As we get closer to the madness, don’t forget to keep this website’s RSS feed handy. The RSS feed is hosted by Feedburner, so even if the website goes down, the RSS feed will continue. And you can read it with a web browser [as a website backup], you don’t need to use an RSS reader service or app ~ for casual/temporary reading…
Corel Black Friday software offers
Adobe is not the only one making imaging software! Many others continue, surprising, I know 🙂 If you are a fan of Corel, they have launched their Black Friday promotions already featuring their usual assortment of photo and video and arts-n-crafts software packages and bundles…
Lighting Sale (video priority) with promo codes
B&H Photo is running a Lighting sale of the video-priority kind [by that I mean lighting for video capture] with some of the offers require promo code VIDLIGHT to get the best price. Promotions expire 11/26/18 or earlier if sold out… Brands participating include Litepanels, Genaray, Dracast and Impact…
Round-up of various Manufacturer Instant Savings promotions (C/N/F/P/S/Si/Z/etc)
Sundays are usually [other things equal] the days when new manufacturer-initiated instant-savings promotions are rolling out. In this post, I’m rounding up the latest iteration of these sales using the nicely organized pages at Adorama:
+ Nikon Instant Savings featuring APS-C and full frame DSLRs, Lenses, bundles, and such
+ Sony Instant Savings including a free Joby Gorilla with select Alpha cameras, along with various full frame and APS-C Alpha mirrorless bundles, lens bundles, a handful of Cybershot bundles, two Sony digital paper systems, and assorted photo accessories (flashes, grips, etc)
+ Fuji Instant Savings starting with a couple of GFX (medium format) bundles and then followed by a variety of X-system APS-C camera bundles, lots of XF lenses, and the X100F selling for $1199 instead of its starting price of $1299
+ Panasonic Instant Savings featuring various M43rds mirrorless cameras and lenses, along with a few of their numerous superzoom options
+ Sigma Instant Savings: lots of lenses, a number of which are of the newer ART kind. Shiguma as the good old computer translations like to say 🙂
+ Zeiss Lens Instant Savings with a mix of mirrorless and DSLR lenses
+ GoPRO HERO 7 bundles featuring the Black and Silver models; remember, with GoPRO a different color is a different model; not just a different color!
+ Lexar Instant Savings featuring the various iterations of SD along with some Compactflash and some CFast
+ MSI Gaming Laptops ranging from $999 to $1699
+ LG Instant Savings featuring various computer monitors and one of their Gram lightweight laptops [
+ PS: they weigh more than one gram 🙂
+ Canon Instant Savings featuring a large variety of Full Frame and APS-C DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, assorted lenses of said systems, Powershots (G-series, superzooms, Ixus/Elves), a couple of printers and such…
Adorama Black Friday Preview Sale (2800+ items)
Adorama is currently running their Black Friday Preview sale featuring over 2800 products which you can filter further down using the left hand side of their website (eg by brand or product type or price-range and so on).
A new feature for the 2018 BF/CM season, Adorama has a Same Price Guarantee sale through Cyber Monday. For products featured on this sale, with the red “Same Price Guarantee” appearing in their individual pages or the search results, you’ll pay the same price whether you buy now or on BF/CM. Annotated screenshot below:
20 Classes for $20 each at CreativeLIVE
A new promotion is up and running at Creative LIVE. For a limited time, 20 classes are available for $20 each. Topics include lens guides for the Canon and Nikon dSLR systems (separate classes of course), long exposure photography, color, craft photography, pregnancy, wedding, retouching, home studios and more…
Tue: Bushnell, Neewer, Dropbox, Thule, Etc
For Tuesday 11/20/18, at the Amazon USA Gold Box, they have a few related products as “deals of the day” as follows:
+ Thule Crossover 32L Backpack for $70
+ 1-Year of Dropbox PLUS with $50 Amazon plastic gift card for $100 total; assuming you have no problem spending or gifting the gift card in lieu of cash, it’s like paying $50 for the 1-year Dropbox PLUS subscription
+ Neewer 18″ Ring Light kit for $70
+ Bushnell sale featuring:
++ Trophy Cam HD Essential E2 for $55~
++ Binoculars $35~ to $106~ [three options]
+ also refurbished Callaway Golf Clubs
YMMV: 10% eBay Bonus Bucks on $50+
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 10% back in eBay Bucks with a $50+ 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 11/20/18 at 11:59pm pacific time…
For ideas on what to buy, check the latest eBay Deals and the latest Trending Deals…
NewEgg launches “Black Friday Starts Now” sale
NewEgg has launched their Black Friday Starts NOW sale, featuring their usual assortment of technology, computers, accessories and the like…
Tue (B&H): Sekonic, SmallHD, Vanguard, G-Tech, Etc
Tuesday is here, as it is often the case after Monday, and with it we have a new round of B&H daily deals as follows:
+ ends 10am ET as flash deal: Sekonic LiteMaster Pro L-478DR-U-EL Series Light Meter for Elinchrom EL Skyport System for $269
+ Vanguard 10×42 Endeavor ED bino for $150
+ 4TB G-TECH G-DRIVE microUSB 3.0 for $85
