If you like buying photography as art (or other art) and you never purchased any Fine Art items from Amazon before, they have a new promotion that gets you a free $25 Amazon Gift Card when you make a purchase of $100+ at Amazon Fine Art. The gift card will be emailed to you (not a plastic gift card by mail) at the end of the month you make your purchase in. An expiration date is not mentioned over there.
Archives for 2014
(ENDED) Starts 4pm / 4:30pm ET: Jumbl High-Resolution 22MP Scanner/Digitizer
These limited time offers expired… For potential new offers, check the Gold Box Lightning Deals… Expired items after the jump…
Sony A77 II and A58 combined purchase discounts with select Lenses [and coupons]
A new variation of the combined purchase instant rebates is running for a couple of Sony Alpha pellicle-mirror dSLRs. You put one DSLR and one lens in your shopping cart, you enter the coupon code, and when you reach the checkout page, there is a combined purchase discount of $100 (either the 55-200 or 55-300 lenses) or $200 (the 18-135mm lens). This is a one-to-one promotion. If you put two lenses and/or two DSLRs and enter their coupons, you only get one discount. But you can buy them in separate transactions (I think – I obviously can’t buy them to test those type of limits).
So the eligible DSLRs for this promotion are the Sony a77 Mark II (either body only or with 16-50mm f2.8), and the A58 with 18-55mm kit. The coupon codes are listed over there. I won’t listen here because sometimes they change them, and I have no way of knowing that they changed.
The page does not specify an expiration date, so they are good until the coupon codes no longer work. Speaking of which, here is a screenshot crop example with the A58 w/18-55 and the 18-135mm added to the shopping cart. What you see is the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page:
Google Chromecast down to $28
The Google Chromecast is on sale again, the lowest price as far as I can recall, $28 for the new condition. The Staples website (free ship-to-store or free shipping for Rewards members). You can use any available Staples Rewards partially or fully towards this. This is also priced-matched at Amazon.com (free shipping for Prime or with $35+ order)… This offers a number of ways to get your photographs, galleries, slideshows and videos to the big screen…
Sony HDR-AS30V action camera for $220
The Sony HDR-AS30V action camera is currently on sale for $220 with free shipping at B&H Photo. To see the sale price, you must needs add it to the shopping cart, and then login with your B&H Photo account. They also have other bundles if interested in specific accessories or uses (eg bicycle bundle)… Or for $250 you can get it with a bonus waterproof case (SPK-AS1) and replacement door (AKA-RD1) and 16GB microSD from BuyDig.
Imported Canon 5D Mark III body only for $2560 [Gray Market!]
Back to the eBay Deals party we go where the new condition Imported (Gray/Grey Market) Canon 5D Mark III body only is offered for $2560 with free shipping by eBay seller “getitdigital” (99.3%). Note this does NOT come with a Canon USA warranty. The seller (GetItDigital) offers their own one year warranty for this camera. If you are not sure what this means, do not buy until/unless you understand! Over 1400 5DMk3 units were sold so far from this listing.
Tue: Canon DSLR two lens bundles (T5i, T5, SL1)
The main Best Buy website deal of the day for Tuesday 10/14/14 is a trio of Canon DSLR bundles featuring the standard kits (w/18-55) along with the 55-250 lens and camera bag and 58mm UV filter and 16GB card. The DSLRs featured are the SL1 ($750 bundle), the T5 ($650 bundle) and the T5i ($850 bundle). Especially of interest if you have any Best Buy coupons, rewards, or other special promotions through their various rewards and such.
Ships 2-3 weeks: 82mm ExpoDisc 2.0 for $50
If you have lenses that take 82mm filters, rejoice! Shipping in 2-3 weeks is the brand new ExpoDisc 2.0 at 82mm and it has the same price as the 77mm version, $50, available for purchase at Amazon by Amazon herself. The listing says these are hand calibrated and made in USA.
