The Rokinon (aka Samyang) 85mm f1.4 manual focus lens is offered for $239 with free shipping at B&H Photo in your choice of Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony Alpha SLR, Pentax K, Four Thirds, and Samsung NX. The "chipped" version for Nikon goes for $20 more.
A total of nine Olympus lenses and one M43rds wide-angle converter have been discounted at Amazon. Eight of the lenses are zooms, the other two is the aforementioned converter, and the 12mm f2 m43rds for $750.
The Bower 14mm f2.8 wide angle manual focus lens is offered for $300 at B&H Photo. It is in-stock for Canon EF, Nikon chipped and unchipped, Sony Minolta Alpha Dyxum Maxxum Possum, and Samsung NX. It can be ordered but ships in 7-14 business days for Pentax K-mount mount and Four Thirds (DSLR). Please note this is manual focus!
Bower is one of the brands/names Samyang lenses are sold under. Discussion at this flickr Samyang group and dpreview forums and Wackypedia which is currently having an e-fundraiser.
This limited time promotion expired... And we conclude the Groupon trilogy with two Rokinon Wide-Angle Lens specials. Free shipping and free returns included. The Groupon expires Thursday at 1am ET, but individual lenses may sell out before then. Limit one per person. Rokinon is one of the names Samyang lenses are sold under. They are a Korean company, thus the Samsung NX mount... The Rokinon 14mm f2.8 is offered for $300 in Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax SLR mounts and Samsung NX. The Nikon AE/chipped version goes for $320... The Rokinon 35mm f1.4 is offered for $400 in the four aforementioned SLR mounts, along with Samsung NX and Four Thirds.
There is a new combined purchase mail-in rebate promotion for the Olympus E-M5 at Amazon. Buy one of these qualifying E-M5 kits along with up to three of these qualifying Olympus lenses (M43rds or Four Thirds, your choice among the listed lenses) and get $150 back in the form of a VISA prepaid gift card via a mail-in rebate for each lens! You buy one, or two or three lenses. You will get a $150 VISA prepaid gift card per lens. If you buy two, you get $300. If you buy three, you get $450. These must be purchased in the same shopping cart together in the same transaction, same time, same day, same order number.
The steps:
0. read the promotion details and check the PDF rebate form at the Amazon promotional page
1. Add one of these E-M5 kits to the Amazon shopping cart
2. Add one, two, or three of these Olympus M43rds/43rds lenses
3. make sure all items are sold and shipped by Amazon itself (not 3rd-party sellers, not marketplace, not used, not refurbished, not open-box)
4. complete the purchase
5. receive the shipment
6. promptly test out all the cameras and lenses to make sure they are okay
7. before September 15, 2012, submit the rebate per the instructions provided above. You will need to include the original UPC codes, so make sure you are keeping the items before you submit the rebates
8. make copies of everything you submit
9. after 8-10 weeks, you will receive a $150 VISA prepaid gift card for each lens you purchased together with the E-M5. If you buy two lenses, you get a total of $300 back. If you buy three lenses, you get a total of $450 back. This is a limit 3 promotion.
If you are looking to stock up or reload on Four Thirds DSLR gear, B&H Photo has a refurbished Olympus E-420 two-lens kit (14-42, 40-150) offered for $330 with free shipping. Please note this is refurbished. The E420 is a Four Thirds DSLR without sensor-shift stabilization. For a refresher on the camera, check its list of reviews.
If you are a fan of mail-in rebates and Olympus camera gear, rejoice! Olympus has launched a new mail-in rebate promotion on a variety of cameras and lenses. The cameras are various E-P3 and E-PL3 kits, along with the E-5 Four Thirds DSLR (not the E-M5 m43rds mirrorless). Eligible lenses include both 43rds and Micro Four Thirds lenses. You can see them all in the PDF file of the rebate when you click through the mail-in rebate links at B&H Photo.
The mail-in rebate amounts are $200 for the E-5, $100 for the E-P3 kits, $50 for the E-PL3 kits, and $100 for most of the lenses (range is $20 for converters up to $100). The promotional period is June 28 through July 21, 2012. Up to three items.
This is a mail-in rebate, you have to cut UPC codes, fill in forms, mail stuff, and all the dreary stuff that have made mail-in rebates so popular. The amounts will be delivered in the form of a prepaid VISA card. They will not send cashable checks. See the PDF file with all the details at the B&H Photo pages.
