(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Nikon D5100, Hasselblad Stella, Rokinon, Sekonic, XRite, Ikan, Elinchrom, ePhoto, Corel, etc

Today’s busy round of camera and photo deals expired. For future offers, check the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: Pocket Wizard, Sekonic, Rokinon, Oly 15mm body cap lens, X-Rite, ePhoto, Canon NB-6LH, etc

Today’s busy round of camera and photo deals expired. For future offers, check the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: Sekonic, Rokinon Lenses, Sigma Ring Flash & 70-300 (K), Manfrotto, Ikan, Domke, Ape, Steadicam, Veho, Filters, ePhoto, Canon batteries and EVF-DC1, etc

Today’s busy round of camera and photo deals expired. For future offers, check the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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Coupon: $5 off order of $99+ at BuyDig

Attention BuyDig shoppers, coupon code DIG5 gets you $5 off a purchase of $99 more at BuyDig, where you can also checkout their Holiday Shopping Blowout Sale, with free shipping site-wide. The coupon expires 12/14/14.

(ENDED) Tuesday Lightning Deals: Canon 28-135 f3.5-5.6 IS, Rokinon (C), Tamron 70-300 (A), Datacolor, etc

Tuesday’s busy round of camera and photo deals expired. But only the future knows what the future will bring at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Monday Lightning Deals: Fuji X-S1, X-Rite (many), Tamron, Sigma, Samyang, Rokinon, Kodak Astro, Canon Elph, Corel, Dataspyder, PNY, Apurture, Contour and many more

Sunday and Monday were loaded with camera and photo deals. But only the future knows what the future will bring at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Sunday Lightning Deals: Canon, Rokinon, Bower, Induro, Vanguard, Tiffen, Lowepro, Spyder, X-Rite, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Sony NEX-5TL, Sigma 30/2.8 (E), Contour, Ape, Acme, iOptron, ePhoto, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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Black Friday Survivor Deals: LR5 + printer for $80 (and Ricoh GR, Nikon A, Pentax K50, Elph, Fire Phone, etc)

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal madness (thankfully) ended, but just like in a reality TV show, some deals managed to survive. Here are some potentially interesting survivors:

+ Lightroom 5 plus Canon MG-5520 printer together for $80 with free S&H at BuyDig.com (price drops to $80 after you add to cart; no login/account needed to check price; just add to cart)

+ various Pentax K-50 offers (37 total) at Adorama with freebies, rewards, etc. Prices start at $367 for the body onlies (or $400 with $50 Gift Card, or $400 with free flash and extras). Here is our earlier attempt to summarize. Variables are: camera color, lenses included, freebies included. That’s how you get to 37 different offers on a single camera. K-party 🙂

+ Ricoh GR plus GV-1 external EVF and 32GB SDHC for $600 at B&H Photo (ships 7-14 biz days but still orderable)

+ Nikon A black for $463 in either color by Norman Camera at Amazon

+ Nikon D7000 body only for $525 at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit 3)

+ Canon Elph 150 IS (blue only) bundled with $20 plastic Amazon.com Gift Card for $100 total at Amazon (no limits)

+ expired: Unlocked Amazon Fire Phone (32GB GSM) with No-Contract plus One Year of Prime for $200 total at Amazon (ends 12/3/14; limit 5) (for existing Prime members, the membership renews for a year, so if your expiration was April 20, 2015, it will become April 20, 2016).

+ and many and more – you can find them all at the Holiday Deals Situation Room

(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: ePhoto, Opteka, Sandisk, Ape, NIX

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: Manfrotto, Lowepro, Ikan, ePhoto, Zeiss Binos, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Tuesday Lightning Deals: Fuji XF1, X-Rite, Manfrotto, Cowboy, Ape, MeFoto, etc

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(ENDED) New Cyber Monday Woot-OFF started Mon 1am ET

This Cyber Monday edition of the Woot-OFF expired… Cyber Monday is here and Woot has launched a near-sitewide Woot-Off including the main Woot and the Woot Sellout, the most likely places to feature camera and photo related items. The Electronics and Computers are not participating but most of the other sub.Woots are. This will last at least 24 hours. Woot-Off durations are typically in multiples of 24 hours… As usual, I have no way of knowing what will be offered or when or how much, so this is a YMMV adventure.

