Camera Deals

$50 off select Canon Pixma printers when purchased together with PC/tablet/laptop

Amazon has a new combined purchase promotion. If you purchase one of these Canon Pixma printers TOGETHER (in the same shopping cart) with a qualifying laptop or desktop computer or tablet, you will automatically receive a $50 combined purchase discount at the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page.

Seven Canon Pixma printers are participating. Many desktops/laptops/tablets are eligible. The most deterministic way to find out is to add the items of interest to your shopping cart, and proceed to the Amazon Checkout page. If they qualify, you will see a $50 off discount at the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page. HP and Kindles are not eligible.

The promotion ends October-31-2012. Only items sold and shipped by Amazon itself are eligible (not 3rd party sellers). Limit one per household.

Buy Olympus VF3 together with OMD/E-Pen/XZ1, get $80 GC via MIR

If you are not afraid of mail-in rebate promotions, Olympus is offering an $80 prepaid Visa gift card if you purchase the Olympus VF3 EVF together (in the same shopping cart) with one of these Olympus digital cameras (E-M5 or E-Pens or XZ-1), you can then submit a mail-in rebate form, and later on (8-10 weeks), receive an $80 Visa prepaid gift card.

The PDF of the rebate can be found at the aforelinked page. You must include both original UPC codes (EVF and camera). The promotion ends on October 13, 2012. Limit one rebate during this promotion.See PDF file for all the details.

Buy Quantum Battery Pack + Flash Cable, Get $75 back via MIR

If you are a fan of Quantum products and you are not afraid of mail-in rebates, Quantum has mail-in rebate promotion good until Sept-30-2012. If you buy, together in the same shopping cart, one of these Quantum Battery Packs with one of these Quantum Flash Cables, you will receive $75 back via mail-in rebate. The PDF file of the mail-in rebate is included at the aforelinked pages, so be sure to check it out. Maximum three sets per customer (all submitted on the same form). US mailing addresses only. Read PDF file rebate form for more details.

Canon D-Rebel T3i w/18-55, 55-250, Pro 9000 II, $400 AMEX GC, extras for $1000

This is an intermediate level deal so be sure to pay attention to the promotional details! B&H Photo has created a Canon D-Rebel T3i super-bundle. This requires a mail-in rebate submission. Here are the steps:

1. read all the terms and conditions of the promotion and PDF file of the mail-in rebate
2. add the Canon D-Rebel T3i super-bundle to your shopping cart and complete the purchase
3. after you receive the items, make sure everything works as expected
4. paying attention to details and deadlines, fill up the mail-in rebate form and make copies of everything before you mail it
5. after a few weeks, if all is well, you will receive a $400 American Express prepaid gift card by mail
6. the end

Please note the $400 back is a prepaid AMEX gift card, not a check you can deposit to your bank account.

The super-bundle includes:
+ Canon D-Rebel T3i body
+ the 18-55 EF-S IS II and 55-250 EF-S IS II lenses
+ the Canon Pixma Pro 9000 Mark II printer
+ 50pk Canon 13"x19" photo paper (free paper promotion is attached to the printer)
+ 16GB Sandisk Ultra Class 10 SDHC
+ Pearstone LP-E8 third-party battery

(DEAD) Canon D-Rebel T4i w/18-55 slides to $850 [updated]

As of a 9/8/12 recheck, the price went up. Previous updates after the jump for reference...

Canon G12 + $400 AMEX gift card + Pixma Pro 9000 II for $700

If you are not afraid of mail-in rebates and you are not afraid of prepaid American Express Gift Cards, B&H Photo has a nice promotion involving the Canon G12 digital camera and the Pixma Pro 9000 Mark II printer. This is an intermediate level deal, so please pay attention to the details of the promotions...

+ add the Canon G12 to the shopping cart (current price $380)
+ add the Canon Pixma Pro 9000 Mark II printer (current price $320)
+ proceed to checkout, complete the purchase
+ wait for the order to arrive
+ inspect and test the new gear to make sure all is well
+ fill up the mail-in rebate form following the instructions
+ make copies of everything before you submit
+ submit the mail-in rebate
+ after a few weeks, you will receive a $400 prepaid American Express gift card
+ the end
+ the mail-in rebate promotion expires September-30-2012

Buy VF-3 with E-M5 or E-Pen or XZ1 and get $80 GC via MIR

Olympus has launched a new mail-in rebate (MIR) promotion. This is a combined purchase promotion. If you buy the Olympus VF-3 viewfinder _TOGETHER_ with a E-M5 (the five standard kits) or E-Pen (various E-P3, E-PL3, E-PL2 and E-PM1 kits) or XZ1 (black or white), you can get an $80 prepaid VISA gift by mail. The VF-3 currently goes for around $160 on its own. You can see the rebate at the VF-3 page at B&H Photo.

