Camera Deals

Latest deals and specials summary

After a big wave of new specials and discounts, there is a break in the action, so this is a good time to recap some of the best current deals and specials that might be of interest. We are trying a new summary format, broken down by brand! (Prices and availability are as of the time of writing, and are not updated automagically).

Canon
+ One day left to enter in the Canon-Amazon Yellowstone mega-sweepstakes (winner gets 7D, lenses, free trip to Yellowstone, etc)
+ G11 for $450 at Amazon
+ G10 for $430 plus S&H at Calumet Photo
+ EF-S 55-250mm IS from various sellers at Amazon for around $220

Nikon
+ $200 instant discount: D300s body only ($1575) + Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 ($530) = $2105 - $200 = $1905 (expires November 28) at Amazon
+ D3000 with 18-55mm DX VR at Amazon ($500 by Amazon herself, $489 via 6ave)
+ refurbished Coolpix S220 (plum color) for $85 with free S&H at Adorama

Olympus
+ E620 two-lens kit for $710 at Abe's of Maine

Panasonic
+ Panasonic LZ10K for $108 delivered by J&R World on Amazon
+ FZ35K superzoom for $324 by Amazon herself ($318 by 17th Street and 6ave)
+ Hard to find: 20mm pancake for $400
+ Hard to find: GF1 + 14-42mm for $900

Pentax
+ Black Pentax K-x with lens and bonus Sling bag for $610 at NewEgg - see via Kx stock matrix
+ Refurbished older DSLRs at Best Buy
+ Optio W80 with bonus 4gb SDHC for $230 at Amazon
+ Star Wars Pentax K-X with 18-55mm lens and bonus 4gb card for $640 with free ground at Abes of Maine

Samsung
+ Instant rebates on the TL225, TL220 and HZ15w at Buy.com (intermediate level deal - must pay attention)

Fuji
+ F200-EXR steady at $285 at Amazon

Casio
+ EX-FC100 speed-demon with bonus 4gb SDHC card for $220 with free S&H by Amazon herself
+ EX-FS10 (choice of colors) ships for under $180 at Amazon

Sigma
+ Sigma DP1 for $400 by Amazon herself

Other Discounts
+ Last day for the Staples $50 Gift Card promotion with camera/camcorder purchase over $150
+ $50 off DSLRs over $500 at NewEgg
+ Last day for Best Buy special on T4300-powered laptop for $430
+ Instant discounts on select magazines at Amazon including American Photo and National Geographic
+ $20 Gift Card with purchase of 8gb iPod for $200 at Best Buy (Saturday only!)
+ 1gb RCA Jet Sport mp3 player with arm-band, headphones and FM recording shipped for $12 as today's deal of the day at NewEgg (Saturday only)

Storage
+ 16gb Lexar UDMA Compactflash for $121 (no rebates) by WolfCamera.com
+ five 2gb Sandisk Extreme III Compactflash cards for $50 with free S&H from Adorama (no rebates!)

Latest deals summary: TZ5, Nikon 10-24mm, BN.com (D5000 is all over the place)

The latest deals summary is a recap for new readers or those who haven't checked some of our most recent updates. It's like a lightning round edition of the last few dozen hours! So here we go:

+ Blue Panasonic TZ5 (TZ5A) for $200 plus $8 shipping at OneCall.com. This special ends on Sunday night.

+ Nikon 10-24mm DX lens for $800 plus S&H at J&R World

+ Coupons for 10% (or 15% off for members) at the Barnes and Noble website - they have lots of Photography Books and magazines. Ends on June 15.

+ any deals without an end-date means that they are on-going and they could change in price and availability at any time. As always, please keep in mind that the prices are not updated automatically.

Nikon D5000 status keeps changing
The D5000 status (price and availability) seems to be different every single time we load the Amazon pages, so we gave up for the time being in trying to update the post, since by the time we finish the update, it changes again :) These are the best prices, which you may (or may not) find, depending on when you look:

+ Nikon D5000 body-only for $672
+ kit with 18-55 DX VR for $773, both sold and shipped by Amazon.com itself