Presidential Perspective

I am excited to share with you that after the NPPA and several other photo groups expressed our concerns to Canon about their CPS requirements for bodies and lenses, a change has been made. The NPPA called and along with several members wrote to Canon USA about the requirements. In our conversations, we brought up the fact that with the recent newspaper industry layoffs, numerous photographers have been left to fend for freelance assignments with older equipment which was not on the list.

Several weeks ago, Canon added some older bodies to the list, and this week has added some non-L lens to the list. I am excited that Canon has listened to us and responded positively for photographers. I am hoping that they will expand the list and even possibly reduce the number of bodies.

The expanded list for their three levels of membership is here.