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If you like auto focusing technology and Samyang/Rokinon lenses, and you are part of the Sony E System, the Samyang 35mm f2.8 AutoFocus lens is now in-stock and shipping for $399 at B&H Photo and Adorama and by Adorama on Amazon.
Or if you prefer the Rokinon brand, the Rokinon flavor is also in-stock for the same price including Amazon itself and Adorama and B&H Photo.
More new products arriving! The 3Pod B-Series Single-Lever Travel Ball Heads line-up is in-stock and ready to ship at Adorama. There are four models in the line-up with prices ranging from $20 to $50, depending on how much weight each model is rated to handle. All except for the $20 model get free shipping.
Speaking of new arrivals at Adorama, they have also recently began shipping the Fotopro tripod line-up (14 options) along with the new Profoto B1X 500 AirTTL Kits ($2095 To-Go or $4148 Location Kit).
Also in-stock there with free expedited shipping is the Flashpoint Studio 300 Monolight with Built-in R2 2.4GHz Radio Remote System – Bowens Mount (SK 300 II) for $120, or $160 for the SK 400 II model (400ws).
Not quite the Hubble telescope but a 83x optical zoom lens is no small feat 🙂 The Nikon Coolpix P900 superzoom is currently available in manufacturer refurbished condition for $470 with free shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty at Adorama, among their latest refurbished Nikon sales.
On the other hand, if you prefer new condition, this zoom-zoom currently goes for $579 at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of up to three units per customer.
The DJI Osmo Handheld Gimbal System with X3 Camera goes for $500+ in new condition, but if you want to save yet still get a 1-year warranty, then jump aboard the eBay Deals train…
… where the official DJI eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished DJI Osmo Handheld Gimbal System with X3 Camera for $349 with free shipping and a 1-year warranty. Limit five units per customer.
Back to the eBay Deals train we go, where BuyDig’s eBay store is offering the new condition Canon PIXMA TS6020 Compact Wireless All-in-One Auto Duplex Printer in the black color scheme for $50 with free shipping. Limit up to five per customer at the sale price… The next closer price is $59 with free shipping by Norman Camera and Prime eligible…
This is a meta update! The (35mm) Full Frame Deals blog tag has now been updated with the latest 35mm full frame camera offers. I had forgotten that I actually started using this tag. I have now tagged the relevant recently posted cameras with it. This only includes 35mm full frame cameras of all kinds [see 35mm Full Frame Price Chart to see which cameras are these], not lenses.
Ooooops, this got buried in yesterday’s Nikon D850 pre-announcement and I forgot to post it separately, but forgot no more! If you need a Nikon 35mm full frame DSLR now in the D8XX series, you don’t want to wait to see what the D850 will bring, and you don’t want to pay the big bucks for it, Adorama is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D810 body only for $1997 with free expedited shipping. The new condition D810 goes for $2800 at authorized dealers.
Another alternative if you want an FX DSLR now but don’t want to wait or pay new-condition older-generation price, the manufacturer refurbished Nikon Df with 50mm f1.8G Special for $1795 with free shipping at Adorama.
Manufacturer refurbished Nikon camera gear at Adorama come with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty.
All these of course are luxuries, because the Nikon D40 is the only DSLR you’ll ever need 🙂
Back to the eBay Deals we go where the official GoPRO eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished GoPro Hero Session for $100 [WAS $110] with free shipping and a 1-year warranty from GoPRO. Limit up to five units per buyer. Over 3860 units have been sold so far from this listing according to the eBay stats over there… UPDATED 7/26/17…
The Sony a99 II 35mm full frame DSLR goes for $3200 in new condition at authorized dealers (eg Amazon itself or Adorama) but if you are comfortable buying DSLRs in used condition from reputable dealers…
… you can get the Sony a99 II body only in “USED – 9 Condition” (shows signs of use but very clean) for $2600 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo with a 90-day warranty offered by B&H Photo. The list of included items (as with all the used listings at B&H Photo) can be found under the “In The Box” section further down the right hand side of their website…
As usual, it’s up to you to trade off the price vs condition vs warranty…
The new Panasonic GX850 with the 12-35mm goes for $550 in new condition at authorized Panasonic dealers which can include some free accessories with it such as Adorama (free Corel software, holster bag, 16GB card, card wallet, etc).
