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Pentax fans, it is your turn to make your wallet cry constant-aperture tears. Pentax has now revealed the new Pentax-D HD FA 24-70mm f2.8ED SDM WR lens and it is available for pre-order for $1300 at B&H Photo where you can find detailed specs of said lens. Release estimate is late October 2015.
The lens has been added to the New Lenses of 2015 tracking page (if you page up on that page, you will also see the new cameras of 2015).
There are eighteen Sony lenses (E-mount, A-mount) participating in the latest Instant Savings, and they also get 4% promotional rewards at B&H Photo where you can find them all nicely organized.
With the Pentax K-3 II being the latest model at $850, there is room for discounting on the previous model, the K-3 (first generation, first of its name).
You can get the Pentax K-3 body only, along with the 50mm f1.8 lens, and the Pentax AF-200FG Shoe Mount Flash along with $26 rewards (4%) for $650 at Adorama. Just add to cart and proceed to checkout, no coupons/rebates. The offer is good while you see it mentioned on the product page (annotated screenshot crop of that right below:)
The Sunpak PZ58X Flash is currently on sale for $95 with free expedited shipping at Adorama, available in either for Canon DSLRs or for Nikon DSLRs.
If you are between the Nikon D3200 and D3300 dSLRs, there are two refurbished bundles at similar prices bubbling around at the moment. We previously posted the D3300 with 18-55 & 55-200 (both VR) for $380.
Now Adorama has a similar bundle but for the refurbished D3200 but with a handful of practical accessories. For $385 with free shipping and 90 day warranty for the refurbished Nikon gear, you get the D3200 with 18-55 DX VR, 55-200 DX non-VR, Nikon WU-1a wireless thang, Lowepro Nova Sport 17L AW Shoulder Bag, and the Corel Digital Creativity software kit (includes Aftershot Pro 2 and Paintshop Pro X7 among others).
We blog, you decide 🙂
Among the latest refurbished Canon Lenses at the official Canon USA store with a one year warranty you can go old school Prime-al with the manufacturer refurbished Canon 50mm f1.8 II EF for $80 with a one year warranty. Check the other lenses with red ink as well to see if there’s anything of interest.
Meanwhile the $20 off combined purchase promotion continues for the refurbished 55-250 II IS ($90) and 75-300 non-USM ($70) if purchased together (one lens, one DSLR) in the same shopping cart with one of the refurbished D-Rebels (only the D-Rebels are eligible for $20 off combined purchase discount).
Of speed-demon interest, among the latest refurbished Canon DSLR specials at the official Canon USA store, with a one year Canon USA warranty, you can get the manufacturer refurbished Canon 1D X DSLR for $4239~.
Optionally they have a finance offer that gets you 0% interest for 12 months if you make 12 equal payments. The offer is subject to credit approval. See details over there.
Strategically, this squeezes right in the middle of imported ($3900) and new condition at authorized dealers ($4600 with free accessories). For those options, check our earlier post.
It is back! The refurbished Canon 40mm f2.8 STM EF pancake lens is on sale again for $100 with a one year warranty at the official Canon USA store, as part of their latest specials. This offer ends September 26, 2015 11:59pm ETor earlier if sold out…
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Among the trending eBay Deals, Beach Camera’s eBay store is offering two manufacturer refurbished Nikon D3330 bundles. The D3300 with 18-55 remains at $330 as when we previously posted about it, but the D3300 with 18-55 and 55-200mm dropped from $400 to $380. To see this, select it under “Lens bundle” below the “Time Left”, which is below the Item Condition, in the middle of the page, up top.
Based on the product pictures (especially #4 in the main gallery), both lenses are DX VR. They come with the usual 90 day Nikon USA warranty for refurbished products.
We now check upon the latest eBay Deals where the BuyDig eBay store is offering a Canon D-Rebel T5i with Printer and AMEX MIR bundle for $400 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express Gift Card). You pay $750 at the eBay Checkout. The bundle includes:
The eBay listing says “Please use receipt provided in box for Mail in Rebate”. eBay allows you to buy up to five bundles, however, for rebate purposes, check the limits and terms/conditions of the rebate if you want to buy more than one bundle.
Adorama has created two of their own Pro Wedding Bundles centered around the Canon 5D Mark III with the 24-70/2.8L and the 7D Mark II with 16-28mm f2.8L II.
