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…
Wedn (EU): Sony RX 10 Mark III for 999, 24-240/3.5-6.3 OSS for 759, Samsung EVO Select U3 microSD, Etc
There is some potentially interesting action in the European Union for Wednesday as the Amazon.Germany Gold Box is offering among others:
+ Sony RX 10 Mark III for 999 euro
+ limit two per customer at the sale price
+ at Amazon USA this goes for $1300
+ Sony 24-240mm f3.5-6.3 OSS aka Sony SEL-24240 for 759 euro
+ limit two per customer at the sale price
+ four Samsung EVO Select U3 cards are on sale for 11 to 75 euro, with the 128GB option being the best value going for 34 euro, with the 64GB being second best at just under 20 euro. The 32GB is 11 euro while the 256GB is 75 euro
+ also part of the sale are various Sony audio products
Wedn: Polaroid Snap Touch camera/printer for $135, Etc
Wednesday is upon us in the Central time zone, so let’s check some of those offers… At the Best Buy daily deals you can get the new condition Polaroid Snap Touch digital camera and instant printer hybrid for $135 with free shipping or free store pickup where available/possible… There too they offer a $300 discount on the Galaxy Note 8 with qualified Sprint or AT&T activation…
At Woot, one of their daily deals is the refurbished Kindle Voyage e-reader for $100 with free shipping for Prime members. These come with a 90-day Woot warranty. The Voyage has physical page turn options in both sides of the bezel, a reason to buy it over the Paperwhite… But note that the all-new just-released Paperwhite is waterproof [but does not have physical in-bezel page turn options]…
Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 SP AF XR Di LD for $399 [K/A]
It’s f2.8 PRO zoom but without breaking the bank! For a limited time, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 SP AF XR Di LD (model A09) for $399 with free shipping in the Pentax K and the Sony Alpha DSLR systems. Finally a sale that focuses on the non-big-market-share mounts… The Pentax version earns 4% promotional rewards (around $16 to be used in future B&H purchases)… Offer ends 11/15/19 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out…
Feiyu A2000 3-Axis Gimbal, 2-Hand Holder, and Carry Case Kit for $399
For a limited time, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Feiyu A2000 3-Axis Gimbal, 2-Hand Holder, and Carry Case Kit for $399 with free shipping and handling… For more B&H action, check their Trending New Releases page…
Wedn (B&H): Davis & Sanford, Bright Tangerine, Etc
Wednesday is here in the B&H daily deals and among them they have of C&P interest (C&P = Camera and Photo):
+ DAVIS & SANFORD Traverse TR-553-228 Compact Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head for $50
+ BRIGHT TANGERINE Misfit Atom 4×5.65″/4×4″ Ultra Lightweight 2-Stage Clip-On Matte Box for $259
+ NOTE: this tangerine is NOT edible and does NOT contain Vitamin C
+ BLIZZARD LB-Par Hex RGBAW+UV LED Light for $150
Tue (EU): USB-C Card Readers, Etc
Cyber Monday Week has started early at Amazon Germany where among the many Gold Box deals of the day they offer a sale on USB-C Hubs and Card Readers along with projectors, Samsung UHDs, and much and more. Sale ends at 11:59pm in the German time zone. EU residents do not pay additional VAT/customs but shipping is not free.
CreativeLIVE launches Black Friday Preview Sale
e-Learnings time now! CreativeLIVE has launched their Black Friday Preview Sale featuring a number of classes/bundles with more to be added in the next few days. Among the sale items as of the time of writing:
+ 28 Days of Portrait Photography with Sue Bryce for $79
+ that’s 85 lessons with homework/lessons/topics for 28 days if you want to take the class on the default pace
+ Fine Art Women’s Portraits for $19
+ Posing 101 with Lindsay Adler for $59
+ Portraits under pressure for $39
+ Photographing challenging features for $39
+ and more!
+ PRO TIP: you can also e-gift the classes!
Monday: Anker Chargers/Accessories
A busy Monday Amazon Gold Box includes the new condition unlocked former-flagship LG V30+ for $400, but they also include another Anker sale, this time it is car themed, with car chargers and accessories ~ a plus if your photography takes you on the go…
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