But if you only want the GX850 body-only, and you are comfortable buying international (imported, grey market) camera body WITHOUT any warranty, the Panasonic GX850 body only is available for $390~ with free shipping and no warranty from 6ave through Amazon. This ships directly from 6ave, but if you are a Prime member, you receive Prime-like shipping speed for free. It may not be as fast as Amazon since 6ave is on the East Coast, they don’t have warehouses everywhere like Amazon does.
As usual in situations like this, it is up to you to decide how much risk you are willing to take.
If you were tempted by the Fuji X-T1 Graphite but couldn’t justify the $200 more than the standard body only, this new promotion running right now that gets you a free Fuji 35mm f2 WR lens with purchase of select X-T1 kits may do the trick or help convince the Spouse C.F.O. With this promotion, $1000 gets you the new condition Fuji X-T1 Graphite body only along with the Fuji 35mm f2 R WR lens.
As of the time of writing, this combination is in-stock and ready to ship with FREE Overnight shipping at Adorama along with $40 in promotional rewards (to be spent in the future at Adorama). The free Overnight shipping promotion is shown on the product page as follows:
The same price and promotional rewards are available at B&H Photo with free standard shipping.
On the other hand, the shipping estimate is “ships in 1-2 months” at Amazon by Amazon itself
On the other hand, if you prefer to get the Fuji X-T1 with both the 18-55mm f2.8-4 R LM OIS lens and the 35mm f2 R WR lens (as part of the free lens promotion), and you want to receive it quickly, it is currently in-stock and ready to ship with free expedited shipping at Adorama along with 4% promotional rewards which come out to about $48 (to be spent in future Adorama purchases).
UPDATE: it is also in-stock for the same price and with 4% rewards at B&H Photo.
If you are an Amazon fan, it currently has the nebulous “ships in 1-2 months” estimate.
The Fuji X-T1 with the FREE 35mm f2 lens has propagated across the internets, and if you want to get it right now, the Fuji X-T1 body only with the silver 35mm f2 R WR lens is in-stock and ready to ship at Amazon by Amazon itself for $800 with free shipping. The kit with the black 35mm f2 lens is “Usually ships within 1 to 2 months”.
If you don’t want it immediately, you can get it for the same price with free accessories (Corel software, 32GB Lexar SD, extra battery, Lowepro bag, etc) at Adorama where it is in “Temporarily On Backorder” condition but you can still place an order and lock up the price.
This new promotion is helping various X-T1 kits climb to the top of the New Mirrorless Releases at the Amazon best selling lists.
PS: if you are a Prime member, one of the Prime Benefits is getting 5% back as a statement credit if you pay with either the Amazon Chase VISA credit card or the Amazon Prime Store card. It comes out to $40~ for this purchase.
Sony has many options now-a-days in the E-mount, both APS-C and full frame cameras, just look at all the Sonys in the Mirrorless Price Chart. If of all those options you are settled on the Sony a6000 with 16-50mm, it currently goes for $650 at authorized Sony USA dealers, which are allowed to add a handful of free accessories such as Adorama.
But if you are comfortable with imported grey-market cameras, then to the eBay Deals we go, where RedTag Camera is offering this kit as imported grey-market for $560 with free shipping. There is no mention of warranty in the listing, so assume there is no warranty included.
As you can see in the Full Frame Price Charts of July 2017, the Canon 5D Mark IV body only goes for $3300 at authorized dealers, which are allowed to include free accessories with it (eg Adorama).
Or if you are comfortable with mail-in rebates, prepaid AMEX gift cards, and want the Canon PIXMA PRO 100 printer with its 50pk of 13×19″ photo paper sidekick, then off to B&H Photo we go where this combo goes for $3329 with free shipping after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX gift card). Offer ends 7/31/17.
