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Imported Fuji X-T2 body only w/seller warranty for $1450

And now we continue refreshing the Stock Status Tracker with some Fuji X-T2 body only action!

If you are comfortable with imported cameras with a warranty provided by the seller (not Fuji USA), you can get the new condition Fuji X-T2 in imported grey-market condition for $1450 by Deals All Year on eBay (99.8%, New Jersey).

On the other hand, if you prefer used cameras, you can get it in “Used – Excellent” condition for $1349 plus shipping (starts at $14, varies by zipcode) from Adorama which offers a 90-day warranty of their own and a 30-day return policy.

Meanwhile Cardinal Photo is offering it in “Used – Like New” condition for $1399 through Amazon Warehouse Deals. Not Prime eligible. The description says this is the X-T2 with 18-55 kit, with the 18-55 removed (and presumably sold separately).

Some sellers do this, by selling them separately, they can get a better price than selling the kit as is. This is because of the built-in discount of the official “with lens” kits. As long as sellers are upfront about it and are clear in the descriptions, giving people more options and more alternatives is good.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Refurbished Olympus E-M5 with 12-50mm EZ for $450

On the other hand, if you prefer a “take pictures with” kit, you can get the Olympus E-M5 (first generation) with the 12-50mm EZ lens in manufacturer refurbished condition for $450 with free shipping at the Get Olympus USA store with a 90-day Olympus USA warranty.

Contract that to getting the body only used starting at around $300 with a 180-day warranty through KEH ~ check our Used options post for more details.

This too surfaced while price-checking the Get Olympus Refurbished Refill (I think that’s a new official term now).

PS: I can’t post all 20+ new additions to the Get Olympus refurbished store, but if any others stand out in your opinion and would be of interest to other photographers, please let me know in the comments here or using the online contact form.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , ,

Used Olympus E-M5 Body w/180-day warranty for $289 + S&H

While price-checking the Get Olympus Refurbished Refill (I think that’s a new official term now), this alternative offer to the Get Olympus store surfaced…

… you can get the Olympus E-M5 body only in “Used – Excellent” condition starting at $289 plus shipping (under $10 for most zipcodes) at KEH Camera with a 180-day non-transferable warranty…

… you can get the Olympus E-M5 body only in “Used – Excellent Plus” condition for $329 plus shipping (starts at around $8 and varies by zipcode) at Adorama USED. Used products at Adorama come with a 90-day warranty covered by Adorama, and a 30-day return policy.

So when comparing used prices to other places, eg Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD), keep in mind that most sellers at AWD offer zero warranty!

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , ,

Refurbished Olympus 25mm f1.8 [m43] Silver for $230

The refurbished options at the Olympus USA store have been reloaded!

Of prime time silver lens interest, the manufacturer refurbished Olympus 25mm f1.8 M.Zuiko goes for $230 with free shipping and a 90-day Olympus USA warranty. The black version goes for $300.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , ,

Refurbished options at Olympus USA reloaded!

The refurbished options at the Olympus USA store have been reloaded! The item count has jumped from 18 to 39!

I will be going through them and posting individual posts for good deals, but since some of them sell-out quickly, I’m posting this alert, so you can jump in right away!

*** HOT DEAL ALERT ***
*** MORE COMING UP ***

PS: the Stock Status Tracker update is being postponed until I finish going through the reload of the Get Olympus store!

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , , , ,

In-Stock Now: Fuji X-T1 Body with 35mm f2R Lens and EXTRAS (Battery, Bag, SD) for $800

If, as an experienced photographer, you are looking for a “Take Pictures With” jump into the Fuji X-System, the Fuji X-T1 body only bundled with the FREE 35mm f2R WR Fuji lens now has picked up FREE accessories for the same price of $800 with free shipping at B&H Photo: a Watson extra battery, a 16GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC, and a Ruggard DSLR holster bag.

If you don’t need the extra accessories, for the same price, you can get it from B&H Photo with 4% promotional rewards. That’s about $32 to be spent in future purchases at B&H.

The X-T1 with 18-55 and 35/2 bundle, and the X-T1 Graphite with 35/2 remain in-stock at multiple retailers for $1200, but the body only bundle is only in-stock at B&H as of the time of writing.

For the big picture, check the Stock Status Tracker or the posts here for the free lens promotion.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Nikon D850 Body gets a September 7 release estimate

Keep in mind, release estimates of new camera gear can sometimes be finicky and can obviously change as time goes by. So with that disclaimer out of the way…

… we have began a full update of the Stock Status Tracker and as of this update…

… the Amazon listing for the Nikon D850 body only shows a September 7 in 2017 release estimate for the camera.

To make sure I’m not hallucinating, here’s a screenshot 🙂

According to Amazon’s Best Seller charts, this is the #1 seller among New Release digital cameras. Keep in mind, the Amazon best seller lists are only as good as the product categories different products are put in. If someone fat-fingers a coffee machine under cameras, it will show in the best sellers 🙂

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Pentax K-P Silver Body with 40mm f2.8 XS Pancake for $1177

Pancakes are being served at Cafe Pentaxian! Pentax has a new K-P bundle, it’s the silver K-P body only bundled with the 40mm f2.8 XS pancake lens, together going for the very specific price of $1176.90 with free shipping. This is marked as a “Coming Soon” item at B&H Photo.

