Archives for March 30, 2017

Panasonic GH5 In-Stock with Free Accessories for $2000

Another update of the Stock Status Tracker has the first wave of free accessories bundled with the Panasonic GH5 body only at its normal price of $2000 with free shipping. PS: if you find these stock alerts/updates useful, please consider making your new camera gear purchases through our affiliate links – it is the main method of funding this poor old blog!

Cameta Camera offers a Precision Design DSLR350 High Power Auto Flash, 64GB Transced SDXC card, extra battery, flex 12″ tripod, camera bag, 1-year Outdoor Photographer subscription, free York Photo prints, and a few trinkety items.

Ritz Camera offers no flash, but has a 72-inch Polaroid monopod, extra charger, 64GB Transcend SDXC, Ritz camera bag, and a few trinkety items.

Meanwhile, if you have Amazon gift cards or if you are an Amazon fan, the camera is now in-stock over there as well, may ship in “1-2 days” with a limit of up to three per customer. Per the page over there, it is currently the Best Selling Mirrorless Camera. Remember, if you are a Prime member and pay with a Prime Store credit card or the Amazon Chase VISA credit card, you get 5% back as statement credit or cashback, that’s $100~ in the case of this camera, no small change 🙂

Pre-order Sigma 100-400mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary for $799 [C/N/Si]

If you want to be among the first wave to get the new Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens, it is now availble for pre-ordering for $799 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo in the Canon, Nikon and Shiguma DSLR systems.

$150 Gift Card and Gear VR Controller with Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ pre-orders

Sam’s Club is offering two freebies when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+. You have to follow the steps and the deadlines and requirements of each promotion. Freebie #1 is “Gear VR with Controller” to be sent to you later on by mail. You have to submit your information after purchase at the Samsung promotions website, and then they will mail you the Gear VR. Freebie #2 is a $150 Sam’s Club gift card. To redeem this, you must pick-up and activate your phone at a Sam’s Club store between April 21-30 in 2017. Activations are free April 21-23. Check their website for more details.

Canon 77D Body Only with BoatLoad of Free Accessories (Vivitar Flash, two converter lenses, Filter Kit, Spider Tripod, Canon bag, Etc) for $900

I just added the Canon 77D body only to the Stock Status Tracker and already we have the first promotion from an authorized dealer, BuyDig (on eBay) is offering the body only for the same $900 price as other authorized dealers, but BuyDig includes a handful of small accessories for free:

+ Vivitar SF3000 Bounce Zoom Slave Flash
+ Vivitar 2X Converter lens (58mm threading)
+ Vivitar 0.43X Converter lens (58mm threading)
+ Canon 100ES gadget bag
+ 64GB Gigastone SDXC C10 card
+ Vivitar Filter Kit (UV, CPL, ND8, case; 58mm)
+ Vivitar 12-inch Rubberized Spider Tripod, Large (Red)
+ Vivitar Universal Wireless Shutter Release Remote Control
+ various trinkety accessories (cleaning pen, air blower, microfiber cloth, USB card reader, tears of Nikon users)

PS: if you don’t need all of the extra accessories, you can give them to friends/family who may be beginners and don’t have a lot of accessories, or donate them to a local school or non-profit or church, or if you sell unwanted cameras on eBay you can add them to your listings to make it a bundle of sorts

In-Stock NOW: Panasonic GH5 body for $2000 [updated]

UPDATE 3:45pm ET: the GH5 body only is now also in-stock for $2000 with free expedited shipping at Adorama… Meanwhile, the estimate by Amazon itself is pushed forward to April 1st.

ORIGINAL POST
The Panasonic GH5 body only is now IN-STOCK and ready to ship for $2000 with free shipping at B&H Photo.

The GH5 is also in-stock for $2000 from well-known eBay sellers Samy’s Cameras and Kenmore Camera.

For the big picture, check the just-updated Stock Status Tracker.

Ends Thursday PM: 25% off AdoramaPIX with coupon

UPDATE: this promotion has been extended by a day!

Flash coupon sale strikes again at AdoramaPIX! Coupon code PXFLASHMS5 gets you 25% off sitewide until Thursday 3/30/17 at 11:59pm pacific time (WAS Wednesday 3/29/17 PM). Free shipping on post-coupon order totals of $49+. Cannot be combined with other offers.

In-Stock NOW: Canon 77D body for $900

More in cameras rolling out! In addition to the Panasonic GH5, but for a fraction of the price, the new Canon 77D DSLR is now in-stock and ready to ship at B&H Photo in all three of its standard kits. The body-only goes for $900, with 18-55 goes for $1050, and with 18-135 goes for $1500. Given pricing, most people will go for the body-only and use existing lenses or buy as needed… This camera is a candidate to be added to the Stock Status Tracker after I look into its situation further…

Thursday Daily Deals: Macbooks, $800 Razer Ultrabook, Westcott Softbox, Lens Changer, Etc

The “Daily Deals” round-ups cover the deals that are planned to run for 24 hours in the time-zone of the retailer offering them (some may sell out earlier). The Lightning Deals (typically last 4-6 hours each) are covered separately in the Lightning Deal round-ups.

In a 2-day deal ending Friday 3/31/17, B&H Photo offers a limited time sale on 12 Apple MacBooks with prices ranging from $1300 to $2800. Hiding in the middle of the lot is a Mac Mini for $579.

Amazon GOLD BOX day-long deals

The day-long Gold Box deals of the day are headlined by a Razer PC accessories sale, headlined by the $800 Razer Blade Stealth 12.5″ QHD Ultrabook (7th Generation Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Windows 10) with a limit of three per customer. There’s also mice, mechanical keyboards, gaming headsets, etc.

The daily deals also include the RAVPower 60W 12A 6-Port USB Charger Desktop Charger Charging Station with iSmart Technology for $16.79 in black or white, Prime-eligible, and one per color per customer. These type of chargers are really handy since many and more electronics these days can be charged by USB.

Offer expire at 3am ET on Friday or earlier if sold out.

B&H PHOTO DAILY DEALS

The latest B&H Photo Daily Deals continue until 11:59pm ET on Thursday (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ Westcott Round Halo Mono Softbox (45″) for $50
+ VELLO Rapid Lens Changer for $40 in Canon or Nikon (for the speed-readers, this is changer, not charger)
+ Apple 11.6″ MacBook Air Notebook Computer (Early 2015) for $850 (2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 (Broadwell), 8GB of 1600 MHz LPDDR3 RAM, 512GB PCIe-Based Flash Storage, HD Graphics 6000)

+ free shipping on the B&H daily deals
+ for more action, check their Featured Sales

(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Bags, Mono/Tripods, Storage, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Manfrotto Stile Bella IV Shoulder Bag for $13 with free S&H; Lensbaby Spark Duo for $60 [C/N]; Etc

These daily deals expired… for more action, check their Featured Sales

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