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As of a 11/12/17 AM re-check, the sale is over…
Back to Amazon after a mini 11/11 excursion. The new condition 62-Inch Dolica Proline Tripod and Ball Head, model AX620B100, is currently on sale for $30 with free shipping, sold and shipped by Amazon itself. Limit one per customer. This is not a lightning deal. The reviews are mixed together with the 60-inch model.
Task #1 of this weekend’s blog plan has been completed [the Price charts series].
As of 10:44pm ET, Task #2 has been completed: we digested the Black Friday ads that came out this week. You can find them all integrated into the Black Friday Ads digest.
DIGESTED TONIGHT
+ Best Buy
+ HP, Big Lots, NewEgg
+ Jet, Dollar General
+ Macy’s and Sam’s Club
+ Meijer and BJ’s
+ CVS and Walgreens
+ Sears and K-Mart
+ Staples and Office Depot/MAX
+ Walmart
HOW TO USE THE DIGEST
The new offers found in those ads will be integrated into the Black Friday Ads digest. Because of MAP, many offers are similar or the same across retailers.
It is faster to read a single line that shows every retailer offering the same deal, rather than having half a dozen separate entries for the same thing under each retailer. Here’s an example of the space-saving benefits:
Mission accomplished! The November 2017 Camera Price Charts series is now complete! I just published the last of the four installments, the Fixed Lens Cameras Price Chart, aka the RAWsumers. This is a segment whose doom was foretold many times, yet they are alive and kicking against all odds. Rah-rah-rah-rah 🙂
+ 35mm Full Frame Cameras
+ APS-C DSLRs
+ Mirrorless Cameras
+ Fixed Lens Cameras
Adorama just launched an Early Access Black Friday sale. This is just an alert. I will “digest” these after lunch [pun intended].
Microsoft has unveiled their brand new “Surface Book 2″ 2-in-1 laptops with screens of 13.5″ and 15”. Prices start at $1500 for the 13.5″ and $2500 for the 15″ and top at $3000 and $3300 respectively. Pre-orders are accepted as follows with a November 16 release estimate (next Thursday):
+ 13.5″ Surface 2 Book at Microsoft Store and Amazon itself and Adorama and B&H Photo
+ 15″ Surface 2 Book at Microsoft Store and Amazon itself and B&H Photo and Adorama
There are three product lines now. The Surface tablets, the Surface Books (2-in-1s) and the Surface Laptops. Surface Phone where are you? 🙂
Good until 11/22/17, coupon code ZEISS5 (ZEISS and the number 5) get you 5% off eighteen Zeiss lenses at BuyDig. Options include lenses from the Batis, Loxia, and Otus lines. Most of them are Sony E-mount, with the rest Nikon F and Canon EF.
Adorama launched another limited time doorbuster, it is the new condition PrimaPhoto Big Travel Kit Tripod offered for $50 with free shipping. No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed.
For more Adorama action, check their:
+ Overstock Sale (over 7800 items)
+ CLEARANCE sale on USED items (15000+ items)
+ Open Box sale (over 9100 options)
Just like the Cylons (ha!), we have a plan! A plan for the Black Friday season which is upon us already – just two weeks away from Black Friday.
This year we are taking more of a sequential approach. Here is the Plan, approved by #6:
Amazon has photo prints too these days. And until November 18 in 2017, coupon code HolidayDecor40 gets you 40% off Canvas and Aluminum and Large Prints. Prime members get free shipping without a minimum purchase required. Non-Prime members need a $15+ order to get free shipping.
The Print Options eligible for this coupon are, according to the Terms and Conditions:
The coupon can be used only once per customer during this promotional period, BUT the maximum discount is $2,500. So you can place up to a $6,250 [recalc] print order and get a 40% off discount 🙂
There are over 45 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.
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As of a 11/12/17 AM re-check, the sale is over…
More 11/11 festivities, the new condition K&F CONCEPT Lens Mount Adapter for Nikon G AF-S F lenses to M43 cameras is offered for $18 with free shipping from China (19-39 days estimate), sold by the K&F Concept store at Ali Express.
The Sigma dp1 Quattro Digital Camera on its own goes for $1000, but at the moment B&H Photo is including the LVF-01 Viewfinder Kit for FREE, in other words, you pay the same price of $999. Note that these are “Special Orders” so it will take 7-14 business days for them to get to you.
The Panasonic FZ2500 superzoom with RAW goes for $1200 in new condition at authorized dealers, but for a limited time, B&H Photo and Adorama are bundling a $100 gift card of their own with the camera. In other words, if you buy from B&H, you get a $100 B&H gift card. If you buy from Adorama, you get a $100 Adorama gift card.
Optionally you can triple the original 1-year warranty by filing with Panasonic. Details at each retailer above.
The price checking continues for RAWsumer cameras. The new condition Fuji X70 goes for $700 at authorized dealers, but if you are comfortable with used, you can get it in “Used – Excellent condition” for $499 plus shipping and with a 90-day Adorama warranty at Adorama along with a 30-day return policy.
The RAWsumer price-checking continues. The Fuji X100F big sensor prime remains at $1300, but if you are comfortable with used, the following options are available:
+ the black color is available at B&H Photo for $1050 in “USED – Condition 9”
+ the silver color is available at Amazon Warehouse Deals (by Amazon, not 3rd-party sellers) for $1080 in “Used – Very Good” condition
The Canon G5X RAWsumer goes for $729 in new condition at authorized dealers such as Amazon and Adorama, but if you are not afraid of mail-in rebates, you can actually get it for a LOWER price after mail-in rebate!