The little pancake lens itself, the Pentax DA 40mm f/2.8 XS is a special order with a 7-14 business days estimate for $227 with 4% promotional rewards.

If you don’t want to buy them together as a kit, the silver K-P body only goes for $949 on its own.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, pentax Tagged With: ,

25% off Rentals at BL with new coupon

A new 3-day lens gear rental coupon is now up and running at Borrow Lenses! Their emails do a great job of explaining the offer visually, so here’s a screenshot of it, a more efficient way of describing it than me writing a seven paragraph bloviation 🙂

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

(SOLD OUT) Refurbished Olympus E-PL7 Body for $200

As of 9/5/17 at 9:55pm ET recheck, the page for the refurbished Olympus E-PL7 body only is marked as Out Of Stock with the “Add To Cart” button gone. However, the page is not returning a 404, so your guess is as good as mine whether it will come back in a few hours or not…

A number of refurbished lenses are also available during this refurbished department of the GetOlympus store.

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , ,

(SOLD OUT) Refurbished Olympus E-M10 II Body for $300

As of a 9/5/17 at 10pm ET recheck, this sold out and its product page is 404 (they remove the web pages when they sell out ~ it’s kinda annoying)…

This was part of the refill of the refurbished options at the Olympus USA store…

As of the time of writing, the manufacturer refurbished Olympus E-M10 II body only is in-stock and shipping for $300 with free shipping and a 90-day Olympus USA warranty.

Keep in mind, that since the last time this was in-stock, Olympus announced the E-M10 III camera which goes for $650 body only or $800 with the 14-42mm EZ lens.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , ,

(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: 7Artisans 25mm f1.8 MF (E-mount) and Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 50 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 accessories are running throughout the day.

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , , ,

(SOLD OUT) Refurbished Olympus 45mm f1.8 for $200 [m43]

As of 9/6/17 re-check, this sold out and its product page is a 404…

This one was added after I posted the earlier GetOlympus store refills, and it’s another tempting price, it is the manufacturer refurbished Olympus 45mm f1.8 silver going for $200 with free shipping and a 90-day Olympus USA warranty.

In new condition at authorized dealers this was on sale for $300 a few days ago, and now it is back to $400.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , ,

(ENDED) Wednesday: Sandisk Flash Drives and Wireless Stick, 23″ ViewSonic w/DisplayPort for $110, Etc

This offer expired…

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: technology deals

(ENDED) 7Artisans 25mm f1.8 Manual Focus lens (Sony APS-C E-mount) for $59

This lightning deal expired…

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) 16GB Sandisk SDHC Class 10 card for $5 w/free S&H

As of a 1:24pm ET recheck on 9/6/17, this eBay listing ENDED…

Doorbuster of sorts at the eBay Deals, the official Best Buy eBay store is offering the new condition 16GB Sandisk SDHC Class 10 card for $5 with free standard shipping with a limit of up to five cards per customer at the sale price.

This is model SDSDUP-016G-AB46, with UPC code 619659113537 according to the eBay listing. Per the picture of the card and the product description this is part of the Pixtor line.

September 5, 2017 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) Wednesday: Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps ebook for $2

This offer expired…

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

(ENDED) Thursday: Canon Pixma MG7720, two IKAN BiC OnC LED Lights, Etc

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

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories

(ENDED) Wednesday: Dracast LED1000 Silver Series Bi-Color LED Light with V-Mount Battery Plate for $259; Sennheiser Wireless Mic System $400; 8TB Glyph RAID

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

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September 5, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories

Tuesday Lightning Deals: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 50 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 accessories are running throughout the day.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

Tokina 12-28mm f4 AT-X PRO DX for $249 [Canon only]

Canon APS-C shooters! B&H Photo has a doorbuster for you! For a limited time, you can get the new condition Tokina 12-28mm f4 AT-X PRO DX lens for $249 with free expedited shipping!

For more action, check their latest Featured sales.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, tokina Tagged With: ,

Sigma 4.5mm f2.8 EX DC HSM Fisheye with Extras for $799 [C/N/A/P/Si]

It’s Shiguma time of the fisheye variety! The new condition Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM Fisheye lens is bundled with a handful of extras for $799 with free shipping at Adorama in the Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sigma SLR systems. The Sony A option is not on sale.

The freebies are the Corel software bundle (five titles, including two photo and one video), along with the LensAlign MkII Focus Calibration System along with lens-aholic accessories: lens wrap, lens cap tether, and cleaning kit.

If you don’t want/need any of the accessories, you can instead get 4% promotional rewards (around $32 to be used in future purchases) at B&H Photo where all five options, including the Sony A mount are eligible.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Flash for $159 + S&H

The new condition Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Flash is on sale for $159 plus shipping (starts around $8, YMMV by zipcode) at Adorama for a limited time as part of their Labor Day sales.

