As part of the latest Canon Instant Savings promotion, their new condition Pixma TS9120 wireless all-in-one inkjet printer is now down to $70 with free shipping at authorized Canon dealers such as Amazon itself and Adorama and also B&H Photo…
Archives for 2018
Heads Up (Nov 22): Pictar Camera Grip for $80
This is a heads-up! According to the Barnes and Noble Black Friday preview, starting on November 22nd online and the next day in their B&M stores, you can get the Pictar camera grip (two sizes available) for $80 each…
For the latest on-going promotions, check the B&N coupons and deals page…
60% off the Top 40 Classes at CreativeLIVE
As we get closer to Black Friday, new offers arrive at CreativeLIVE. The latest limited time offer is 60% off their Top 40 Online Classes. The price you see is the price you pay… The sale includes a variety of topics including Adobe-related, Family Photography, Portraits/Posing, and more…
On the other hand, if during the next 12 months you plan to have available time to watch a lot of photography classes, they are offering a Creator Pass for a one-time payment of $300 that lets you watch almost all the classes available over there [some exclusions apply per prior agreements between CL and the instructors]…
With Thanksgiving literally just around the corner, the number of food photography related classes is reaching an all time high for this new week at CreativeLIVE ON-AIR where you can watch classes for FREE during their live-streaming windows…
New Zeiss Lenses Instant Savings (61 options)
Zeiss too has joined the Sunday “new instant savings party” with a total of 61 items offered in the latest Zeiss Lenses Instant Savings. Most of them also earn promotional rewards. The sale includes both lenses for DSLRs and for mirrorless camera systems. All but one are in-stock and ready to ship. The other one is a “special offer”…
PS: by now you may be curious to find out which one of the 61 lenses is the “special offer”. If you don’t want to find out yourself, here’s the SPOILER: it’s the Biogon T* 35mm f2 ZM in the silver color scheme.
PS2: Biogon sounds like the name of a fictional company working in biology/genetics from a videogame or superhero comic?
Sun (EU): half a dozen photo accessories on sale
The Saturday Amazon Germany Gold Box offers includes a sale on half a dozen Camera & Photo accessories that range from 13 to 94 euro and include ball heads, tripods, and spider-pods from various brands.
CORRECTION: today is Sunday, not Saturday 🙂
New Canon Instant Savings are LIVE
Sunday has also brought with it a new round of Canon Instant Savings featuring a mix of DSLR and mirrorless and Powershot cameras, along with lenses, bundles and accessories. For example, the EF 40/2.8 STM is down to $129 with 4% rewards, while the 6D II and 5D Mark IV get free battery grips. The 6D II body only is at its lowest price of $1300, while the 5D IV at $2800.
New Sony Instant Savings promotions are LIVE!
Sunday has brought with it, as it is often the case, a new round of Sony Instant Savings promotions featuring a variety of E cameras, lenses and accessories including the lowest prices ever for the a7 R II for $1600 and the a7 R III for $2800, while the a9 body only is down to $3500. Full frame camera, empty frame wallet 🙂 But fear not, a handful of lenses are on sale as well including affordable primes such as the 50/1.8 E OSS for $273 and the 50/1.8 FE for $223…
Sun (B&H): LG, ExpoImaging, Porta Brace, Etc
Never fear, Sunday is here and with it a new round of B&H daily deals among which:
+ Porta Brace soft case for cine-style assembled cameras for $160
+ ExpoImaging Rogue DSLR pop-up flash booster for $10
+ 27″ LG 4K 16:9 IPS UHD monitor for $290
+ On-Stage utility cart for $75
+ also mic system and outdoor security system
In-Stock Now: Nikon Z7 with 24-70mm f4 S
In addition to the previously mentioned Nikon Z6 “take pictures with” kit being in-stock, the Nikon Z7 with 24-70mm f4 S is also in-stock and ready to ship for its starting price of $4000 at authorized Nikon dealers such as Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself… Also in-stock is the bundle that includes the FTZ mount adapter kit for $150 more. The FTZ mount adapter, as the name hints, allows the use of 350+ F-mount lenses on the new Z camera bodies…
Saturday at KEH Camera: 25% off Featured, 15% off Many Others [updated]
UPDATE: this promotion has been expanded to run until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern time!