At B&H Photo they are bundling the Canon G5 X with the PIXMA PRO 100 printer and 50pk Canon SG-201 printer. You pay $999 at checkout, receive the order, submit the mail-in rebate, and if all is well, a few weeks later you receive a $350 prepaid American Express gift card by mail, making it a $650 after $350 MIR.
So you pay $79 less, and you get a free printer and photo paper. As long as you are willing to do the mail-in rebate song and dance.
For $29 more (after mail-in rebate) than their current price, the following Canon G-series RAWsumers can be yours bundled with the Pixma PRO 100 printer and 50pk Canon SG-201 photo paper at B&H Photo. You pay full price, submit the mail-in rebate, receive a $350 prepaid AMEX gift card, and after you factor in the value of the AMEX gift card, you end up paying $29 more for the Printer and Paper combo.
+ Canon G1 X II for $679 after $350 MIR [goes for $650 on its own]
+ Canon G3 X for $879 after $350 MIR [goes for $850 on its own]
+ Canon G7 X II for $709 after $350 MIR [goes for $680 on its own]
+ Canon G9 X II for $479 after $350 MIR [goes for $450 on its own]
Price checking is under way now for the final installment in our November 2017 Camera Price Charts series. We are now price-checking Serious Fixed Lens Cameras with RAW!
The Canon G9X compact with RAW goes for $399 in new condition at authorized Canon dealers. But if you also want to get the Pixma PRO 100 printer and don’t object to mail-in rebates and prepaid AMEX gift cards…
… then to B&H Photo we go where you can get either the black or brown color scheme of the G9X along with the Pixma PRO 100 printer and the 50pk Canon SG-201 printer for $399 plus shipping (around $10) after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX gift card). You also get 2% promotional rewards (I believe that’s on the pre-rebate amount, so it’s 2% on either $750 or $400).
The $999 Pixelbook is now in-stock and ready to ship at Amazon by Amazon itself with up to three of them per customer at this time. This is the entry-point with 8GB RAM and Intel i5 and 128GB on-board storage.
The stylus is available for purchase separately, and it is in-stock for $99.
This is a YMMV promotion as Amazon’s AI bots have a mind of their own!!!
While checking the Nikon D850 stock status at Amazon I noticed a promotion that offers you a $100 discount IF you apply for an Amazon Rewards VISA credit card (by Chase) and Get Approved for it, and use the new card to pay the Nikon D850 [which remains in “Temporarily Out of Stock” status]. You don’t have to be a Prime member for this offer.
To see this offer however you may have to be logged on to your Amazon account, and NOT have an Amazon Rewards VISA card (by Chase). I only saw this offer on the non-Prime Amazon account I use to check prices/offers for non-Prime members. My Prime account (already has the Amazon Rewards VISA) was not offered this. Looking at the page without being logged on to an Amazon account also did not show the offer.
So this is a big YMMV.
If you are eligible for this offer, it looks like this [screenshot below]:
This has to be sold and shipped by Amazon itself, not 3rd-party sellers.
Non-Prime members get 3% credit cards rewards on Amazon purchases with the Amazon Rewards VISA, while Prime members get 5%. This is another one of the many Prime Benefits.
Mirrorless is where most of the action is in terms of new camera gear development and that’s why we have a massive new Mirrorless Price Charts installment with a total of four charts! this is too big to read on mobile, it needs a big screen!
+ 35mm Full Frame Cameras
+ APS-C DSLRs
+ Mirrorless Cameras
+ Fixed Lens Cameras (COMING UP)
Big zoom action now, B&H Photo is offering for a limited time the new condition Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for $799 with free expedited shipping in the Canon and Nikon DSLR systems, and without VC (optical image stabilization) for the Sony A system.
No coupons, no rebates, this is a straight up sale, add to cart and proceed to checkout!
Breaking!!! The Nikon D850 body only is currently in “Temporarily out of stock” (TOOS) status at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit three per customer… Previously the estimate was “2-4 months”, so that’s an improvement…
“TOOS” is an all-encompassing thing, so it’s hard to tell when you’ll get it…
All the options at the Amazon listing are in “TOOS”, which makes sense, since these are just DSLR + Lens sold by Amazon, they are not official Nikon kits, so basically once you have the DSLR, you have all the other combos as well [unless any of those lenses are unavailable].
B&H Photo remains in pre-order status, and Adorama in backorder status.
The eBay Search Results continue to be filled with sellers charging A LOT more. If you hate this practice, make a note of their names and never buy from them 🙂
The Stock Status Tracker has been updated, and the Nikon D850 listing moved to the top. For the reasons explained above, I’m not creating additional entries for the D850 + Lens combos since they all depend on the D850 body only stock status.
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These expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales
We have a series of refurbished Sigma lenses offered at Adorama. We start with the refurbished 120-400mm f4.5-5.6 DG APO OS HSM AF for the Sony Alpha DSLR system going for $339 with free shipping and warranty. As the OS hints at, this is an optically stabilized lens.
From a $100 prime we go to a $2280, the manufacturer refurbished Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG APO Lens in the Sony Alpha DSLR mount is offered at this price with free shipping and warranty at Adorama.
In new condition, this lens goes for $3400 in the mounts it is currently offered on.
The Sony Alpha DSLR version of the Sigma 50mm f2.8 EX DG Macro lens is currently available in refurbished condition at Adorama for $105 with free shipping and a warranty.
One of the few optically stabilized Sigma lenses for the Pentax K system is the Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG OS, and this lens is offered manufacturer refurbished with a 90-day warranty for $189 with free shipping at Adorama.
You are paying a premium for the OS (optical stabilization). If you don’t want/need OS, the new condition non-OS 70-300mm f4-5.6 DG Macro goes for $169 with $7~ promotional rewards at Adorama.
The new condition price dropped since then…
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