Speaking of which, they are offering the new condition Westcott 40-Degree Egg Crate Grid for 43″ Apollo Orb for $20 with free shipping.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

Pentax Lens Instant Savings (20 options)

Pentax K-Temptations! A total of 20 Pentax K-system lenses are currently participating in a new Pentax Instant Savings promotion at B&H Photo, featuring a mix of primes and zooms, big and small, with prices ranging from $272 to $1997.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, pentax Tagged With: , ,

Bower 16mm f2.0 ED AS UMC CS for $279 (in Eight Systems)

Prime temptation at B&H Photo, you can get the new condition Bower 16mm f2.0 ED AS UMC CS lens for $279 with free shipping in eight different systems!

+ DSLR: Nikon F, Pentax K, Four Thirds
+ Mirrorless: M43rds, Fuji X, Canon EF-M, Sony E, Samsung NX

For more action, check the latest B&H Featured sales.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: ,

Olympus M43rds Trade IN Promotion with Bonus Up to $300 [in addition to actual value of your used traded-in camera gear]

Olympus is running a trade-in promotion at B&H Photo and other dealers that give you a Trade-IN Bonus towards the purchase of select Olympus M43rds cameras and lenses.

Eligible cameras to purchase with this promotion are the E-M1 II, E-M5 II, PEN-F, and E-PL8. Nine Olympus M43rd Prime lenses are also eligible.

You will ALSO receive the trade-in value of the cameras you turn in for the trade-in promotion.

So, for example, if you are buying the Olympus E-M1 II body only through this promotion. The camera’s current price is $2000. If you participate in the trade-in promotion, you get a $300 off trade in-bonus discount. So you pay $1700 for the camera.

You will also receive the trade-in value of the camera you turn it. For example, if you trade-in an old beat-up DSLR, you may get a $100. If you trade-in a recent pristine DSLR, you may get a $500 value. The numbers I’m using here are strictly for example purposes, not based on current market prices!

When you click on the “Start your Trade-In” links over at the trade-in promotional page, you will see a list of eligible camera and lenses for this promotion.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , , ,

Pay $150, Get $150 Best Buy eGift Card AND $15 eBay eGift Card

This is a bit of a round-trip but if you are a fan of shopping at Best Buy, to the …eBay Deals we go, where PayPal’s Digital Gifts is offering $150 Best Buy Gift Cards by e-mail for $150, but you also receive a $15 eBay gift card by email with purchase.

Limit three bundles per customer. Over 2000 units have been sold in the last 24 hours!

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With: ,

64GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC for $35 w/free S&H

If you have triangulated 64GB to be your preferred memory card storage, the new condition 64GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I Memory Card (SDSDXXG-064G-GN4IN) is on sale for $35 with free shipping at B&H Photo (limit up to 20 per customer) and at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit up to 30 per customer).

For more storage action, check our previous Storage round-up.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

YMMV: 8% back in eBay Bucks on $25+ items [or 6% under $25]

Jump in the Bay of Fees 🙂 This is YMMV ~ I do not know if eBay offers this to everyone or a subset of their registered users. Good until Thursday 3am eastern (9/7/17), you earn 8% eBay Bucks on your purchases of individual items priced at $25+, or 6% on items individually priced under $25. So you earn bonus bucks even if you buy a $1 eligible item!

First you have to manually activate the offer from the eBay email or your eBay messages (if invited/selected to participate). Some exclusions apply as usual and the maximum rewards you can earn is $100 per transaction, and $500 during the promotional period. The email title announcing this promotion is not as clear as previous ones, but it has “eBay Bucks” in it, so look for that if you are skimming or filtering eBay emails.

DOUBLE DIP ALERT: until Tuesday September 5 (2017) at 11am ET, there is also an eBay coupon promotion. During this time period, once you activate the eBay Bonus Bucks, you can get both the coupon discount and the Bonus Bucks!

A good place to look for ideas are the eBay Deals along with the Trending Deals (shows only 100 trending deals, less overwhelming to look at than their main deals page). There’s also a dedicated search box there that searches only the Deals, not everything else on eBay.

Another way to look for ideas is our eBay Category posts.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

KEH Weekly USED Coupon Deals: Pentax K1000 for $134 Excellent or $44 UGLY; Canon 50/1.8 SC BL FD for $22 to $44

A new week has arrived which means another round of featured USED Weekly Sales at KEH has been added. These are eligible for 25% off with permanent coupon KEHDEALS and continue until Friday night of the same week (eg Friday 9/8/17 in this case).

This week includes:

+ USED Pentax K1000 Body only FILM CAMERA has three options:
+ prices below AFTER 25% off coupon:
+ AS-IS condition for $39~ [no warranty, no returns]
+ UGLY condition for $44~
+ EXCELLENT condition for $134

+ USED Canon 50mm F/1.8 SC Breech Lock FD Mount
+ AFTER COUPON prices range from $22~ (UGLY) to $44~ (EXCELLENT)
+ AS IS for $13~ but NO warranty and NO returns

+ also eligible for the coupon are four photo-accessories – details at the Weekly Sales at KEH

In a separate promotion, not eligible for the coupon above, KEH has an on-going overstock sale with over 400 items participating.

September 4, 2017 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals, pentax Tagged With: , , , ,