Camera Deals

(ENDED) Refurbished Wacom Bamboo Capture Pen & Touch tablet for $55

These daily specials expired... Original post after the jump...

Pro Video Specials at B&H Photo (Canon C300, JVC, Apple Hardware, Used)

We have a few pro video specials coming from B&H Photo, starting with the Canon EOS C300 Cinema camera going for $14,000 in your choice of Canon EF mount or PL mount.

Next up, JVC! The JVC GY-HM650 for $5700 and the JVC GY-HM600 ProHD Camera for $4500. Both qualify for a free extra battery which you will receive after you fill in a PDF mail-in form. You don't buy the extra battery. You fill in the form and receive it later on by mail.

If you are an Apple hardware fan, B&H Photo has set up 36 different production bundles, featuring a variety of hardware and software combinations of video interest.

Last but not least, used equipment. If you are comfortable with used gear, B&H Photo currently has 33 different pro and prosumer camcorders.

Apple lowers prices on various Macbooks (Pro w/Retina, Air, etc)

Apple has lowered prices on select laptops. Here are the latest prices at B&H Photo: MacBook Pros with Retina along with MacBook Airs and even more discounts.

(ENDED) Sony Cybershot W650 for $90 w/free S&H (ends Sat nite)

This 2-day special ended... Best Buy has launched a new 2-day online sale. The first row features MacBook Pro specials, while the fourth row has a $90 digital camera special, it is the Sony Cybershot W650 going for $90 with free shipping. These specials are good on their website until Saturday night (or earlier if sold out).

(ENDED) 11.6" Apple MacBook Air MD223LL/A (64GB SSD) for $900

As of a Sun 1am ET recheck, this sold out... Amazon itself is offering the 11.6" Apple MacBook Air MD223LL/A (64GB SSD) for $900 with a January-30-2013 in-stock estimate.

(ENDED) $100 iTunes plastic gift card for $85 w/free S&H (Sunday)

This daily special ended, but iTunes discounts are recurring... One of the Sunday deals of the day at the Best Buy website is a $100 plastic iTunes gift card offered for $85 with free shipping. Limit 1 per customer. This is an actual plastic gift card that will be mailed to you. This is not an electronic code. This is good until the end of day on Sunday (or earlier if sold out)... There are a lot of photography related apps at the iTunes store, in addition to photography related iBooks and such.

Digital King 2-in1 Wide and Macro Conversion Lens Magnet Mount for iPhone for $25

As a limited time special, Adorama is offering the Digital King 2-in1 Wide and Macro Conversion Lens Magnet Mount for iPhone 5, 4S and 4 for $25 with free shipping. This has nine customer reviews at Amazon, with an average of 3.3 out of 5 and all over the place distribution. Also, it is a choking hazard for children under 3 years old.

New arrivals at B&H: Tamrons in Canon, iMacs

The new gear stork delivered new gear at B&H Photo as follows:

+ in-stock for $750: Tamron 90mm f2.8 VC USD macro in the Canon flavor
+ in-stock for $1500: Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 Di VC USD SP in the Canon flavor
+ prime fans may point out you can get two 90mm primes for the price of the zoom ;-)
+ now available for pre-orderings: a variety of new Apple iMac Desktops (21.5" and 27")

(ENDED) MacMall launches 60 hour Black Friday sale

This limited time promotion expired... MacMall has now launched their 60 hour Black Friday sale that is good until Saturday at 3am ET. There is a vast variety of Apple products, MacBooks, Pros, Airs, Retinas, iPads, monitors, hard disks, etc. Due to time and volume constraints, we cannot price-check these, so it is a DIY adventure.

CVS now: buy $15+ Duracell get $5 Extrabucks (buy $75 iTunes, get $20 ExtraBucks)

CVS is trying to steal a march on the competition this week as they have already unleashed their Black Friday specials at brick and mortar stores. Of camera/photography interest, they are offering $5 Extrabucks when you purchase $15+ in Duracell batteries (including the pre-charged AA rechargeables), and $20 in Extrabucks when you purchase $75 in Apple iTunes/AppStore gift cards ($20 off $75 = 27% off). Please note this is not a discount on the purchase price, but an after-purchase bonus that you can use on your next purchase (the Extrabucks). This is not cashback! The ExtraBucks have an expiration date and each certificate must be used in full, so it is of interest if you are a regular CVS shopper or if you do not object to shopping there. This is in their weekly ad that covers up to the close of business on Saturday November 24, 2012.

Office Max Black Friday ads: Photoshop Elements 11 for $45 (w/Premiere Elements for $70), $50 iTunes for $35

To see the Office Max Black Friday ads, go to the Office Max home page, click on the "Weekly Ad" and select the appropriate week (depending on when you are reading this blog post). The brick and mortar specials will go live at 6am local time on Friday and 9am local time on Saturday. The online specials will go live at 6am EST on Thursday. On Thursday, Friday and Cyber Monday, online orders get free shipping if your total is $20+.

