My Canon Professional Services (CPS) membership arrived in the mail today along with a big book of lens porn (EF Lens Work III). You can download the book for free, but it is pretty in print.

What is CPS? As a Canon repair person explained to me on the phone, the boxes with CPS stickers get taken off the mail truck first and handed to a repair person. CPS also has another great benefit: the CPS loan program. It is a "Try Before You buy" system that allows you to demo various Canon equipment.

You have to be a professional to qualify and the application has a long list of materials you have to supply to prove this. If so, you can e-mail cpsmember [-at-] cusa.canon.com for an application.