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For Canon and Nikon DSLR photographers, the Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 DI VC USD is available for $1100 after a $200 mail-in rebate at B&H Photo and Adorama. It also earns 10% promotional rewards on the purchase price (around $130 to be used on future purchases). So this is a double dip, both a mail-in rebate and promotional rewards.
Note that the Alpha Minolta version is also participating in this promotion but it is not a stabilized (VC) lens.
The Lensbaby Fisheye Optic is currently on sale for $80 with free shipping at B&H Photo and Amazon itself.
We have another Westcott limited time promotion from B&H Photo, it is the Westcott 2-Pack Spiderlite TD6 Show PROMO Kit (110V AC) offered for $799 with free expedited shipping. This includes two softboxes (different kind), two heads, two tilter brackets and a dozen light bulbs.
Staples does not have the selection and variety of dedicated camera retailers, but they do have some camera and photo gear, and also a variety of degrees of separation gear (memory cards, hard drives, monitors, etc), not to mention office supplies if you have a studio or small business. Which brings us to a limited time offer, if you use VISA Checkout to pay for your order, you get $25 off an order of $100 or more.
Ideas for things to buy: their Camera and Photo main page and their Daily Deals ever-scrolling page.
Some of the items ship to you, some of them are available for store pickup, some are available for ship-to-store. many are available in two or all of those options. If you are a Staples Rewards member, you get free shipping on orders of $15+.
If you are an Amazon Prime member, Amazon has yet another Prime exclusive promotion, you get four free months on up to three different magazines from a list of 14 choices. Click on the arrow widgets there to see all the options. The options include Popular Photography, Wired, and Popular Science.
AFTER the 4 months end, this converts to an auto-renewing subscription. The first year will be $10 per magazine per year, and then will auto-renew at the then going rate. Your credit card will be charged around the 3 month mark, if you cancel before the 4 month window closes, you will get refunded.
This is good for new subscribers only. It does not work with existing subscribers. US addresses. These are printed magazines. Check terms and conditions for all the details. Promotion expires 4/8/16.
More gear means more bags, and more bags means more bags to put the bags in ~ especially if you like to double bag things 🙂 Which brings us to the Timbuk2 Classic Messenger Bag in the Medium size and Gray/Cement color option, on sale for $39 for a limited time at B&H Photo. Free shipping if your order total is $49 or more, so you may want to add a small accessory or cable or memory card or USB stick to get the free shipping.
The green screen is all the rage these days and if you are tempted by the greenery, B&H Photo has a sale on this Westcott Green Screen Photo Software Bundle (Lite) for $50 with free expedited shipping. It includes a 5×7 feet Green Screen backdrop, along with the PhotoKey Lite Software.
With Spring in the Air, more uses for element-proof cameras emerge, so if you want to use that excuse to convince the Spouse CFO to approve the purchase, Adorama has a Panasonic TS6 flash sale bundling it with a $25 Adorama gift certificate for $210 with free shipping, in your choice of either orange TS6 or blue TS6.
Panasonic is offering photographers their choice of IS with the brand new GX85, featuring in-body stabilization but also bundling it with a 12-32mm OIS lens, so we can has more choices! Not only that, but Panasonic is not shying away from offering a combination of the two systems with what they call “Dual IS”. With the 12-32mm f3.5-5.6 OIS it is available in black or silver, with a pre-order price of $800 and a May 2016 release estimate at Amazon itself and Adorama and B&H Photo.
This too has been added to the New Cameras of 2016 tracking page.
The Costco website is offering the Panasonic ZS40 travel zoom along with a case and 16GB memory card for $200 for Costco members or $200 plus 5% surcharge for non-Costco members (= $210).
On the medium format front, B&H Photo is offering the Hasselblad H5D-40 Medium Format DSLR Camera for $7995 with free expedited shipping… Speaking of MF, as we mentioned yesterday, the Pentax 645D Body goes for $3374 with $135 in promotional rewards…
If you are fond of Hoya filters, the Hoya 82mm HD2 Protector Filter is currently on sale for $50 with free shipping at B&H Photo.
While there, the Tiffen 82mm Variable Neutral Density Filter is on sale for $150 with free shipping.
If you don’t want to participate in the occasional OfficeDepot Duracell Rewards offers (or if you need a lot more batteries sooner), Groupon Goods has a limited time offer on a 48pk of Duracell Coppertops (24 AA, 24 AAA, single-use alkalines) for $17. You can buy up to five sets per customer. Free shipping with an order of $34.99 or higher of items shipped from Groupon facilities. Delivery estimate is seven business days, so if you are used to Prime, keep in mind, this will take longer. They are part of a Groupon Spring Sale that ends 4/7/16.
If you are dabbling in DSLR Audio-craft, the Tascam DR-70D 4-Channel Audio Recorder for DSLR Cameras can be yours for $200 with free shipping at Adorama if you enter coupon code 6986645213 during checkout. The coupon code expires 4/10/16.