A4C (All 4 Cellular) has a lot of older products, some refurbished, some used, some new, and it is of interest if you like to dig for previous-generation bargains. More so now, with coupon code JULY20 getting you 20% off almost everything at A4C. Notable exceptions are the daily deals and iPads. Everything at A4C gets free shipping, even if it’s a $2 trinket. And you don’t have to be a Prime member 😉 The coupon ends 7/28/17 or earlier if pre-allocated coupon quantity is depleted.
Amazon is not the only online retailer selling books ~ they haven’t bought the rest of them yet 😉 If you are a fan of Barnes and Noble, they have a new coupon promotion, coupon SAVEMORE gets you 15% off orders of $60+ or 10% off orders of $35+. Free shipping with orders of $25+ or if you are a B&N paying member ($25/year). They also have 50% off the Criterion Collection (further down the aforelinked page).
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section.
If you are looking for a Nikon APS-C camera body in the D5XXX series and don’t want/need the kit lenses that typically come bundled with it, and if you are comfortable with manufacturer refurbished DSLRs that come with a 90-day warranty from Nikon USA, then you can get the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D5300 body only for $380 at Adorama or if you have eBay gift cards or eBay Bucks to spend, you can get it from Adorama on eBay (limit two per buyer).
Speaking of manufacturer refurbished Nikon DSLR gear, Adorama has 30+ of them on sale, a mix of DSLRs, lenses and Coolpixies.
Speaking of Nikon, Adorama has bundled with additional free accessories on select new condition Nikon Lenses (nine options, mix of primes and zooms).
The Yuneec Breeze 4K UHD YUNFCAUS is on sale in factory refurbished condition with a 1-year warranty from Yuneec for $220 plus $5 flat shipping at Woot Electronics. Limit up to three per customer. This is not a daily deal, it’s one of their longer-running deals that doesn’t have a name (Moofi? Leftovers?). The offer ends in 16 days from today according to their website.
A new coupon is born at AdoramaPIX, coupon code PXADBOOK10 gets you 10% off custom photo books over there. Hudson Albums are excluded. Free shipping with orders of $49+. Expires 7/30/17.
There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals (old format) or Full Page format (faster to navigate on Desktop) of the Amazon Gold Box. Due to time constraints I cannot create a detailed listing of them all. The usual assortment of LEDs, Tri/Monopods, Action Cams, Bags, Studio/Lighting Kits, and more are running throughout the day.
Stacksocial launched a new limited time coupon, coupon code SANTA90 (yes, we are five months away from Christmas 2017), gets you 90% off online courses offered at their website which include their Adobe Lightroom CC Photo Editing Masterclass dropping from $95 to $9.50.
There are 55 lessons in this class produced by VideoSchoolOnline, with 6 hours of content, 15-day satisfaction guarantee, and lifetime access. Check the aforelinked product page for all the details. The Course Outline is available further down the page over there.
PS: the math is easy for this coupon. A 90% off discount means you pay 10% of the original price. So all you have to do is take a zero away from the online course price you see on their website 🙂
If you are a fan of state of the art really-really wide monitors, the new 49″ Samsung 32:9 Curved 4K 144 Hz FreeSync HDR LCD Monitor is now available for pre-ordering for $1500 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo with a late July 2017 release estimate.
Speaking of Samsung, their Samsung Gear 360 VR camera is on sale for $110 with free shipping with up to three units per customer. This is the US version with US warranty.
As part of the 100 Year Nikon Anniversary festivities, Nikon officially announced that a new 35mm full frame DSLR is coming. It will be the D850, and it will replace the D810. More details on the D850 will be announced at a later date per Nikon.
UPDATE: a placeholder page has been created for the camera at B&H Photo. More details as they get revealed by Nikon…
Nikon released a “hype video” for the D850, YouTube-embedded below:
So this changes the decision making progress for anyone interested in getting a 35mm full frame Nikon DSLR. As you can see in the Full Frame Cameras Price Chart, Nikon full frame DSLRs range from $1500 to $8000. The D810 that will be replaced by the D850 goes for $2800, while the Df is at $2750. The D810A (astro) goes for $3800.
So, strategically this means, if you are willing to pony up money for a brand new Df or D810, you night as well wait and see what the D850 will offer and how much will it cost.