You have to purchase both the VF-3 and one of the qualifying cameras together, at the same time, in the same shopping cart. The promotion runs from June 28 until July 21, 2012. See PDF files for more details.

(ENDED) Nikon J1 w/10-30mm & 16GB iPad 3 for $850 together

This limited time promotion is over as of a 7/2/12 recheck. UPDATE (6/29/12 at 3pm ET): The price dropped by $50 since the original post: Adorama has a creative combined purchase promotion. You pay $850 $900 and you get both the Nikon J1 w/10-30mm & 16GB Apple iPad (3rd generation). Simply add the bundle to cart and proceed to checkout. There is no coupon code to enter. Each item goes for $500 individually, but if you buy them together, you save $150 $100. The iPad model is MC531ZM/A and the bundle also includes the iPad Camera Connection kit.

Nikon V1 w/10-30mm & 16GB iPad 3 for $1150 together

Adorama has another creative combined purchase promotion. You pay $1150 and you get both the Nikon V1 w/10-30mm & 16GB Apple iPad (3rd generation). Simply add the bundle to cart and proceed to checkout. There is no coupon code to enter. These go for $750 + $500 individually, but if you buy them together, you save $100. The iPad model is MC531ZM/A and the bundle also includes the iPad Camera Connection kit.

Free accessories with Pentax K-01 (also: add Optio RS1500 for +$20)

Adorama has a couple of specials on the Pentax K-01. First up, if you page-down at the Adorama K-01 search results, you will notice that there are K-01 kits with free accessories (16GB card, extra battery, camera case, memory card case) offered at the same price as the standard kits, eg $750 body only, $900 with XS pancake, $1000 two lens zoom kit. Page down in the search results to see the free accessories bundles!

The second promotion is a value meal. If you buy one of the above K-01 kits (including the ones with the free accessories), you can add to cart the Pentax Optio RS150 P&S camera for just $20 more. Click on the "Buy together and save" blue link in the K-01 pages which will bring up a pop-up window which will show the Optio RS150 offer. Then add to cart and proceed as usual. Remember, you have to buy the K-01 kit and the Optio RS1500 together in the same shopping cart in order to get the RS1500 for $20!

Here is an annotated screenshot crop from the Adorama search results:

Buy Canon DSLR, save 20% on Sigma lenses (ends May 5)

This is a "stars must align" type of a deal. If you happen to want/need one of these Canon DSLR kits at Amazon and at the same time you also want one of these Sigma lenses at Amazon, you can save 20% off the current price of the Sigma lens when you buy it together (in the same shopping cart transaction) as the Canon DSLR kit. There is no coupon code to enter. The 20% off discount on the Sigma lens price will automatically appear at the top right corner of the Amazon checkout page. The promotion ends May 5, 2012 (unless it gets renewed).

This promotion can be optionally combined with the Canon Digital Rebel Instant Rebates and/or the Canon Pixma AMEX MIRs as long as you buy everything in the same shopping cart.

Example
For the sake of easy math for this example, we picked products with round prices: If you add the Canon D-Rebel T3i w/18-135 ($1000 current price) to your shopping cart along with the Sigma 50mm f1.4 ($500 current price), you will see this at the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page:

At the above screenshot crop from the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page, you see a total price of $1500 ($1000 camera plus $500 lens) minus a $99 discount (20% off the $500 price of the Sigma lens). We added the yellow highlighter for emphasis.

Nook specials: $100 off any new Nook w/NYT sub (ended: refurb Touch $65)

If you love to read, especially while you are on the go or traveling while on assignment, there are a couple of new specials for the Barnes & Noble devices:

+ $100 off the current price of any new-in-box Nook at the Barnes & Noble website when purchased together with a 12-month New York Times (NYT) digital subscription ($20 per month). This promotion has now been expanded to include the latest Nook Tablet (8GB or 16GB). With the $100 off promotion, you can get the 6-inch Nook Touch e-ink for free or the 7-inch Nook Color (previous model) for $70, or the new 7-inch Nook Tablet (8GB) for $100 or the 16GB version of that for $150. This offer should be of interest only if you are/were considering to purchase a NYT digital subscription. Since all recent Nooks have a microSD slot, on-board storage is not as big of a deal as with an iPad/iPhone/Kindle. Best bang for the buck if considering NYT subscription imho: free 6-inch e-Ink Nook Touch or 7-inch 8GB Nook Tablet for $100
+ ended (via price increase) as of April-3-2012 check after nearly 1000 units sold... + refurbished Nook Touch 6-inch e-Ink e-reader offered for $65 with free shipping by Barnes & Noble on eBay

20% off select Sigma lenses when bought together with Canon DSLRs

There is a new promotion at Amazon, if you buy one of these Canon DSLR kits together with one of these qualifying Sigma lenses, you get a 20% discount on the current price of the Sigma lens. There is no coupon code to enter, simply add to cart and the 20% off discount will be shown at the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page. This promotion is good until May 5, 2012.