(ENDED) Cyber Monday Lightning Deals: Vanguard, Manfrotto, P&S Cameras (Nikon, Kodak), Corel, 256GB SDHC, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights after the jump…

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(ENDED) Sun Lightning Deals: Elinchrom, Roki 12/2.2 m43, mefoto, ePhoto, refurb Coolpix S6500, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights for Saturday after the jump…

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(ENDED) Pay $45, Get $50 eBay Gift Card (limit 3)

This limited time offer ended… A meta-deal at the eBay Deals, you pay $45 and get a $50 eBay electronic gift card (sent via email), with a limit of three per customer. This is essentially a 10% discount. Of interest if you frequently purchase gear on eBay. Limited time offer as usual.

(ENDED) Sat Lightning Deals: Sigma EF-610, Rokinon 12mm f2, Nikon L620, Ape, ePhoto, Aputure, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights for Saturday after the jump…

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Adorama Black Friday pages go live [up and running again]

UPDATE (Fri 12:30am ET): as of this check, the Adorama website is up and running again… (Thur 11:48pm ET): the Adorama website is temporarily down…

The Adorama Black Friday Offer pages have gone live. There are many items listed in the various categories and sub-categories. For now it is a DIY adventure. I’ll try to go through some of them later today, but there’s only so much I can do during BF madness (and remain sane). Unfortunately I am not a hyper-threaded octa-core processor. I’m more of an overclocked single-threaded 500 MHz Celeron 😉

REMINDER: if you are just now catching up, you can get a summary of the latest deals at the Black Friday Situation Room at the main blog, or check the first 3-4 pages of this blog (there are ready to click links under the HOME button in the black menu bar at the top of this blog here).

B&M: Mike’s Camera Circular Ad coupon: $20 off $40+

The back of the Mike’s Camera weekly circular ad found in today’s mega-thick newspapers loaded with Black Friday ads has a coupon for $20 off on any single item with an in-store purchase of $40 or more. Coupon expires 11/29/14. Limit one per customer, cannot be combined with other offers. Not good towards gift cards.

(ENDED) Fri Lightning Deals: Rokinon, Manfrotto, XRite, ePhoto, Corel, Ricoh, etc

At this point in time, the lightning deals are pretty much happening on a round the clock basis at the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals… Expired highlights for Friday after the jump…

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(ENDED) Woot-OFF starts on Black Friday: Main and Sellout

This Woot-OFF lasted for Black Friday (actual day) only… More madness! Woot has started a new round of Woot-OFFs on Friday at 1am ET, including the Main Woot and Woot Sellout, the more likely places to find camera/photo-related items. As usual, I don’t know what the offers are going to be, so it is a YMMV adventure.

Best Buy launches select advertised Black Friday deals early using Promo Codes

If you are a member of the My Best Buy rewards program, they sent out an email saying that 20 of their advertised Black Friday deals are now available early by using the promo codes shown in the Black Friday Early Access page. Of camera and photo interest, the early access offers available are:

+ GoPro Hero3+ Silver plus 16GB card and LCD Touch Bacpac for $250
+ two Nikon D7000 bundles
+ cameraphone with microSD: no-contract Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) for Sprint Prepaid for $80
+ you must enter the coupon codes shown on the Black Friday Early Access page for the prices to drop

I don’t know if the coupon codes only work for MyBestBuy rewards members or everyone.

As a refresher these are the camera and photo offers mentioned in the Best Buy Circular Ad (main blog mega-post).

Ends Thur 3am ET: earn 5% eBay Bucks for items $150+

If you are a member of the eBay Bucks rewards program, check your eBay Messages or emails. There’s a new promotion that gets you 10% back in eBay Bucks for every individual item that is priced at $150 or higher on its own. The 10% promotion ends at 3am ET on Wednesday, at which point, the promotion switches to 5% in eBay Bucks and that ends at 3am ET on Thursday… A good place to start at the eBay Daily Deals or our eBay Deals posts.

