If you have a short term need of iTunes Gift Cards and don’t want to wait or beat the bushes for a better discount, among the latest eBay Deals you can get a $50 plastic iTunes Gift Card for $40 with free shipping, with a limit of two per customer. The seller is GiftCardMall which oversees a lot of brick and mortar store gift-card stalls. This is a 20% off discount. I have seen discounts as low as 33% at brick and mortar but I don’t know where/when they will return. Of on-topic interest, there are plenty of iOS camera and photography apps and also many photography e-books and camera manuals at the iBooks store.
Archives for 2015
(ENDED) $5/year Magazines: Pop Photo or Outdoor Photographer
This weekend sale ended…
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DSLR Photography Course Bundle for $25
At Stacksocial, there is a DSLR Photography Course Bundle by Ken Schultz on sale for $25. This offers unlimited online access to the courses and instant redemption. No refunds.
Manfrotto Lumie Series LED lights ($50 Play, $120 Muse)
The new Manfrotto Lumie Series LED lights are currently on sale with free shipping at Adorama. The Play LED Light goes for $50 while the Muse LED Light goes for $120. A total of eight products are part of this line.
In-stock nao: Olympus E-PL6 w/14-42 for $300
The recently announced for the US market black Olympus E-PL6 with the 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II R lens is now in-stock and ready to ship from Adorama for $300 with free expedited shipping.
Refurbished Nikon 24-120mm f4G VR for $600
We geaux baque to the land of the eBay Dealz where Buydig’s eBay store (authorized Nikon dealers) is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon 24-120mm f4G VR lens for $600 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer.
10% off almost everything at Monoprice
Monoprice has a near-sitewide 10% off sale when you enter coupon code SPRING10 at their website. Coupon ends 4/26/15 11:59pm PST. The usual exclusions apply (no Tamron, no Xbox, no Yamaha, no 3D printer, etc). Some brands do not allow their products to be discounted by coupons even if the online retailers want to do so. Monoprice has a lot of camera accessories and even more general tech accessories.
Pre-order new Sony f2.8 ZA lenses: 16-35 and 24-70
The new gear party is not over yet. Sony full frame A-mount photographers must needs hide their wallets! Sony announced two new professional f2.8 lenses. The 24-70mm f2.8 ZA SSM II VS T* for $2100, and the Sony 16-35mm f2.8 ZA SSM II VS T* for $2250. The shipping estimate is mid-June 2015. (VS as in Vario-Sonnar).
UPDATE: they are also available for pre-order at Adorama.
Pre-order new Pentax K-3 II BO for $1100
New Pentax DSLR action, the K-3, second of its name (aka K-3 II) is now available for pre-order in the body only configuration for $1100 with free shipping at Adorama and B&H Photo.
PS: we are keeping track of the interesting/unusual new cameras and lenses of 2015 in this spartan tracking post at the main blog.
In-stock nao: Rokinon 100mm f2.8 (C/N) for $550
The Rokinon 100mm f2.8 macro SLR lens is now in-stock and ready to ship for $550 with free shipping at B&H Photo in the Nikon mount and Canon mount.
Pre-order new Zeiss Batis (E-Mount) lenses: 25/2, 85/1.8
The new hit single by Vanilla Ice is “Zeiss Zeiss baby” 😉 Now that you can’t un-hear that line, Zeiss announced two new lenses in the Batis line, that continue the computerization trend of camera gear, they have a built-in OLED display on the lens barrel that show important lens-y information for the photographer.
The first two lenses in the line are for the Sony NEX e-mount and they are available for pre-order as follows:
+ 25mm f2 Batis E-mount for $1300 at Adorama and B&H Photo
+ 85mm f1.8 Batis E-mount for $1200 at Adorama and B&H Photo
(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 8/3.5, X-Rite, DigiFrames, etc
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
(SOLD OUT) Clik Elite Tropfen Backpack (gray) for $30 w/free S&H
As of 4/25/15 recheck, this offer is dead as a doornail. It sold out and the listing is removed from the available products… The more gear the more camera bags, and the more bags, the more gear to fill them up 😉 Adorama is offering the Clik Elite Tropfen Backpack (gray) for $30 with free shipping. This limited time offer ends by 4/30/15. No rebate/coupons, just checkout.
(ENDED) Ends Fri 2:30pm ET: Photoshop Elements 13 for $40 after $20 MIR
This limited time offer expired…
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(ENDED) GoPro Hero4 Black (CHDHX-401) for $400
This offer ended with 500 units sold. If you miss it, fear not, this appears to be a recurring eBay Deals offer, however, I do not know when it will return…
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(ENDED) Refurbished Nikon D7100 w/55-300 & 18-55 for $700
This offer ended via a price increase…
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(ENDED) 1.5TB Seagate 2.5″ USB 3.0 External Hard Disk for $50
This offer ended with over 6700 HDDs sold through it…
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(ENDED) New Woot-OFF started Thursday 1am ET
This 24-hour Woot-OFF ended on Friday at 1am ET…
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(ENDED) ExpoImaging Rogue Safari DSLR Pop-Up Flash Booster for $19 w/free S&H
This daily deal expired… The latest B&H Deal of the Day good until 11:59pm ET on Thursday 4/23/15 is the ExpoImaging Rogue Safari DSLR Pop-Up Flash Booster offered for $19 with free shipping, with a limit of twenty units per customer.