Amazon prices are included as a baseline price-comparison. The Amazon prices shown below are as of the time of writing of this blog-post and they are not updated automatically. Check the specific Amazon pages for the latest.

Thursday and Friday
+ Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for $45 [Amazon price: $50]

+ Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 11 for $70 [Amazon price: $135]

+ Canon A2300 black with free 8GB Lexar card and Lowepro camera case for $80 [Amazon price: $100]

+ Canon A4000 for $100 [Amazon price: $100 for some body colors]

+ Nikon Coolpix L26 red for $100 [Amazon price: $85]

+ Nikon Coolpix S3300 for $100 [Amazon price: $90]

+ Nikon Coolpix S6300 red with free 8GB Lexar and Lowepro case for $130 [Amazon price: $130]

+ Canon SX160 IS for $150 [Amazon price: $150]

+ Nikon Coolpix L810 superzoom for $200 [Amazon price: $200]

+ Canon SX500 IS superzoom for $250 [Amazon price: $250]

+ $250 HP Desktop (Windows 8) and $250 Toshiba Windows 8 laptop (with $50+ purchase of other items) [NOTE: the processors are very basic!]

+ 50% off Case Logic cases (various)

+ $15 Office Max reward on $100 Visa or Mastercard Gift Card (activation fee applies on Visa/Mastercard gift cards; Limit 1)

Friday only
+ $15 off a $50 iTunes Gift Card, that's a 30% off discount (think camera and photography apps like the $10 Photoshop Touch and $5 iApple photo app, photography books and camera guides, etc, etc, etc)
+ bargain-hunting tip: with many regular iTunes specials, you can theoretically never have to pay full price for iTunes purchases (different stores run different iTunes gift card promotions on a regular basis, including drugstores like CVS and Rite Aid)

In-stock: 13.3-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display

If you are a fan of 13.3-inch MacBook Pros and Retina displays, the new models announced earlier in the week by Apple are now in-stock and shipping starting at $1700.

(ENDED) New Woot-OFF continues (started Tue 1am ET)

This Woot-OFF ended as of Thursday Oct-25-2012 at 1am ET, after the usual 48 hours... If you can't sleep tonight and you feel like bargain-hunting, you are in luck! A brand new Woot-OFF is underway, entering Day #2. It began on Tuesday at 1am ET. Woot-OFFs typically last 48 hours. In addition to the main Woot, also having their own parallel Woot-Offs are Sports, Home, and Kids.

Woot is experimenting with $5 all you can ship in one calendar day, so no matter how many items you buy during Tuesday, you will only pay $5 shipping. This is per calendar day in the Woot time zone, which is in Texas, the Central time zone.

(ENDED) Refurbished MacBook Pros (17", 15.4") [ends Fri 1am ET]

This daily special ended! The Thursday deal of the day at the main Woot.com are refurbished MacBook Pros. They have 17-inch and 15.4-inch models, with prices ranging from $1280 to $1480. Shipping is a flat $5 for everything you buy from Woot during a single calendar day in the Woot/Central time zone. Please note these are refurbished!

Pre-orders: iPod Touch (5th generation)

From the not-cameras cameras department, the new iPod Touch (5th generation) with a 5mp backlit CMOS sensor and f2.4 lens is available for pre-order at Amazon in multiple colors and storage options. The 32GB goes for $300, and the 64GB goes for $400.

Pre-order alert: iPhone 5 (with Sept-28 delivery estimate) [updated]

The new not-camera camera that is the iPhone 5 is now available for pre-order by Apple itself, along with Verizon Wireless and Sprint and AT&T. Both Verizon and Sprint have a September 28 21 delivery estimate as of a 8:07pm ET recheck. Two-year contract prices are $200 for the 16GB model, $300 for the 32GB model and $400 for the 64GB model. No-contract prices are $450 extra on the aforementioned prices ($650, $750, $850 for 16/32/64GB).

Refurbished Apple iPad Digital Camera Connection Adapter (MC531ZM/A) for $8 + S&H

Cowboom.com is offering refurbished Apple iPad Digital Camera Connection Adapter, model MC531ZM/A, for $8 $7 (the $7.99 trick still gets us; now corrected) plus shipping (which may vary by zipcode but seems to be under $5). This promotional price is good until Sept-13-2012 (or earlier if sold-out). Please note this is refurbished.

(ENDED) Refurbished iPad Camera Connection kit for $13 w/free S&H

These daily specials ended! Original post after the jump for the deal historians...

(ENDED) 11.6" Apple MacBook Air (dual-core i5) for $785

This daily special ended! The new Woot.com main deal is a new-in-box Apple 11.6" Dual-Core i5 MacBook Air, model MC968LL/A, previous version, offered for $780 plus $5 flat shipping. This is good until Monday at 1am ET (or earlier if sold out).

(ENDED) Refurbished Apple iPad Digital Camera Connection Adapter (MC531ZM/A) for $8 + $3 S&H

This replacement deal expired... Cowboom is offering as the current featured deal the refurbished Apple MC531ZM/A iPad Digital Camera Connection Adapter for $8 plus $3 shipping. Please note this is refurbished!