(ENDED) YMMV Local Camera Stores part of the AMEX Small Business Saturday

This limited time offer ended… This is a YMMV situation depending on your location. On Saturday November 29, the day after Black Friday, American Express is having once again its Shop Small (shop at local B&M Small Businesses) promotion. This year the promotion gives you up to three $10 statement credits when you make purchases of $10+ at eligible participating local small businesses. More details at ShopSmall.com (click “Find” to see if there any eligible local stores near you). You have to pre-register for this promotion, either from the promotional page or if you logon to your AMEX account, go to the Offers For You tab and find the Small Business Saturday promotion. (You need to have an American Express card to register and get the statement credits).

NewEgg Promo Code 72 hour sale: Adobe Creative Cloud for $380 for 1yr, 5% sitewide

NewEgg has launched a 72 hour pre-Black-Friday sale where they guarantee prices won’t be lower on Black Friday (or they will price-match them). However, it is not clear whether they are price-matching their own website or the whole internet. Some of the deals require promo codes, and for those to work, you must be signed up to the NewEgg e-mail e-newsletters or be willing to sign-up for them. Of camera and photo interest:

+ Adobe Creative Cloud – Digital Membership [Prepaid 12 Month] for $380 with promo code
+ various hard disks
+ Expires Monday 11pm ET: 5% total order with promo code NAFBF14A at checkout
+ only one promo code will be applied per item per order (in other words, items with dedicated promo codes won’t be eligible to stack general purpose promo codes)
+ promo codes expire at 3am ET on 11/27/14 unless otherwise indicated over there

This sale ended: If you want to “test” their price-matching guarantee scheme, they offer Corel Paintshop Pro X7 for $40 with Promo code but it currently goes for $33 at Amazon.

Amazon teaser says DSLR two-lens kits under $500

In typical fashion, Amazon teased via press release some of their online doorbusters that will be offered by Black Friday. Of camera interest, the teaser says “Top selling DSLR with two-lenses for under $500”. They don’t say which, but we can theorize…

… if they follow the pattern of the brick and mortar circular ads, those repeatedly feature two sub-$500 two-lens DSLRs kits, the Nikon D3200 for $500 and the Canon D-Rebel T5 for $450. (in the ads, the D3200 two lens kit goes for $499.9x, which technically is under $500 – I round up prices for simplicity). So mayhaps these are the ones.

The press release also promises three “coveted” deals on “Thanksgiving at midnight” (nebulous when people say that – 11:59pm or 12:01am is much clearer!) and three more “coveted deals” on Black Friday. They will show up in their Black Friday page among many other places.

Black Friday Ad analysis updated with Target, Sears, Walmart

We updated the Black Friday Ad analysis mega-post at the main blog with a breakdown of the ads from Target, Sears and Walmart. The biggest discount perhaps is the Nikon Coolpix L330 compact-zoom (26x) offered for $100 at Target. They typically have one exclusive model number from Nikon they use as a doorbuster every year.

New B&H Photo specials: Westcott, Lowepro, Walimex, Seagate, Nikon S3600

B&H Photo has a new round of Featured Specials including the following (with free shipping):

AMEX Offers: Spend $500+, Get $100 Statement Credit at Showcase Photo

If you are an American Express card member, check the Offers section of their website for your account (while logged on – the “Amex Offers For You” tab). If you spend $500 or more at Showcase Photo and Video, you will receive $100 as a statement credit to your credit card. You must manually opt-in for the offer through your account. The offer ends 1/19/2015. More details under the offer over there.

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(ENDED) Camera & Photo Lightning Deals (Fri): ePhoto, Ape, Sony, Fotodiox, etc

These limited time offers expired… Check back on Fridays and Mondays (or any days that end in “y” for that matter) for potential new offers from the Amazon Gold Box Lightning Deals… Expired items after the jump…

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