Refurbished Nikon Coolpix S6800 for $70
Back to the eBay Deals, on the budget P&S front, BuyDig’s eBay store (authorized Nikon dealer) is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon Coolpix S6800 (12x optical, in black or white) for $70 with free shipping and 90 day Nikon warranty, with a limit of five per customer.
Sony CLM-V55 On-Camera Monitor + $50 GC + Extras for $250
Adorama also has bundle on the 5-inch Sony CLM-V55 On-Camera Monitor. You pay $250 with free shipping, and receive the monitor kit plus these freebies: $50 Adorama Gift Certificate, 2% promotional rewards (= $10~), extra third-party battery, and screen cleaning kit.
Now shipping: Canon T6i kits with free extras
The three Canon D-Rebel T6i DSLR kits are now in-stock and shipping at Adorama but that’s not all. Adorama has created bundles for each (body only, w/18-55, w/18-135) with free extras: 2% rewards, camera case, 16GB SD card, filter kit. Simply page down over there to find the options of potential interest.
Refurbished Nikon D5300 w/18-55 & 55-200 (both DX VR) for $580
The refurbished Nikon DSLR action continues at the eBay Deals where authorized Nikon dealer BuyDig is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D5300 two-lens kit (18-55, 55-200, both DX VR) for $580 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer.
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Available Now: Lightroom 6 for $150
Lightroom 6 is here and it can be yours in mere minutes. The digital download version for either Windows or Mac is currently available for $150 at Amazon by Amazon itself. The download size is listed as 750MB. The Disc by Mail is in “temporarily out of stock” status.
(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 35/T1.5, X-Rite ColorMunki
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
Nikon 105mm f2.8G VR for $734
The Nikon 105mm f2.8G AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor lens is currently on sale for $734 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of two per customer. This is not part of the lighting deals.
Amazon: 0% APR 12-month Equal Pay Offer on 500 Camera Items
Amazon has another financing promotion if you are planning to purchase select camera gear (plenty of DSLR and mirrorless options listed) and apply and get approved and pay for them with an Amazon Store Credit Card (not to be confused with the Amazon Chase VISA credit card). You pay 0% APR as long as you make 12 monthly equal payments. More details on the Promotion page.
As usual with credit offers, this makes sense if you are fairly certain you will be able to make the twelve payments on time, so you end up paying 0% APR.
PS: if you are a Prime member, when you apply, you could automatically be upgraded to a Prime Card which gets you 5% rewards back on purchases (see our previous post).
New Responsive Theme Is Here – What You Need To Know
If you are reading this, it means the Camera Deals blog is now using a new Responsive Theme, the official WordPress Twenty Fifteen theme.
In a nutshell, a Responsive Theme tries to make a website more user-friendly whether you are reading on a smartphone or tablet or laptop or desktop. If you want to see the different sizes on a Desktop or Laptop, simply change the window size of your browser, and you will see it live-adjust to the Viewport (= the part of the screen available to display the website).
Previously we had a black menu bar at the top, and a Right Sidebar.
Now they have merged into one, a new Left Sidebar.
If you are on a Desktop or Laptop or a Tablet in Landscape mode, you will most likely see this Left Sidebar. If you are on a smartphone or a tablet in portrait mode, you are more likely to just see the blog-posts with no sidebar. However, you can easily get to it: simply press the Menu button at the top right part of your display (see screenshot right below – screenshot is before pressing the button), and they will expand immediately (no page reload) above the blog-posts.
Quickly Get To Items of Potential Interest
The name of the blog “Camera Deals” in the Left Sidebar is also a quick shortcut to the Home page. Simply press/touch that and you’ll go there.
With the Menu + Sidebar merged, I did some pruning on the options since there was some overlap. You can filter many of the deals using the first block in the Left Sidebar. Expand the various options to see more options. For example, Manufacturers breaks into Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax, etc, etc, etc. Camera Mounts breaks down to Canon DSLR Gear, Nikon DSLR Gear, M43rds Gear, etc, etc, etc. Camera Types breaks down into DSLRs, Mirrorless, Fixed Lens, Superzooms, Accessories, etc, etc, etc. All these will be fine-tuned over time. See screenshot right below…
Below that, you will find the Latest Posts, followed by a list of Daily Deals Links (I can’t always post new daily deals as they change throughout the night, so you can use those links to check at your convenience). Below that you will find a Calendar of posts and the Tag Cloud.
All kinds of adjustments and refinements will be made over time. If this default WP theme does not prove flexible enough, I am also investigating alternative premium WordPress themes. If you have any to recommend, please leave a comment or use the online contact form or Le Twitter.
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You can use your browser’s zoom features, (eg CTRL+ or CTRL- depending on browser/OS) to make it bigger or smaller. This can tame (scale down) the mega-text on desktops for example. [NEW!]
Problems? Questions? Issues? Suggestions?
If you have any problems or questions or issues or suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment or use the online contact form or Twitter. Please try to be as descriptive as possible. For example, “does not work on my device” cannot help me troubleshoot it. On the other hand if you say, “it’s a mess on a Lumia Windows Phone with a 800 x 480 display” it narrows it down to the point where I could troubleshoot.
Blog Update: Responsive Theme Coming Soon!
The Responsive Theme has now arrived! Check this detailed post for explanations and what you need to know. The original alert is after the jump for reference…
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(ENDED) Tuesday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 14/2.8, Sony SDXC
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
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