Wake up and smell the KEH roses! Good until Friday at 11/16/18 at 11:59pm eastern time, KEH Camera has a new pre-Black-Friday coupon! Coupon code PBF11A gets you 25% off 550+ featured products. The same coupon also gets you 15% off many other items sold at the KEH website with some exceptions: no Leica, no “NEW” and no “Like New” grade gear. If in doubt, add item(s) of interest to the shopping cart and type in the coupon code and see what happens…
Now shipping: Nikon Z6 with 24-70/4S for $2600
Curiosity killed the wallet cat they say but if you can’t resist the curiosity-temptation, the all new Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera with the 24-70mm f4 S lens is now in-stock and ready to ship for $2600 at authorized dealers such as Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself… Also in-stock is the bundle that includes the FTZ mount adapter kit for $150 more. The FTZ mount adapter, as the name hints, allows the use of 350+ F-mount lenses on the new Z camera bodies…
Funny the way Amazon’s ad system works, when you search for the Nikon Z6, you get a Sponsored product that is surprise-surprise, a Canon R mirrorless camera! Screenshot evidence below 🙂
EU: Panasonic FZ82 superzoom for 279 euro
For those in the European Union, Amazon Germany is offering the new condition Panasonic FZ82 superzoom for 279 euro with free shipping within Germany. No VAT/customs within the EU. Shipping is extra outside Germany. This is a 60X superzoom camera but with a 1/2.3″ sensor, so you have the trade-offs of zoom range versus small sensor. Probably not ideal if you are planning building-size prints, but for the price that’s a lot of camera 🙂
PS: this is currently on sale for $300 at authorized USA dealers such as Amazon and Adorama and such…
25% off AdoramaPIX orders of $125+
Good until Sunday night 11/18/18, coupon code EMSW125 gets you 25% off orders of $125+ site-wide at the AdoramaPIX website. IF you are planning a big order, this is a good general purpose coupon since it doesn’t matter what combination of print sizes and materials you select.
BUT if you want specific print sizes and materials, the following coupons are available:
+ coupon EM8x1050 is 50% off 8×10 inch prints [excludes Fine Art paper]
+ coupon EMWALL30 is 30% off Wall Decor
+ coupon EM4x675 is 4×6 inch wood prints for $3.99 [a 75% off discount]
Sat Daily Deals: 40″ AOC UHD monitor, Kictec camcorder, etc
And now a look at some of the Saturday daily deals at the various internet sites…
The main Woot deal of the day is the factory reconditioned 40-inch AOC Curved 4k UHD Monitor with 10-Bit Color, model C4008VU8-B, going for $400 with a 90-day AOC warranty…
At the Amazon Gold Box the numerous deals du jour include:
+ Kicktek video camcorder for $150
+ Tzowla water-resistant anti-theft laptop backpacks for $19 to $35 (five options)
+ 10.3″ reMarkable “The Paper Tablet” for $419
+ various AUKEY charging and cable products
+ Mr Coffee Barista system for $100, various Robots from Anki Cosmos and Overdrive, etc
+ the 2019 Old Farmer’s Almanac for $3 in Kindle format
+ see them all at the Amazon Gold Box
Meanwhile at the Amazon Germany Gold BOX, among many other offers:
+ various Huion and XP-PEN graphics tablets for 251 to 425 euro
DXO PhotoLAB 2 for $100 or Elite for $150
Adobe is not the center of the image editing universe, although they want the world to believe so 😉 Good until 11/18/18, you can get the DXO PhotoLAB 2 for $100 in the Essential edition and $150 in the Elite edition at the DXO online store. No coupon is needed.
15 classes for $15 each at CreativeLIVE
If you are a fan of the CreativeLIVE way of e-teaching, for a limited time, they have a 15 for $15 flash sale featuring fifteen different classes for $15 each. You get lifetime access to each purchased class with digital downloads available through their iOS app only. Topics in this round include baby safety/posing for newborns, lifestyle/family, low-key portraits, lighting, astro-landscape, retouching and various other things…
1-Year Consumer Reports subscription for $17
DiscountMags is joining the early Black Friday festivities with a 1-day “early access” sale offering a 1-year Consumer Reports magazine subscription for $17. The offer is good for renewals too. You can purchase up to ten 1-year subscriptions but you cannot prepay for more than one year for an individual subscription. In other words, the other nine subscriptions are to be send to nine different people/address…
Olympus E-M5 II with 14-150/4-5.6 II for $999
Olympus has chosen the E-M5 II mirrorless camera to be the subject of some early Black Friday action. The E-M5 II body only is now down to $799 with free shipping while the E-M5 II bundled with the 14-150mm f4-5.6 II lens is going for just $200 more, for $999. Not bad for a zoom lens that goes for on $500 its own…
See both the E-M5 II body-only and the “with 14-150” options at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself…
NewEgg Black Friday Preview Sale
NewEGG has launched a Black Friday Countdown sale with some of the offers requiring promo codes for email subscribers [it’s easy to do this, just sign up for their email subscription – with the same email that you use to checkout at the NewEgg website] and you can take advantage of the promotions.
The offers include a 1-year Student and Teacher subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud (the whole thing, not just the Photography plan) for $180 after promo code. Limit one per customer… There’s also a 16GB microSD for $4… Lots of computer and tech products as expected…
Friday (EU): 1-Year Creative Cloud Photography Plan for 85 euro
The Amazon Germany Gold Box is more active in terms of name-brands than the Amazon USA Gold Box, mayhaps because Amazon is not as dominant in Germany/EU as it in the USA, so they need to be more $competitive$ in order to attract more customers into their CULT Prime membership ^_^
Which brings us to the Friday daily deals at Amazon Germany which include a 1-Year Adobe Creative Cloud subscription of Photoshop CC and Lightroom for the one prepaid price of 85 euro for the first year (12 months of subscription).
