Camera Deals

Camera & Photo Lightning Deals: Rokinon 16mm T2.2, PocketWiz MiniTT1, Orion, Case Logic, etc

Friday is back again and a new round of Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals are coming. You can also find them at the Gold Box.

+ starts 8am ET: Nanuk 925 Case with Padded Divider (Black)

+ starts 9am ET: Rokinon CV16M-C 16mm T2.2 Cine Wide Angle Lens for Canon EF Mount Cameras

+ starts 10am ET: PocketWizard MiniTT1 Radio Transmitter for Nikon TTL Flashes and Digital SLR Cameras

+ starts 12pm ET: Orion 9826 StarMax 127mm Equatorial Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope

+ starts 1pm ET: Case Logic DSM-101 Luminosity Small DSLR Messenger Bag (Black)

+ more may (or may not) be added later in the day

+ all of these are limited time and limited quantity offers

(ENDED) Starts 1pm ET: Opteka MP100 67" Monopod limited time sale

This daily deal expired... Among today's Amazon Gold Box Deals, starting at 1pm ET (10am pacific/Amazon time), there is going to be a limited time lightning deal on the 67-inch Opteka MP100 Professional Heavy Duty Photo / Video Monopod. The lightning price will be revealed over there when it goes live at 1pm ET today (Wednesday 4/23/14). The price before the sale is $15.50 by marketplace seller. It has over 250 customer reviews with a 4.5 out of 5.0 average.

Blogs are back after TypePad suffered DDoS attack

The hosting provider for this blog and the main blog (Typepad) got hit with a massive and stubborn DDoS attack during the weekend. They were finally able to recover earlier today. All apologies for the outage.

This event will likely accelerate our plans to switch this blog (Camera Deals) to Wordpress, but we are planning to do it in a way that minimizes the impact on our readers. More on that later on.

Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera for $60 (some colors)

The yellow and white colors of the Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera are currently on sale for around $60 at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of two per color per shopping cart. The yellow is in-stock and ready to ship while the white "ships in 2-4 weeks". The other colors go for more. This is an instant film camera!

Discover card holders: $25 back with $250+ at NewEgg Business

If you have a Discover Credit Card, check the "Extras" section of the Discover website. They are running a promotion that gets you $25 back as a statement credit on your Discover Credit Card when you make a purchase of $250 or more at NewEggBusiness.com. This offer is only good for the Business site of NewEgg, not the consumer NewEgg.com. The statement will happen automatically as long as you can see this offer in your "Extras" page. The promotion expires 4/30/14 but as usual, don't wait until the last minute. Screenshot crop of the promotion right below...

Ends Sun 11:59pm ET: Popular Photography Magazine for $5 per year

The weekend sale at DiscountMags.com (page down to find it or use the browser's search feature to search for "photo") includes one year subscription of the printed delivered to your door Popular Photography Magazine for $5 per year. There is no coupon code for their weekend sales. This is a no-autorenewal promotion (it only renews if you manually renew it). You can sign up for up to three years at this annual rate. It is good for new subscribers or renewing subscribers or gift subscriptions. US addresses only. This promotion ends by 11:59pm on Sunday 4/20/14 (but if you miss it, fear not, these are recurring offers).

(ENDED) Camera & Photo Lightning Deals: PocketWizard, Lomography, Nanuk, Transcend, etc

This round expired. Check back next Friday for another unpredictable round of Camera & Photo Lightning Deals... Maybe we need to start keeping a running score of Tripods vs Camera Bags ;-)... Expired items after the jump...

Sony a3000 w/18-55 for $303 (ships in 3-5 weeks)

The black Sony a3000 with the 18-55mm kit lens is currently going for $303 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon herself. Note this ships in "3 to 5 weeks", so don't buy if you need it by a specific date or deadline! Limit 2 per customer. Note also that despite the SLR looks, this is a NEX e-mount APS-C mirrorless camera.

Speaking of Amazon, for a limited time, the 7" inch 16GB Kindle Fire HD tablet with Special Offers is on sale for $130 with free shipping and a limit of nine per customer.

(ENDED) Olympus SH-50 compact-zoom for $150

This deal du jour is expiredeaux! The Amazon Deal of the Day for Wednesday is the silver/white Olympus SH-50 compact-zoom offered for $150 with free shipping. Offer ends by Thursday 4/17/14 at 3am ET or earlier if sold out.

(ENDED) Kingston Memory & Storage sale: 64GB C10 SDHC for $29, etc

This daily deal expired...

Refurbished black Panasonic ZS25 zoom for $130

The refurbished black Panasonic ZS25 compact-travel-zoom is currently offered for $130 with free shipping at Adorama. Note this is refurbished by Panasonic!

