Archives for November 25, 2016

Canon 5D Mark III w/24-105 f4 with Pixma PRO 100 and Paper and 55-inch LG 4K UHD TV for $3100 after $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC)

The Canon DSLR bundles with the PIXMA PRO printers are common enough, but Adorama is taking things to a whole another level by bundling those with a 55″ Ultra HD TV! So let’s start from the beginning, this is a Canon 5D Mark III super bundle. You pay $3450 at checkout, receive the order, make sure all is well, submit the mail-in rebate following the deadlines/instructions, and a few months later you receive a $350 prepaid American Express gift card by mail, making it a $3100 after $350 MIR offer. What you get:

  • Canon 5D Mark III with 24-105mm f4 kit
  • Canon PIXMA PRO 100 printer
  • its trusty sidekick LU-101, 50pk 13×19″ Canon photo paper
  • LG Electronics UH6550 55″ 4K UHD Smart LED TV, 120Hz TruMotion, Color Prime Pro
  • $350 prepaid American Express gift card (the mail-in rebate)

The mail-in rebate is the standard Canon DSLR + Pixma printer mail-in rebate. It has nothing to do with the LG TV.

First Year of Feedly PRO for $45

If you like to read a lot of online content via RSS and want a power user tool, and want to support the independent developers, Feedly PRO is having a Black Friday sale as well, you can get your first year of PRO for $45 instead of $65. After the first year, the annual fee is $65. You can also switch to month-to-month or downgrade to the free tier (losing some of the power user features), or cancel it.

Signing up is easy. Create an account, verify your email, and then it will take you to your Feedly page. From there, you will see a Black Friday offer at the top right corner. Click on that, enter credit card info, and that’s it, $45 later you are upgraded to PRO for one year.

Feedly finally has its own login system, you can sign up using an email address and password like any other website. Or login using 3rd-party services (eg Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc).

PS: I do not know when exactly the Black Friday promotion expires.

PS2: back when I was doing the “news cycle” non-stop camera news style blog, Feedly was an invaluable tool. I don’t think I would be able to do it without something like this. Which is why I am mentioning this in case some of you need a tool like this to keep up with different topics.

In-stock again: Canon 2-Lens Portrait/Travel kit for $319

If Nikon has a two lens kit, so must Canon, and their 2-Lens Portrait and Travel kit with the 50mm f1.8 STM and EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM is back in-stock and ready to ship for $319 with free shipping at B&H Photo… Meanwhile Adorama is “temporarily on backorder”…

AmazonBasics DSLR Backpack for $21.56 [limit 3]

And now we have another bag, the good old AmazonBasics DSLR Backpack is on sale for the very specific price of $21.56 with a limit of three per customer at Amazon. This averages 4.7 out of 5 with nearly 5000 customer reviews, it was perhaps the first “breakthrough” camera accessory under the AmazonBasics house brand back when it started a few years ago.

The usual free shipping terms apply, Prime members, or with an $49+ order or $25+ in books, which is a good time to buy books, because coupon code HOLIDAYBOOK gets you $10 off book purchases of $25+ sold and shipped by Amazon itself.

Nikon Macro & Portrait Kit is back for $500 with freebies

The Nikon Macro and Portrait 2-Lens Bundle featuring the 85mm f/3.5 DX VR and 35mm f/1.8 DX lenses is back on again for $500 with free shipping and free accessories as follows: at Adorama you get a ProOptic 52mm filter kit, the Corel software bundle, another filter, and a cleaning kit. At B&H Photo you get 4% promotional rewards (around $20 to be used in future purchases) along with a 52mm Sunpak filter kit and cleaning cloth.

PS: if you are just now joining in the Black Friday madness and don’t want to go through five pages of archives on this blog, you can also check the latest deals summary at the Black Friday 2016 Situation Room.

Panasonic GX8 with 12-60mm and $150 Gift Card for $1000

The Panasonic GX8 body only is bundled with two big freebies at the moment, the Panasonic 12-60mm lens and a $150 gift card. The price is $1000 with free shipping at B&H Photo (with $40 promotional rewards to be used in future purchases) and at Adorama. The gift cards are those of the selling retailer, at B&H, you get a $150 B&H gift card; at Adorama, you get a $150 Adorama gift card.

Refurbished Panasonic ZS50 travel zoom for $250

Zoom-zoom! The silver Panasonic ZS50 travel zoom (30x optical) is offered in refurbished condition for $250 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo with a 90-day warranty.

20% off purchases of used gear at BL with coupon

In addition to having a 20% off coupon for rentals, BorrowLenses is also having a 20% off coupon on purchases of their used camera gear. These are gear they use for rentals, but eventually for one reason or another, they sell them to customers. Prices vary by condition. Coupon code BFUSED20 gets you a 20% off discount on used gear purchases until 12/2/16.

Tell Your Friends!

Do you find our Black Friday coverage useful or entertaining or practical? Then please tell your friends about it, online, by email, word of mouth, on social media, and so forth! The more the merrier! Here are some places to get them started:

(ENDED) 50% off coupons for CVS Photo and Walgreens Photo

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(ENDED) Refurbished Nikon D7200 with 18-55 DX VR II and PSP X8 for $699

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(ENDED) Tech Deal: Logitech G105 keyboard for $30

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(ENDED) 128GB Sandisk Ultra black/red microSDXC for $30 [updated]

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(ENDED) Friday only: 30% off at National Geographic

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(ENDED) GoPRO HERO5 Black with $60 Gift Card for $400

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(ENDED) Saturday Daily Deals: Rokinon Lenses, Studio/Lighting Kits, Ape, Intova, Etc

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(ENDED) Friday only: 20% off Monoprice coupon

This 1-day coupon expired… For Black Friday only (the actual day, 11/25/16), coupon code BF2016 [corrected!] gets you 20% off almost everything at the Monoprice website. The usual coupon restrictions apply, you can test it in the shopping cart to see what works.

(ENDED) Coupon: 50% to 60% DRM-free eBooks at O’Reilly

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(ENDED) DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter w/ 4K HD Camera with Two Extra Batteries and Charging Hub for $1000

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(ENDED) 8TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub External Desktop Hard Drive Storage for $170

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(ENDED) Friday: Lytro Illum with Accessories Bundle for $300

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(ENDED) GoPro, NatGeo, Fuji Instax, Lytro, Monoprice, Etc

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(ENDED) Alexa Voice Order: Buy $20+ item, Get $10 Gift Card [Prime only]

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(ENDED) Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM with Sigma USB Dock for $649 (C/N/A)

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(ENDED) Fujfilm Instax Mini 26 + Rainbow Film Bundle for $50

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(ENDED) Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary with USB Dock for $679 (Canon)

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(ENDED) Pay $175, Get $200 Sears e-gift card by email (and other gift card offers)

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(ENDED) GoPro Hero action cam for $90

This lightning deal ended too… To the Amazon Gold Box where the Black Friday deal of the day is revealed, it is the new condition GoPro Hero offered for $90 with free shipping. Offer ends by 3am ET on Saturday or earlier if sold out.