In other action they offer:
+ Surface Laptop for 599 euro (13.5″, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, HD 615, Win 10S, etc)
+ a few other tech related things among the general purpose products offered
Weekend (B&H): Celestron, int SSD, G-Tech, Etc
AS usual, the Friday B&H daily deals last for 48 hours, so this sextet of offers expires Saturday at 11:59pm ET:
+ Celestron AstroMaster LT 80AZ 80mm f/11 Mars Observing Alt-Az Refractor Telescope for $90
+ Papago GoSafe 550 1296p Dash Camera for $80
+ Azden PRO-XD 2.4 GHz Digital Wireless Lavalier System for $128 after $10 MIR
+ 3TB G-TECH G-DRIVE USB G1 USB 3.0 Hard Drive for $110
+ Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 Internal SSD for $110 in 500GB and $220 in 1TB
+ iPad mini stand for $15
AmazonBasics sale includes Flash, Bags, Remote, Etc
Amazon is running another limited time (but not lighting deal) sale on select AmazonBasics productswhich includes among others:
+ wireless remote control for Nikons for $5.94
+ Electronic flash for $24.15
+ general use backpack for $10.69
+ 10-pack of 17.3″ laptop bags for $90
+ 4-pack of different size camera lens protective pouches for $8.34
+ medium DSLR gadget bag for $15
+ camera wrist strap for $7.66
+ and various other electronic accessories and such
Thur: Philips Hue lighting products
Into the Thursday Amazon Gold Box we go which includes a sale on various Philips Hue lighting products, including various light bulb options…
Thur (B&H): lots of Lighting products (25 options)
Thursday is here and with it we have a new round of B&H Daily Deals including:
+ various lighting setups from Dracast, LitePanels and Genaray from $299 to $590 (five options available)
+ three options of flexible LED lights from $129 to $599 from Dracast, bescor and Intellytech
+ Fluorescent & Continuous LED Lights (5 options) from $29 to $974 from Interfit, Impact, Genaray and Light & Motion
+ Ringlights (four options) from $70 to $138 from iKan, Dracast, Genaray
+ Monolights (three options) from $80 to $500 from Photoflex and Interfit
+ Lighting accessories (five options) from $40 to $65 from Impact
Blog Update: Trade Show Calendar updated for 2019
And we have a new blog-post alert! Our on-going and ever-growing Trade Show Calendar reference has been updated with the 2019 events. The biggest change for 2019 is that Photokina is moving from September to May. A couple of shows don’t have dates yet, so you’ll see “???” in their dates… Please feel free to leave comments or use the online contact form for corrections and additions/deletions…
Used Fuji X-T2 body for $809 or $819 w/180-day warranty
The new condition Fuji X-T2 body only currently goes for $1100 at authorized Fuji dealers but if you are a fan of used camera gear, you can get it as low as $809 in “Used – Very Good” condition at Adorama with prices going up with better conditions… OR if you are a fan of Amazon shopping [eg get 5% cashback with a Prime credit card], you can get it for $819 with free shipping and a 180-day warranty from Adorama thru Amazon Warehouse Deals…
Sony RX10 Mark IV drops to $1598
With so many DSLR and mirrorless camera bodies and kits and lenses under the price, some may hesitate to buy a fixed lens camera at the Sony RX10 price range. But but but but if you can’t resist the temptation of an all-in-one camera that ticks soooooooooooooo many boxes and offers speed-demon autofocus for its kind…
… the new condition RX 10 Mark IV is now down to $1598 at authorized Sony dealers such as Adorama (with 1% rewards, 32GB Extreme PRO, Corel software, 72mm MC UV, etc) and Amazon and B&H Photo (with free bag and 64GB Extreme SDXC)….
PS: if the speed-demon autofocus of the Mark IV does not tempt you, and you can buy electronics favorably to your wallet in the EU, good for Wednesday NOV-14-2018, you can get the new condition Sony RX 10 Mark III for 999 euro as part of the Amazon Germany daily deals…
Adorama launches “Same Price Guarantee” thru Cyber Monday
IF you are the Early Bird type of a shopper, Adorama has launched a Same Price Guarantee sale on over 2500 items, that, per the verbiage over there, you will pay the same price through Cyber Monday. The same price guarantee is offered by Adorama…
2-Pack of 128GB Sony SF-M UHS-II U3 C10 SDXC for $120
Adorama has launched another limited time offer [they call them “Snapshot Deals”], this time they are offering the 2-pack of 128GB Sony SF-M Series UHS-II U3 Class 10 SDXC memory cards for $120 with free shipping. It comes out to $60 per memory card. This promise read speeds up to 260MB/sec.
YMMV: 8% eBay Bonus Bucks
If you are participating in the eBay Bucks [reward program], check your emails or eBay Messages. You may have been invited for a new bonus bucks promotion that gets you 8% back in eBay Bucks without a minimum purchase amount required… Terms and conditions and exclusions apply as usual…
You must first activate the offer using the links in the eBay email/message before you can earn the bonus. Promotion ends 11/15/18 at 11:59pm pacific time…
For ideas on what to buy, check the latest eBay Deals and the latest Trending Deals…
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