On the other hand, if you need a 35mm full frame DSLR at the Df/D810 level right now and don’t want to wait for an anniversary pig in an anniversary poke, going the manufacturer refurbished route for the Df and the D810 seems like a reasonable financial and cameraholic decision versus buying them in new condition at full price.
That’s because the manufacturer refurbished prices are decidedly lower than the new condition:
+ manufacturer refurbished Nikon Df with 50mm f1.8G Special for $1795 at Adorama
+ manufacturer refurbished Nikon D810 body only for $1997 at Adorama
The Elinchrom D-Lite RX 4/4 Softbox To Go Kit is bundled with a FREE Elinchrom Softlite 17” Reflector (White), all together going for $799 with standard shipping at B&H Photo for a limited time… For more action, check their latest Featured Sales…
If you are participating in the Rakuten Rewards points program, or you need additional motivation to join, coupon code 20BACK gets you 20% back in Rakuten Rewards Points on purchases made at the Rakuten website (formerly Buy.com). The coupon is good until Wednesday night (7/26/2017). Terms and condition at the bottom of the aforelinked page.
PS: there’s also coupon code REWARDME that gets you 5% back in Rakuten points until 7/31/17.
PS2: note that the coupons above will not drop the prices you pay when you make a purchase now using these coupons. You will receive Rakuten Rewards points which you can use in future purchases at Rakuten.
If you have a Sony a6500 or you are Sony a6500 curious, starting at 12pm Eastern today (Tuesday 7/25/17), the CreativeLIVE Sony a6500 Fast Start online class with John Greengo will be streaming LIVE and for FREE until 11:50am ET on Wednesday. This means the class will repeat during the day. A total of 24 lessons are part of it, you can see them under the “Class Materials” tab over there.
During this promotional period, you can watch the class for FREE. If you want to watch it later, you have to purchase it or hope for a future rerun. If you like it, they have it on sale while the free-streaming promotion is running. For buyers, the class is also available for download (mp4 files in HD or lower resolution for mobile/cellular). Lesson #1 is available as a free download if you want to test how it works/looks on your PC, tablet or phone.
In addition to this one, according to their ON-AIR SCHEDULE the following other camera classes are scheduled to STREAM for FREE during the following days:
+ July 27: Nikon D5600
+ July 28: Canon D-Rebel T7i
+ July 29: Canon 77D
+ August 11: Canon M5 and M6
+ August 11: Fuji X-T20
If you are/were planning to get both the Panasonic GH5 camera, and the Panasonic-Leica 12-60mm f2.8-4 OIS DG Vario-Elmarit, Panasonic created a bundle of the two of them for $2600. The GH5 goes for $2000 on its own, and the lens goes for $1000 on its own, so the bundle is at the moment $400 in savings.
And the GH5 with 12-60mm kit is now in-stock and ready to ship for $2600 (technically $2598) at B&H Photo and by various at Amazon.
It should also be in-stock pretty soon at Adorama and by Amazon itself.
PS: Panasonic has two 12-60mm lenses. One is this one, the Leica co-branded 12-60mm f2.8-4 OIS DG Vario-Elmarit; the other is the 12-60mm f3.5-5.6 G Vario which is often bundled with some of the Panasonic M43rds cameras.
A new coupon is running at Dell Refurbished (Dell’s website that specializes on re-selling off-lease computer gear), coupon code SAVE45LAP64 gets you 45% off any Dell Latitude E6430 or E6440 Laptop. Clearance items are excluded. Free ground shipping. Coupon expires 7/27/17 at 11:59 PM CST.
PS: also available is a 50% off PowerEdge R620 servers coupon in progress until 7/30/17.
And now we have the final installment in the July 2017 Price Charts series, it is another DSLR vs Mirrorless Price Comparison, this one focusing on cameras with 35mm full frame sensors. In this particular chart, mirrorless includes only the made-for-digital 21st-century systems, not rangefinders.
+ 35mm FULL FRAME digital cameras
+ APS-C dSLRs
+ Mirrorless Cameras
+ Fixed Lens Cameras
+ APS-C dSLRs vs Mirrorless
+ 35mm Full Frame dSLRs vs Mirrorless
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