This is a separate promotion from the previously mentioned VF-3 viewfinder promotion. I don't know if they are stackable.
B&H Photo has a number of used and refurbished Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds lenses in their used department, from Olympus and Panasonic, including used Olympus 40-150 for $100, refurbished Olympus 17/2.8 pancake for $220 (used for $200+), etc. Please note the listings show a blend of used and refurbished, and a blend of Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds, so please do pay attention to the details!
The Rokinon 500mm f8 (Four Thirds) lens is down to $114~ with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon. Please note this is Four Thirds, not M43rds!
As of a April 12, 2012 recheck, this has sold-out! If you happen to need a Four Thirds DSLR without sensor-shift stabilization, Cameta Camera is offering refurbished factory-demo Olympus E420 w/14-42mm kits for $260 with free shipping. Please note this is a refurbished USA factory demo with a 1-year warranty provided by Cameta. Please note this is a Four Thirds DSLR, not a Micro Four Thirds mirrorless... For a refresher on this DSLR, check its list of reviews.
The Olympus MMF-3 adpater that lets you mount Four Thirds lenses to Micro Four Thirds cameras is in-stock and shipping at B&H Photo for $180 with free shipping.
If you are a fan of used Four Thirds DSLRs, B&H Photo is offering a couple of used Olympus E-3 DSLR body onlies: condition 8 for $400 and condition 8+ for $470 plus shipping. Please note these are used! Be sure to check the B&H website if you are not familiar with their used ratings.
This special has ended! B&H Photo is offering the mecablitz 50 AF-1 TTL shoe mount flash with extras (mini softbox, Vello universal bounce diffuser) for $200 with free shipping in Canon flavor and Nikon flavor.
They are also offering the mecablitz 58 AF-2 TTL shoe mount flash with the same extras as above for $360 in the Canon mount and the Pana-Olympus-Leica alliance.
B&H Photo is offering the refurbished Olympus E420 body for $220 plus shipping. Please note this is refurbished! Please note this is a Four Thirds DSLR and (like other E-4xx DSLRs) it does not have sensor-shift stabilization, unlike most of the other Olympus Four Thirds DSLRs. (it turns out this hasn't sold-out, we just caught the server during maintenance)
Time to check with some of the currently available open-box camera specials at the website of Samy's Camera. Here we go...
Open-box Specials
+ open-box Panasonic LX3 silver for $250 with free shippings
+ open-box Samsung TL500/EX1 for $250 + S&H
+ open-box Olympus E420 w/25mm pancake for $450 + S&H (lens goes for $220+ new-in-box elsewhere)
+ sold-out: + open-box Panasonic GH1 body only for $350 + S&H
Refurbished
+ refurbished Nikon D80 body only for $400 + S&H [yes, the D-Eighty, it feels like a decade ago]
B&H Photo is offering a refurbished Olympus E420 two-lens kit (14-42, 40-150) for $350 with free shipping. Please note this is refurbished and this is a DSLR without sensor-shift stabilization.
As of a Oct-28-2011 check, this has sold-out! Samy's Camera is offering an open-box demo unit Olympus E3 body only for $480 with free shipping. Please note this is open-box. Please also note this is a demo unit.
Fotodiox on Amazon is offering their OM lenses to M43rds bodies lens adapter for $24.95. This is sold by Fotodiox and fulfilled by Amazon. The price is not rounded because you get free S&H with a price of $25+. If you are a Prime member, you get free S&H anyway since this is fulfilled by Amazon, not the 3rd-party seller.
Adorama has received some new refurbished Olympus gear. As of the time of writing, these include:
+ refurbished E-PL1 bodies for $280
+ refurbished E-PL1 w/14-42 for $300 to $320
+ refurbished E-420 DSLR two-lens kit for $380 (no sensor-shift stabilization)
+ refurbished E-620 DSLR two-lens kit for $550 [E620, not E520 - corrected blog-post]
+ refurbished 9-18mm M-Zuiko for $570, 14-42, 17/2.8, 40-150 M-Zuikos
+ refurbished SLR lenses: 50-200mm f2.8-3.5, 300mm f2.8 (Four Thirds)
+ refurbished by Olympus, see them all at complete list
+ corrected! there is a typo/error in one of the titles, the 40-150mm lens was accidentally typed as 14-150 (the picture and other references in the text along with the product code correctly mention this is the 40-150 but one place says 14-150)
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