(ENDED) 20% off Refurbished Olympus Gear with coupon (E-M5 w/12-50 for $600)
These limited time offers expired… Expired items after the jump…
(ENDED) Camera & Photo Lightning Deals (Tue): Samsung NX30, NX3000, Sony NEX-6 again (?)
This bonus round of Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals ended. The deals were worthy of their name this time! The NEX-6 w/16-50mm finally went live and it was at an even better price, $425! It was 97% claimed. So it turned out to be a good idea to wait for the Lightning Deal to finally materialize (in retrospect, it’s easy to say that).
The Samsung NX30 w/18-35 (so easy to mistype 18-55) went for $680 and was 100% claimed, while the NX3000 w/16-50mm went for $425 and was 53% claimed. Wouldn’t it be nice if every lightning deal round was filled with cameras like that? :)… Expired offers after the jump for the deal historians…
(ENDED) Samsung NX Mini with 9mm lens for $250
This limited time offer expired…
Olympus E-P1 silver w/14-42mm for $220
NewEgg launched its own Groupon-style service called NewEggFlash and a new offer that went live today (expiring by 10/19/14) offers the Olympus PEN E-P1 Silver w/14-42mm for $220 with free shipping. The bottom of the page says this is covered by the Photo-4-Now return policy, which we can assume means that Photo-4-Now is the seller.
New twist: Prime Members get 30 minute Early Access to some (but not all) Amazon Lightning Deals
Amazon revealed a new twist today, a new feature for Prime members. For some of the items in the traditional Gold Box Lightning Deals, Amazon Prime members will get access to them 30 minutes before the general population does. It’s easier to explain with an example, look at the annotated screenshot crop of the Ape camera case below (click on the picture or open in new tab/window to see it at full size)…
As you can see, the Ape case has the “Prime Early Access Deal” line. Only Lightning Deals that show this line are going to be available to Prime members for 30 minutes early. All the other items will go live at the same time for everybody. Here is an annotated screenshot example below of Upcoming Lightning Deals, some are Prime Early Access, some are not (click on the picture or open in new tab/window to see it at full size)…
(SOLD OUT) 13.3″ MacBookPro Model ME864LZ/A for $1000
As of a PM recheck, this sold out with 93 units picked up during the sale… Meanwhile the Mystery Deal of the Day for Monday at the eBay Deals is the new condition 13.3″ MacBookPro Model ME864LZ/A offered for $1000 with free shipping by NewEgg’s eBay store. Limit five per customer. It has 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 2560 x 1600, Mac OS X v10.9 Mavericks, 3.5 lbs, etc… As with all eBay Deals, this is a limited time offer…
Sony NEX-6L/B (w/16-50) for $500 now (limit 2) [update: got removed from Lightning Deals]
UPDATE (Monday at 10:23am ET): it looks like the oomans at Amazon intervened and the NEX-6 with 16-50mm was removed from the Lightning Deals, perhaps because the current price would be same or better than what the lightning deal would have been. So no more indecision, the Sony NEX-6L/B kit (NEX-6 with 16-50mm) is on sale for $500 with free shipping, with a limit of two per shopping cart at Amazon by Amazon herself. This may be a price-match of someone else’s sale promotion…
No longer: Which further complicates things for people who are trying to decide, because starting at 10am eastern on Monday, this kit is going to be an Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deal. I have no idea what the lightning deal price is going to be, or how many they will have. So while we typically have a “Strategery” section, in this case, we have a “I have no idea what to say” section 🙂
(ENDED) Camera & Photo Lightning Deals (Mon): ePhoto, Ape, Tenba, Polaroid, etc
This round ended. Check back on Mondays and Fridays for more semi-unpredictable Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals… Expired items after the jump
Welcome to the new WordPress version of the Camera Deals blog
Welcome to the new WordPress version of the Camera Deals blog! Phase One of the Transition has been completed! More work needs to be done on various things over the next few days, but the new site is now alive and kicking now! The site-wide RSS feed is the same. The category-based feeds will be sorted out later on. If you notice any problems, issues, or have suggestions please use the online contact form.