The Canon 5D Mark III bundle includes the 5DMk3 body, the Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L lens, the Canon 600EX-RT Flash, Canon Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT, extra Canon battery and extra Adorama charger, two 32GB Delkin SDHC cards, 82mm filter kit, camera bag, flash bracket and diffuser, Ansmann AA charger and rechargeable batteries (not the ones shown in the picture), and one year New Leaf Plus Spills and Drops Extra Protection warranty,and eligible for One Year of Adobe Creative Cloud and Kelby Online Training (offer ends 10/3/15), and 2% promotional rewards (= $104~). The price bundle is $5210. No coupons/rebates needed.
The Canon 7D Mark II bundle includes the 7DMk2 body, the Canon 16-35mm f2.8L II lens, and almost the same accessories as above except: no NewLeaf, and one 82mm UV filter instead of a filter kit. The 2% promotional rewards in this case are $78~. The price of the bundle is $3910. No coupons/rebates needed.
The free physical items are included automatically by Adorama with your order while these promotions are running. When you add to cart, you will see all the free accessories in the shopping cart. For the Adobe/Kelby promotion, you have to visit the page for the promotion and follow the instructions.
The previously mentioned deal has now gone live. You can get all three Rokinon Xeen T1.5 Cine lenses (24mm, 50mm, 85mm) for $5985 if you buy them together as a bundle in the same mount at Adorama. This is thanks to a $1500 off combined purchase discount, vs a $300 off discount if you buy each lens on its own. It is available in the Canon and Nikon DSLR mounts, the Sony E-mount, Micro Four Thirds, and PL mount.
The new Rokinon theme song, o/~ Here I am, Rock-inon you like a hurricane o/~. With that nonsense out of the way, if you are interested in the new Rokinon Xeen Cine T1.5 lenses (24mm, 50mm and 85mm) available in the Canon and Nikon SLR mounts, Sony E-mounts, Micro Four Thirds, and PL mount, they have their first wave of discounting. If you buy one lens, you get $300 off instant savings… UPDATE: the Nikon F mount, version is now discounted as well!
You can find these at Adorama as follows:
+ Rokinon Xeen lenses (individual lenses, 15 options)
+ all individual lenses for $2200 each – including the Nikons [updated]
+ the sale below has now gone live (update 3:45pm ET)
+ But if you buy all three lenses (of the same mount), you get $1500 off instant savings (the Nikon F mount bundle gets the discount).
+ Xeen Three Lens Bundles for $7485 total (in the five aforementioned mounts, including Nikon)
Back to the eBay Deals we fly. The last time we mentioned the imported grey-market Canon 1D X it was going for $4000. Right now it has dropped to $3900 offered by Get It On Digital (99.7%). Free shipping, one year warranty from Get It Digital (not Canon), limit five per customer.
But the price has also dropped at authorized dealers since then, it goes for $4600. At B&H Photo you get three free accessories (32GB Extreme Pro CF, bag, remote) and 2% promotional rewards (= $92~). You also get 2% rewards at Adorama with two free extra Canon batteries and a 128GB Lexar Professional 1066x CompactFlash card. At Amazon, no rewards and no accessories but you get 1 Year of Unlimited Everything Cloud storage.
BorrowLenses is having a coupon sale on some of their used camera gear. Use coupon code BUYUSED15 to get 15% off the purchase of used gear shown at the aforelinked page. There are 164 options there, mostly DSLR/iLC gear. Coupon expires 9/21/15.
For the speed readers, even though BorrowLenses is a rental website, this particular offer is purchases of used camera gear they have.
This daily deal expired… For more action, check the B&H Featured Deals…
This daily deal expired…
If you love mixing and matching camera gear of different mounts, the Kipon Baveyes Lens Adapter from Canon EOS Lenses To Sony E-Mount with Auto Focus – (0.7x Optic Adapter Focal Reducer) is now in-stock and ready to ship for $408 with free expedited shipping at Adorama’s website.
Among the latest Canon USA store specials, you can find the refurbished Canon 7D body only for $600 with a one year Canon USA warranty. (to insulate against typos, this is the Canon 7D, not the 70D)
The Canon EF-M Lens Adapter Kit for Canon EF and EF-S Lenses, model 6098B002, is new condition as a White Box product, is offered for $32 by a couple of 3rd-party sellers with the order fulfilled by Amazon so it is eligible for free 2-day Prime shipping. Non-Prime members need an order of $35+ to get free shipping (three of these tiny AB camera cases will do it, currently $1.47 each).
White box is often used to describe situations when a lens or something else is removed from a kit or a bundle and sold separately. When a kit is significantly discounted, some retailers “break it” (aka the term “broken kit”), and sell, for example, the camera and lens separately for a slightly higher price.
