pm session
• 2 – 3pm session
• 3 – 4pm session
• 4 – 5pm session

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We’re putting out the official call for submissions — to any and all interested in seeing their work featured in the Vistek Toronto or Vistek Mississauga Contact 2012 Galleries!

As you know, this annual Photography Festival runs during the month of May each year and offers up tremendous amounts of exposure to those artists displaying their work in one of the, literally, dozens of galleries around the GTA.

If you want to be one of those featured artists, submit up to 20 of your best web-resolution photos to Vistek via email no later than Friday, November 11, 2011. Be sure to include your contact info along with an Artist’s Statement* of approximately 100 words.

* (these are the deets required by the good folks at CONTACT)

• Exhibition Proposal: a concise one-page summary of your exhibition concept and content
• A corresponding list telling us the title and year of production of your work
• Your C.V. or any other pertinent bio info

Email entries to gallery@vistek.ca TODAY!

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Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to experience the latest in Digital Back technology from Phase One. This is your chance to check out the new Phase One IQ180 Digital Back – and try it out for yourself!

On Friday, Feb. 18, Vistek will hold three 1-hour seminars (at 10am, 1pm& 4pm) to showcase the revolutionary new Phase One IQ180!

Be on hand to see this incredible new digital back and witness its amazing new features:

• The highest resolution screen (1.15MP) available today
• Touch screen capabilities with multi-touch features
• On-screen instant focus verification
• Universal connectivity
• The HIGHEST resolution (80 megapixels) of any digital back in the world!

Bring your CF memory card with you, as you’ll have a chance to get hands-on with the IQ180, then view your sample photo with a free trial download of Capture One Pro 6.1!

You’ll also a get brief tour of Capture One Pro 6.1’s new features & highlights – including the exciting Capture Pilot feature that allows you to use your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch to wirelessly view, zoom & pan high res. images – direct from your shoot!

Register online (10am, 1pm or 4pm) or in-store for your chance to check out this unprecedented new product!

Where: Vistek Toronto (496 Queen Street E.)
When: Friday, Feb. 18 | 10am, 1pm & 4pm
Cost: FREE

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Come and see what all the reviewers are talking about, as Canon product expert Neil Stephenson puts the all-new Canon 1D Mark IV through its paces.

“If you shoot events, weddings, sports or headshots for a living, the 1D Mark IV is worth your time and money …”
~ Michael Willems

Canon 1D Mark IV key features include:

• Redesigned 45-point AF system with 39 cross-type points
• New AI Servo II AF focus tracking system with 10 fps continuous shooting
• 16.1 mp APS-H (1.3x crop) CMOS sensor, Dual DIGIC 4 Image processors
• Spectacular ISO range of 100 –102,400 with advanced noise reduction
• Full 1080p HD movie recording with selectable frame rates

WHEN: 6pm – Wed. March 31, 2010
WHERE: Vistek Toronto
496 Queen Street East, Toronto Ontario M5A 4G8
Tel: 416-365-1777
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There’s no fee to attend this event, but space IS limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Register now, while you can!

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Session times have been confirmed & you can register now for the Dec. 2 Nikon D3s Product Launch at Vistek’s Ottawa store.

Vistek Ottawa
499 Bank Street, Ottawa Ontario
Tel: 888-428-4466
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• Register for the 4pm session

• Register for the 6pm session

The Toronto event was a smash with standing room only at the afternoon session. So, if you’re in the Ottawa area, don’t miss out on this exciting event! Event details can be found here & here.

Standing room only at the Nov. 25 Nikon D3S Product Launch at Vistek in Toronto.

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UPDATE:
Congratulations to Grant Cronyn @first3rd Productions – he’s won a Canon EOS 7D simply by attending Vistek’s VIP Launch event & entering our draw!

Vistek’s Canon EOS 7D launch party last Thursday was a resounding success! Over 300 people were on hand (when a max. of 250 were expected) to witness the new Canon EOS 7D – and to get their hands on the newest DSLR in the prosumer lineup. With live entertainment, amazing food and some incredible visuals projected onto the walls (and the event’s 57″ flat screen monitors), Shin Sugino’s Studio was abuzz with excitement.

“Everyone really enjoyed the evening,” says Vistek Events Co-ordinator Julie Webster, “the presentation was fantastic, the atmosphere was a lot of fun and people really seemed to love it.”

Canon representative Neil Stephenson was on hand and the camera was put through its paces by professional photographer Mario Miotti (who demonstrated, with the aid of two models, the camera’s image capture quality and overall performance) along with Vistek’s Matthew Nayman and Sean Manton – who demonstrated the camera’s HD video capabilities.

Folks in Ottawa can attend a smaller version of this incredible event on Thursday – check out all the details here & register now!

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