What stores carry the Canon I9900?

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

09/24/2004 04:43:26 PM · #1

Cause I cant find ANY.

I live in Philadelphia =)

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

09/24/2004 04:45:32 PM · #2

B & H Click here

09/24/2004 04:46:50 PM · #3

I cant really do it online, its gotta be a place I can actually VISIT =)

09/24/2004 05:17:09 PM · #4

Do you have a local CompUSA or Best Buy?

09/24/2004 05:24:55 PM · #5

yes I have both... I didnt see it on bestbuy.com however

//www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1083710084540&skuId=6666271&type=product

09/24/2004 05:30:07 PM · #6

09/24/2004 06:44:41 PM · #7

Thanks! looks like im getting a new printer tonight hopefully :)

W.R.Miller

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

09/24/2004 06:54:42 PM · #8

Wouldn't it be less expensive and better quality just to have prints made professionally like through DPCPrints? I think ink costs for these sort of printers is outrageous. Not to mention the outrageous price that most of the high quality paper costs.

I just find it much more economical to get prints made at either my local Sam's club or through DPCPrints. I love the very fine matte paper that DPCPrints uses.

I'm just wondering what benefit people get out of printing their own photos? Is the quality just a s good as what comes from a Fuji Frontier Photo lab? Are the photos that come from this sort of printers fade resistant?

Just wondering. Thanks!

cycloxslug

Nikon D70

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

09/24/2004 07:28:40 PM · #9

speaking from experience (I have a canon I9100), the ink, if you get it from private.abacus24-7.com, is really cheap. The paper is pretty expensive (13x19s are about $2 a sheet). The print quality is pretty decent, but it will fade over time. NOTE: you pretty much have to use the canon pro paper, because lots of other paper seems to look pretty terrible (hp premium, kodak). The advantage is that you can have your prints in less than 5 minutes. So if you print a bunch of stuff, but don't particularly need it to be the highest quality, the printer is worth it--instant gratification. I think the costs are a little less with the printer (at least the way I am doing it)--I have printed 8 13x19", 15 8.5x11", and 20 4x6" --and only replaced 1 of the ink cartridges so far (there are 6 colors on my printer). So it is worth it to me...if I had to wait to get them printed by somebody else, it probably wouldn't happen.

09/24/2004 07:33:13 PM · #10

Originally posted by wackybill:

Ink for my 4 in 1 costs just as much as these inks for the photo printer. 8 Cartridges for 84 dollars, isnt all that bad a price in my opinion.

I wont be using the printer just for home, but also on the site jobs such as Events, amongst other things, A lot of people like "On Site Printing."

Also, what happens if I run out of a certain print while I am selling at a local art show... I have to wait a week or more for the prints to come back in stock, when I could simply call home and have them print a bunch for me, and restock me =)

To me, having a self printer at home is Easier, just as cost efficient, and saves a bunch of time. Quality wise, if I were to hold a professional print next to the canon photo printer, I doubt you would be able to tell the difference. I also have more control on how the prints come out.

I can purcahse 50 sheets of 4x6 for 12 dollars, and 50 8x10 Matte sheets for 15 dollars.

To me, owning a photo printer is well worth it.

W.R.Miller

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

09/24/2004 08:20:30 PM · #11

Originally posted by jmlelii:

Originally posted by wackybill:
Wouldn't it be less expensive and better quality just to have prints made professionally like through DPCPrints? I think ink costs for these sort of printers is outrageous. Not to mention the outrageous price that most of the high quality paper costs.

I just find it much more economical to get prints made at either my local Sam's club or through DPCPrints. I love the very fine matte paper that DPCPrints uses.

I'm just wondering what benefit people get out of printing their own photos? Is the quality just a s good as what comes from a Fuji Frontier Photo lab? Are the photos that come from this sort of printers fade resistant?

Just wondering. Thanks!

Ink for my 4 in 1 costs just as much as these inks for the photo printer. 8 Cartridges for 84 dollars, isnt all that bad a price in my opinion.

I wont be using the printer just for home, but also on the site jobs such as Events, amongst other things, A lot of people like "On Site Printing."

Also, what happens if I run out of a certain print while I am selling at a local art show... I have to wait a week or more for the prints to come back in stock, when I could simply call home and have them print a bunch for me, and restock me =)

To me, having a self printer at home is Easier, just as cost efficient, and saves a bunch of time. Quality wise, if I were to hold a professional print next to the canon photo printer, I doubt you would be able to tell the difference. I also have more control on how the prints come out.

I can purcahse 50 sheets of 4x6 for 12 dollars, and 50 8x10 Matte sheets for 15 dollars.

To me, owning a photo printer is well worth it.

I do understand. I guess everyone has unique situations. Great point about the on site printing.

I guess it's just ones preference really. I prefer to have my prints go through the chemical process as would a print being made from a film negative. Don't know why really. I have just seen to many poor prints made from ink jet printers I guess. I probably haven't really seen a print made from a high quality ink jet or dye sub printer.

I don't mind waiting on prints from DPCPrints really and if people want to purchase prints from me I'll just explain that they will take at least a week because I want to ensure that they get the highest quality print possible so I am ordering from a very high quality photo finishing lab. If someone was offering me a choice to wait a week and a half to get a print or to take a print immediately from their ink jet printer I would just be one of those people that would wait because I would want the print on the chemically processed paper. There is just something I don't like about ink being stacked on top of one another one a piece of paper. Call me strange!!! :-\

Anywho... ...I'm glad you found a local to you that caries that printer for you. Good luck!

Thanks!

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

09/24/2004 09:48:19 PM · #12

You should try the Epson heavy duty matte paper. I use it with my Canon and it's great. And it's really inexpensive. In fact, all the Epson papers I've tried work well with the Canon. (I had an Epson wide carriage photo printer--I forget the name now, 1200 or something, and I had stocked up on a lot of these papers, but now I've been buying more because results are great.)

The best part: 50 8x11 sheets of the matte paper costs about $12.

Here's a link to it on Amazon:

//www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004TS2I/104-6382159-4097532?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846&vi=variations

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

09/25/2004 12:09:13 AM · #13

Jeremy-

If you buy the i9900 tonight let me know how you like it as I might get one myself. I read a review of it in shutterbug or some other magazine and it was well received.

kadac00

Canon EOS-20D

09/25/2004 10:24:00 AM · #14

I'm also contemplating the i9900 but my timeframe is a bit longer (Thanksgiving - Christmas) so I would appreciate your impressions when you get the printer.

Thanks.

09/25/2004 03:36:56 PM · #15

ok due to financial issues, I will have the printer next weekend. As soon as I have it calibrated and everything, I will be sure to give you a full report!

09/25/2004 08:41:28 PM · #16

Sounds good to me. In fact, I ALMOST went to the local Best Buy myself to look at it. I was SO tempted but I refrained. I bought some Ilford glossy paper from Sam's Club instead. :)