(ENDED) Camera & Photo Lightning Deals: Olympus Stylus SZ-15, Cam Caddie, Lomo, Fuji case, etc

This round of Friday lightning deals ended. Check back next Friday for another unpredictable round of Camera & Photo Lightning Deals. Expired offers after the break...

Cloud Storage: 1TB for $25 per year by MediaFire

If you are looking for (more) cloud backup options for your data, Mediafire is offering 1TB of data for $25 per year or $2.50 per month. If you need a lot more, their "up to 100TB" plan goes for $25/month. The maximum file size is 20GB which is far ahead of the megapixel wars, at least for now ;-) Details at their plans page.

VANGUARD UP-Rise II 48 Backpack for $130

The VANGUARD UP-Rise II 48 Backpack is on sale for $130 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of three per shopping cart.

Free Premium iOS photo app: Picfx (via Starbucks iOS app)

The Starbucks iOS app has a free weekly item from the iTunes store. One of the recent freebies is the Picfx iOS app. The app goes for $2 if purchased directly from iTunes. To get it for free, you need to check the Messages section of the Starbucks iOS app. There is a promotional code there that lets you get it for free. The promotional code expires 6/24/14. This was the Pick of the Week on 4/1/14.

Plan Ahead: B&H Photo Passover Schedule

If you are planning to place time-sensitive orders from B&H Photo this month, keep in mind that B&H Photo, as usual, will be closing for the Passover Holiday. The cut-off date to place orders is Sunday April 13 at 12pm eastern (but don't wait until the last minute). The B&H store and offices will be closed between Monday April 14 through Tuesday, April 22 in 2014. They will re-open on Wednesday April 23 at 9am eastern (New York City time). Orders placed during the Holidays will be processed after B&H re-opens... Speaking of time-sensitive matters, the Tax Filing deadline for the 2013 tax year is fast approaching!

In-stock: new space-age Mac Pro desktops (4 or 6 cores)

If you are a fan of the Apple power-desktops, the new space-age cylindricals are now in-stock at B&H Photo for $2994 with free shipping for this quad-core configuration and for $3994 with free shipping for this six-core configuration. You have a choice of a free gift over there, under the "Savings Available" section, click on the "Select A FREE Gift Of Your Choice" and you will be presented with a choice of either Parallels 9 or Lojack. You must manually add the free gift.

In-stock again: Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 (N) for $800

F1.8 zoom fans of the Nikon SLR kind, grab your e-wallets! The Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 for the Nikon SLR mount is back in-stock and ready to ship at its starting price of $800 with free shipping at B&H Photo.

(ENDED) Starts 11pm ET: Cyberlink PhotoDirector 5 Ultra sale

This daily deal expired... Per the Amazon Gold Box, starting at 11pm eastern tonight (Monday 4/7/14) there is going to be a limited time lightning deal sale on the Cyberlink PhotoDirector 5 Ultra software. The price will be revealed over there at 11pm eastern (8pm Amazon/pacific time).

(ENDED) Storage sale: 4TB hard disks and SSDs

These daily deals expired... The Amazon Gold Box deal of the day ending by 3am ET on Tuesday 4/8/15 is a sale on various computer components and peripherals including a couple of 4TB hard disks, a 1TB one, and a couple of SSDs. The limit is two of each component during this sale.

(ENDED) Starts Sunday at 2:30pm ET: Olympus E-P1 w/14-42 special

This lightning deal expired... According to the Amazon Gold Box, starting at 2:30pm eastern time on Sunday 4/6/14, there is going to be a lightning deal on the Olympus E-P1 w/14-42mm. The sale price will be revealed at Amazon at 2:30pm ET on Sunday. This will be a limited time offer, the lower the price, the shorter it will last - other things equal.

Pre-order (Smartwatch photographers): Samsung Galaxy Gear 2

Cameraphone photography is now mainstream. Where is the new frontier? How about smartwatch photography? :) The new Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch (2014 model) with a built-in camera on the wrist-strap is available for pre-order for $300 at Amazon with a 4/11/14 release date (estimate).

Now shipping: Panasonic ZS40 travel-zoom for $450

For the boldly-going early-adopters, the new Panasonic ZS40 black compact-travel-zoom is now in-stock and ready to ship at its starting price of $450 at OneCall and by various at Amazon. This is the first TZ/ZS-series camera to offer RAW right out of the box.

Flex Android app (Amazon store) for 99 cents

To celebrate the launch of the Fire TV and controller, Amazon is offering the Plex for Android app at the Amazon Android-ish app-store for just 99 cents. This is the full version of the app that typically costs $5. Plex is a versatile app that lets you use and consume your media (including photos and videos) in a cross-platform fashion.

(ENDED) Camera & Photo Lightning Deals: Pocket Wizard, Vanguard, Action Camera, etc

This Friday's round ended. Check back next Friday for another unpredictable round of Camera & Photo Lightning Deals... Expired items after the jump...