PS: “broken kit” is a rather unfortunate term, how many consumers will get excited when they hear something they are about to buy described as “broken”? 🙂
Adorama is bundling a free Audio Technica mic with the purchase of one of these 17 cameras. Fourteen of them are Canon DSLRs and Sony full frame mirrorless cameras, along with two Fuji X100T kits and the Panasonic GH4 body only. Some of the cameras come with additional free accessories, while others are eligible for promotional rewards.
No coupon and no rebate needed. While this promotion is running (you will see it mentioned on the individual camera product pages), Adorama will include the free Audio Technica mic (and other eligible freebies) automatically.
Zeiss time. Six new SLR Prime lenses under the Milvus line have been revealed today. They are available in the Canon and Nikon SLR mounts and they are wallet onions (proposed new term: purchases that make your wallet cry uncontrollably) ranging in price from $1117 to $1843, and they are available for pre-ordering as follows:
+ 21mm f2.8 Canon for $1843 at Adorama
+ 21mm f2.8 Nikon at Adorama
+ 35mm f2 Canon for $1117 at Adorama
+ 35mm f2 Nikon at Adorama
+ 50mm f1.4 Canon for $1200 at Adorama
+ 50mm f1.4 Nikon at Adorama
+ 50mm f2 Macro Canon for $1283 at Adorama
+ 50mm f2 Macro Nikon at Adorama
+ 85mm f1.4 Canon for $1800 at Adorama
+ 85mm f1.4 Nikon at Adorama
+ 100mm f2 Canon for $1843 at Adorama
+ 100mm f2 Nikon at Adorama
All these are also available for pre-order at B&H Photo which has created a very handy Specs Comparison Table of all six lenses at the bottom of their post over there. Specs include weight and dimensions, which show some differences between the Canon and Nikon versions of each lens.
These have been added to the growing list of New Lenses in 2015 tracking page.
eBay Deals has launched a new featured Nikon DSLR Gear sales promotion with a total of 224 items featured, with free shipping included. Due to time constraints I cannot go through all 224 items, so this is a DIY YMMV adventure if you are interested… Be sure to check product condition, authorized dealer status, seller reputation, etc. It is eBay, anything and everything goes 🙂
Sony has another round of instant savings promotions, combined with free accessories included by Adorama, and up to 4% promotional rewards, plus free NewLeaf spills/drops warranties for some models. You can find all the eligible cameras nicely organized at the Adorama website.
Check each individual camera’s product page to see what are the available offers. There are two places to check. Let’s use the Sony a6000 body only as our example. It currently goes for $450 and right above the price, you can see that it also comes bundled with a free 64GB Lexar Professional SDXC memory card.
But the offers don’t end there. Look for the hard to find “Ways to Save” section and open that, which will reveal the “Save up to $300.00 with bundle” option. Click on that, and it will take you to the a6000 bundles page. Check the left side there for the various promotions. In this case, you can optionally add the 55-210 for +$150, or add a 1yr New Leaf Spills/Drops warranty for FREE or get various hardware or software at a combined purchase discount.
Annotated screenshots of what to look for below, using the a6000 body only kit as our guinea pig (after the jump):
Back to the eBay Dailies where the BuyDig eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D3200 with 18-55 bundle with Wu-1a wireless adapter and Nikon camera bag for $270 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer.
Adorama has another Canon DSLR and printer and extras super bundle with mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express Gift Card). This time the center of the attention is the Canon SL1 w/18-55 IS STM kit, available in either the standard black SL1 color scheme or the not-Stormtrooper white SL1 color scheme for $450 after a $350 mail-in rebate. For that, you receive:
The action continues at the eBay Deals, where BuyDig’s eBay store (authorized dealers) are offering the new condition Canon D-Rebel T5i printer bundle with rebate. You pay $750 at checkout, receive the items, submit the mail-in rebate, and a few weeks later, if all is well, you receive a $350 prepaid American Express gift card by mail. For all that, you get:
This limited-time offer expired…
We continue with the official Canon store refurbished sales, if you want a compact Canon DSLR at a more reasonable price, the refurbished Canon SL1 with 18-55mm is offered for $350 with a one year warranty in either the white SL1 w/18-55 kit or the black SL1 w/18-55 kit. Offer ends 9/7/15.
Optionally, you can save an additional $20 from the order total if you purchase the above (or any other refurbished Canon DSLR) together with a participating lens (55-250 II IS or 75-300 non-USM). The eligible ones mention the promotion (see annotated screenshot crop below).
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