Walgreens Photo is offering 40% off photo books at their website when you use coupon code code PHBOOKS40 by 11:59pm ET on Wednesday 4/6/16. The usual terms apply, up to five uses per customer. Free store pickup, otherwise shipping fees may apply depending on what promotions they have on their website… In parallel, Walgreens has a $10 off a $50+ order if you pay with VISA checkout. This is one use per customer promotion…
The new Sony RX10 III is coming out in a few weeks for $1500. If you are convinced now to go for the previous generation model, the RX10 II, you can get it for $1200 with 4% promotional rewards (around $48) at B&H Photo… On the other hand, if you prefer tangible accessories in the hand instead of promotional rewards, you can get it for the same price with free Lowepro shoulder bag, 32GB Sandisk Extreme card, cleaning kit and the Corel software kit that includes Aftershot Pro 2 and Paintshop Pro X8 among other titles at Adorama…
The Nikon 55-200mm DX VR II lens is available in manufacturer refurbished condition for $110 with free shipping with a 90-day B&H warranty from B&H Photo.
IF you like Hasselblad-branded products for your Sony E-mount mirrorless APS-C cameras, the Hasselblad LF 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 OSS is currently on sale for $149 plus shipping at B&H Photo.
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box (new, giant images version) or Amazon Gold Box (old, widget with arrows version) and Camera & Photo page…
The 32GB Toshiba FlashAir III Wireless SD Card memory card is available for $21 plus $5 flat shipping by CalvinNHobbs on Amazon. Amazon’s own price is $57. If you have Adorama promotional rewards or gift certificates you can get it there for $35 with free shipping.
Pentax time! The K-3 body only is bundled with Pentax AF-200FG flash and $28~ in promotional rewards, all together for $695 with free shipping at Adorama.
The official Canon store has a sale on 8 refurbished Canon lenses with a one year warranty as follows:
+ Primes: 50/1.8 STM for $90, 50/1.4 USM for $290, 85/1.8 USM for $300
+ Zooms: 17-40 f4L for $590, 70-300/4-5.6 IS USM for $470, 24-105 f4L IS USM for $600
+ the 75-300 f4-5.6 III non-IS: non-USM for $70, USM for $90
+ above lenses are refurbished with 1yr Canon USA warranty
The official Canon USA store has a refurbished Powershot sale that includes the SX400 IS for $80 in black or red, and the refurbished SX600 HS in red only for $90. They come with a 1-year Canon warranty.
The G X series is on page #2 of that page, the refurbished G7 X for $480, the refurbished G1 X II for $550, and the refurbished G1 X for $270.
The Tamrac 469 Photo Messenger 9 Bag (camera system and up to 17″ laptop) is currently on sale for $80 with free shipping at Adorama directly or if you have Amazon Gift Cards or store credit waiting to be spent, by Adorama on Amazon.
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box (new, giant images version) or Amazon Gold Box (old, widget with arrows version) and Camera & Photo page…
Until I see this in person, I still think it’s an April Fool’s joke that everybody else is in on 🙂 But it’s actually for real. For Prime members, a few months ago Amazon launched a Dash Button Service where you press a button, and Amazon automatically orders and delivers the designated item for you. So far it’s mostly household items but more brands are coming on-board (eg printer inks).
At the moment, there is one Dash button of photography interest, the Rayovac Battery Button (single-use alkaline AA, AAA, C, D). You pay $5 for it, and after you place your first order with it (by pressing it), Amazon will add a $5 store credit to your account. For each button, there is a box that you can click on the Amazon product page for that particular button to see all eligible items (annotated screenshot crop below):
On the CFast 2.0 front, Robert’s Digital of Indianapolis on eBay is offering the new condition 256GB Lexar Professonial 3400x CFast 2.0 memory card for $529 with free shipping and handling. This can get up to 510MB/sec.
This is one of the offers in a semi-curated eBay Camera Sale offering 71 different items.
Storage offers are among the Trending Top 100 eBay Deals as follows:
+ 1TB WD Elements Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, WDBUZG0010BBK-NESN for $50 with free shipping by NewEgg’s eBay store (limit 5)
+ if they run out or you need more, they go for $51 with free S&H by Best Buy on eBay
+ 32GB Lexar microSDHC 633x for $8 with free shipping in bulk packaging by Beach Camera on eBay (limit 5 per customer; over 4300 units sold)
+ 240GB SanDisk Ultra II 2.5″ SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), model SDSSDHII-2, for $65 with free shipping by NewEgg’s eBay Store (limit 5)
Ooops! Forgot about the eBay Deals, so we start with something that costs less than the average Starbucks drink, the Lowepro Volta 20 Camera Case goes for $3 by Best Buy on eBay. Free Store Pickup at a nearby Best Buy store, otherwise $7 shipping ruins this deal. Limit five per customer.
Speaking of tiny camera bags, the good old tiny goofy AmazonBasics Compact Case goes for $2.26, with a limit of three per customer. It is still an Add-On item, so you must place a $25+ order to get it. The rest of the AmazonBasics camera cases are not discounted like this.
Speaking of Starbucks, for a limited time only, Groupon offers a Pay $5, Get $10 Starbucks eGift card. Limit one per customer. When you redeem it, you can add this to an existing Starbucks gift card, so you don’t have to “pollute” your Starbucks app with too many gift cards. Since I can’t physically buy all our readers coffee, this is one way to do it 🙂
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