This promotion is stackable with the Canon Instant Rebates.

Combo: 24-inch Dell UltraSharp + Canon Elph 100HS for $370

The "combo meal deal" is back from Dell Home! For $370, you can get the 24-inch Dell UltraSharp 2412M monitor + the Canon Elph 100HS. There is no coupon code to enter. The UltraSharp monitor comes with a three year warranty. This promotion ends at 6am Dell time on March 1st, 2012, but it has been a recurring promotion, so if you are reading it in the future and you just missed it, it will probably return.

If you don't need an UltraSharp monitor, Dell Home is also offering the 27-inch Planar PX2710MW monitor for $212~ with free shipping when you enter coupon code 4R?KHC671Z01B0 before March 1st at 7am Dell time. It has a crazy price of $470~ before you enter the coupon code.

Panasonic GX1 Instant Savings ($100 to $200 off with lens purchase)

Panasonic is jumping on the Instant Savings party with discounts of $100 to $200 if you purchase the Panasonic GX1 body (black or silver) together with a Panasonic M43rds lens. The $200 off discounts are for the 7-14, 14-140, and 45/2.8 lenses. The $150 off discounts include the 8/3.5 fisheye, 25/1.4, 45-175 X, 45-200, 100-300, etc. The $100 off is for the two pancake lenses, the kit lenses, and the 3D lens. See details at B&H Photo.

Wacom Intuos4 together with Lightroom 3 (full) starting at $260 [various sizes]

If you happen to want a Wacom Intuos 4 graphics tablet and Adobe's Lightroom 3 (full version), until Febr-29-2012 (yes, it is a leap year --> Olympics), B&H Photo has a number of combined purchase promotions that start at $260 for the Small Intuos 4 with Lightroom 3 (full version). Kits are also available for the medium (wired or wireless), large and extra large Intuos 4 graphics tablets. Prices range from $260 to $740 depending on which tablet is paired with LR3. There are no coupons and no rebates, simply add to cart and checkout!

$260 combo: Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet & Lightroom 3 (full version)

This promotion is still good: if you happen to need a Wacom Intuos 4 small graphics tablet and also Adobe's Lightroom 3 (full version), you can purchase them together as a bundle at B&H Photo for $260 with free shipping.

$260 combo: Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet & Lightroom 3 (full)

Fries are not included, but for $260 with free shipping you can get both the Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet and Adobe's Lightroom 3 (full version) at B&H Photo.

Free Canon Elph 100HS & Elements/Premiere 9 w/select Computers

Fries are not included, but just about everything else is ;-) Dell Home has a value meal: Buy one of these five Dell computers (four laptops, one all-in-1, prices $700 to $1300) and get for FREE the Canon Elph 100HS digital camera and the Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere 9 software! There is no coupon code to enter, just add to cart and proceed as usual (please note the Elements/Premiere included is the previous version). The promotion ends Jan-15-2012.

Also on the value meal front, for $370 you can get the 24-inch Dell UltraSharp U2412M monitor + Canon Elph 100HS together as a bundle for $370. No coupon, just add to cart and proceed. Promotion ends 12/22/2011 at 6am Dell time.

And now something for the $5 Gadget segment: it is actually $4 with free shipping: select 10" Netbook and Mini Reversible Sleeves with coupon code B0CW2MM?6$LJW? (ends 12/26/2011 at 7am Dell time or earlier if sold-out)

(SOLD OUT) Nikon D7000 body only in-stock for $1200

As of a Dec-15-2011 1:23pm EST check, this has sold-out at $1200 by Amazon itself and it is offered for $1300 by third-party sellers! The silver-lining is that Amazon itself did not raise its price... The Nikon D7000 body only is back in-stock again for $1200 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon. The price of this camera has recently risen to $1300 at other major retailers.

When it returns in-stock by Amazon itself, it will be eligible for the optional promotion of 10% off the current price of one of select Sigma lenses, if purchased together in the same shopping cart as the Sigma lens. A total of nine Sigma lenses are eligible for this promotion, including the 24-70/2.8, 50/1.4 EX, 85/1.4 EX, and such.