For the latest deals, check the right sidebar, or page down underneath this long blog-post. This looong blog-post is only temporarily at the top of the site to help people with the transition. Please feel free to bookmark it for quick reference!
If you arrived here or Got Redirected to this page
This is the new WordPress version of our Camera Deals blog. Here are some quick links to the different areas of interest to get you going. If you are looking for old blog-posts, check the bottom of this post for details…
Type of Camera Gear
+ DSLR Deals (all brands, cameras, lenses, etc)
+ Mirrorless Deals (all brands, cameras, lenses, etc)
+ Lens Deals (all sizes and brands)
+ Fixed Lens Cameras (of all sizes) including RAWsumers and Big Sensor Primes
Camera Manufacturers
Canon
+ all Canon products (Canon branded)
+ Canon DSLR Gear (DSLRs, lenses, flashes, both Canon branded and other makers)
+ Canon EOS-M Mirrorless (coming later)
+ Canon Cameras (all kinds, DSLR, mirrorless, P&S, video)
+ Canon Lenses (all their mounts)
Nikon
+ all Nikon products
+ Nikon DSLR Gear (DSLRs, lenses, flashes, both Nikon branded and other makers)
+ Nikon 1-System Mirrorless (coming later)
+ Nikon Cameras (all kinds, DSLR, mirrorless, P&S)
+ Nikon Lenses (all their mounts)
Sony
+ all Sony products
+ Sony E-mount (cameras, lenses, flashes, etc, both Sony and other makers)
+ Sony A-mount SLR Gear (cameras, lenses, flashes, etc, both Sony and other makers)
+ Sony Cameras (all kinds, DSLR, mirrorless, P&S, video)
+ Sony Lenses (all their mounts)
Pentax
+ all Pentax products
+ Pentax SLR Gear (cameras, lenses, flashes, etc)
+ Pentax Q system (cameras, lenses, etc)
+ Ricoh GXR (coming later?)
+ Pentax Cameras (DSLRs, mirrorless, P&S, MF/LF, etc)
+ Pentax Lenses (all their mounts)
Fuji
+ all Fuji products
+ Fuji X System (cameras, lenses, flashes, both Fuji branded and other makers)
+ Fuji Cameras (mirrorless, P&S, film)
+ Fuji Lenses (all their mounts)
Micro Four Thirds
+ Micro Four Thirds System (cameras, lenses, accessories, all makers)
+ Micro Four Thirds Cameras (all makers)
+ Micro Four Thirds Lenses (all makers)
Olympus
+ all Olympus products
+ Olympus cameras (mirrorless, DSLR, P&S)
+ Olympus lenses (all mounts)
Panasonic
+ all Panasonic products
+ Panasonic cameras (mirrorless, P&S)
+ Panasonic lenses (all mounts, PanaLeicas included)
Other Camera Manufacturers
+ Samsung, Casio, Kodak, etc (coming later)
Lens Manufacturers
+ all Zeiss products
+ Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Samyang, etc, etc, etc (coming later)
The Old TypePad Blog is now Archived as a Sub-Domain
If you were trying to access individual blog-posts from the old TypePad blog, those have not been transferred over to the new blog. There were over 10,000 ephemeral deals posts, and it was very impractical to transfer them over. However, the Old TypePad blog is available for archival purposes at this new sub-domain url http://cameradeals1.1001noisycameras.com (notice the 1 in the url). The main categories will be redirected to their equivalent ones here.
If you previously bookmarked any old posts from the old TypePad blog or you followed a link to them, and they do not work, add “1” in your url ( cameradeals —> cameradeals1 ) and you will get to the old posts. The old TypePad blog will no longer be updated.
Free 3yr Drops & Spills warranty and 4% rewards with select Pentax SLR Lenses
Adorama is having a limited time promotion where select Pentax SLR lenses get a free three year New Leaf Spills and Drops warranty plus 4% promotional rewards plus free shipping. Adorama will re-open on 10/19/14, so do factor that if you have time-sensitive needs.
$50 Gift Certificate with select Pentax K50 kits
For a limited time (expiration date unknown), Adorama is offering various Pentax K50 bundles with a bonus $50 Adorama Gift Certificate, along with 4% promotional rewards and free shipping. Adorama will re-start processing orders on 10/11/14.
Pentax Q black body only for $116
If you already have Pentax Q system lenses and you need another camera body, the black Pentax Q body is offered for $110 plus $6 flat shipping by Digital Media Source via Amazon. This ships from Digital Media Source, so no free Prime shipping.
Panasonic GM1 w/12-32mm + $100 Gift Card for $700
Adorama has a special bonus on this Panasonic GM1 with 12-32mm. For the usual price of $700, you receive the standard GM1 with 12-32mm kit, plus a $100 Adorama Gift Certificate plus 4% promotional rewards (4% = $28). Please note Adorama will start processing orders again on 10/19/14.
Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 with extras for $1400
If you are not in a hurry to receive this, the Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 Micro Four Thirds lens is going for $1400 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards (= $56) and a free 3-year New Leaf Drops and Spills warranty at Adoram. Please note this is currently backordered but you can lock the price/offer by buying. Please also note that Adorama will re-open on 10/19/14.
Fuji X100S with extras and 4% rewards for $1100
A recent price drop has the Fuji X100S Big Sensor Prime down to $1100 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards ( = $44) and free 32GB Ultra SDHC and free Shoulder bag at B&H Photo. Orders will be processed on 10/19/14+.
Refurbished Sony Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 ZA for $703
The official Sony Store is offering the refurbished Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 ZA lens for $703 plus you earn 704 Sony Rewards points with the purchase (if you are a member of their rewards program). This is an APS-C lens for the Sony Alpha SLR mount.
Refurbished Nikon D3100 w/18-55 & 55-200 (both non-VR) for $333
For a limited time, thanks to coupon code GOODS10 you can get the refurbished Nikon D3100 with 18-55mm DX non-VR and 55-200 DX non-VR lenses for $333 at Groupon Goods. The price is $370. The coupon is 10% off, $370 – $37 = $333. The coupon expires at 10/12/14 11:59pm central time (Groupon is central time). Note this is an older DSLR and neither of the lenses is stabilized (VR).
Refurbished Nikon 24-85mm f3.5-4.5G ED AF-S VR for $330
If you are comfortable with refurbished lenses, Adorama is offering the refurbished-by-Nikon-USA Nikon 24-85mm f3.5-4.5G ED AF-S VR SLR lens for $330 with free shipping and a 90 day warranty. Please note Adorama will reopen on 10/19/14 after the Sukkot Holidays.
In-stock: Lytro ILLUM 40 Megaray Light Field Camera
The new “real camera” Lytro ILLUM 40 Megaray Light Field Camera is now in-stock and ready to ship at its starting early-adopter price of $1600 at Amazon by Amazon herself.
Canon EF 40mm f2.8 for $160 [Imported!]
If you are comfortable purchasing imported / grey-market gear, Abe’s of Maine is offering the Purchase a Canon EF 40mm F/2.8 STM Lens for $160 with free shipping. The regular coupon LOYALTY10 is not compatible with this promotion. This does not come with a Canon USA warranty since it is a Grey Market (Imported) product.
Canon 60D body only with extras for $700
If of all the Canon dSLRs out there you have decided on the good old 60D, it is currently offered for $700 with free shipping and two free accessories (DSLR Shoulder Bag, 16GB Sandisk Ultra UHS-I) at B&H Photo. B&H will reopen on 10/19/14 so keep this in mind if it is a time-sensitive purchase.
Westcott uLite with 26″ Octabox Kit for $55 w/free S&H
B&H Photo is offering the Westcott uLite with 26″ Octabox Kit for $55 with free shipping. Lighting items can be on the big and/or heavy side, so free shipping is nice! Note B&H reopens on 10/19/14.
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