+ SmallHD 702 OLED 7″ on-camera monitor kit for $900
+ Zoom H1n handy digital camcorder for $80
+ DELL 15.6″ Alienware 15 R4 Notebook for $1200
+ 2.2 GHz i7-8750H Six-Core, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB PCIe M.2 SSD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 IPS (60 Hz), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5), W10 Home, etc
Tue (EU): Sony a7 II, a6500, 24-240; Canon 10-18, Ixus 185; Fuji Square; Nikon D5300, A900, W300; Panasonic FZ82, G70, GX80
More action at Amazon Germany for Tuesday Nov-20-2018 which includes a Camera and Photo sale including:
+ Canon EF-S 10-18/4.5-5.6 IS STM for 199 euro
+ Canon Ixus 185 for 70 to 74 depending on color
+ Sony a7 II with 28-70 for 1205
+ Sony a6500 body only for 1069
+ Sony 24-240/3.5-6.3 OSS for 759
+ Sony FDR-AX100 4K UltraHD camcorder for 955
+ PS: separately, Amazon-Sony are running a Big Cashback Promotion of the full frame kind
+ Fuji Instax Share Gold for 97
+ Fuji Instax Square SQ 10 hybrid instant camera for 139
+ Kodak Mini Mobile printer for 75
+ Nikon D5300 with 18-55 for 595
+ Nikon Coolpix A900 for 297
+ Nikon Coolpix W300 element-proof camera for 340
+ Panasonic GX80 with 12-32 and Rollei City tripod for 600
+ Panasonic G70 with 14-42 and Rollei C5i tripod for 567
+ Panasonic FZ82 superzoom with Rollei tripod for 310
+ 1 Year of Dropbox PLUS for 59 euro
+ see them all at the Camera and Photo sale
Monday (EU): Sandisk Storage sale, Nokia, 50+ Photo Accessories, Canon 430EX III-RT and 2x II Extender, Manfrotto, Sirui, Lowepro, Etc
The Amazon Germany Gold Box is loaded for Monday with lots and lots of offerings including:
+ Sandisk storage sale including the 128GB Extreme PRO SDXC for 38 euro, 128GB Ultra microSDXC for 18.50 euro, 200GB microSDXC for 31, various USB flash drives, external hard drives from WD, Sandisk SSDs, and more; a total of 19 options
+ over 50 Camera and Photo Accessories including many Manfrotto tripods and monopods, Joby, Sirui, Lowepro backpacks, and for good measure, they throw in the Canon Extender 2x II for 373 and the Canon 430EX III-RT Speedlight for 225 euro, and a few binoculars
+ brand new waterproof Kindle Paperwhite for 80 euro
+ smartphones from NOKIA (129 to 269 euro) and HUawei, Samsung Galaxy tablets, Lenovo convertible laptops, gaming keyboards/mice/etc
+ LG TVs and Acer computor monitors ranging from 88 to 599 euro with screen sizes ranging from 24 to 48 inches
+ music including the Beatles Remastered Stereo Boxed Set (16 CD and DVD) for 106 euro
+ APEman action cams from 28 to 64 euro
+ powerbanks, bags and other tech accessories, small budget drones
+ lots of tech and general purpose and entertainment sales, over 90 (!!!) different sales; see them all at the Amazon Germany Gold Box
Mon (B&H): DJI Mavic PRO for $699, Etc
Monday is upon us as the countdown to Black Friday gets real. This year, after all, we have the 2nd earliest possible Black Friday (the 22nd is the earliest possible). This is the Monday round of B&H Photo daily deals running until Monday at 11:59pm ET:
+ DJI MAVIC PRO Standard bundle for $699
+ various Vello Freewave Plus wireless shutter releases (five options) for $30 each
+ Samson podcasting kit for $40; the time is right to start that camera/photography podcast you’ve always wanted to!
+ also Infocus projector for $429, Teradek Cube Encoder for $1990, Beats for $45
Panasonic GH5 Body with Extras for $1500
The Panasonic GH5 body only is bundled with various freebies for $1500 at select Panasonic USA dealers. At B&H Photo there are two options with freebies, one of which includes the V-Log activation code… At Adorama there are multiple options with freebies… At Amazon only 3rd-party sellers are bundling freebies for the same price of $1500…
For more action, check our previously mentioned Panasonic instant savings promotion, nicely organized at B&H Photo…
DJI Store’s BF specials included limited time coupons
The official DJI store has launched its own Black Friday sale and among things, between November 18-22, they will have daily limited time coupons. Page further down on their page over there for more details on the coupon promotions and their various sales…
NewEGG pre-Black-Friday sales
If you are a fan of the way of the NewEgg, they are currently running another limited time Pre-Black-Friday sale on their website featuring their usual assortment of computer-y and tech-y products…
But that’s not all, they are also running a couple of email e-newsletter promo code style promotions:
+ the Weekend Special, and
+ another pre-Black-Friday sale with a ticking clock on the page even
Oben Hybrid Monopod for $70, Ruggard Backpack for $100
Among their various Holiday Head Start sales B&H Photo is also offering a couple of house brand products on sale as follows:
+ Oben ACM-2400L 4-Section Aluminum Self-Standing Monopod with Mini-Legs for $70
+ Ruggard Alpine 600 Lens Backpack for DSLR and 600/800mm Lens (Black) for $100
Black Friday refurbished and preview at Canon USA
The official Canon USA store is having a Black Friday preview sale with a mix of new condition and refurbished products on offer, including a refurbished $100 pancake prime (24mm f2.8 STM EF-S) with the same 1-year warranty
Canon Pixma TS9120 AiO Printer for $70
As part of the latest Canon Instant Savings promotion, their new condition Pixma TS9120 wireless all-in-one inkjet printer is now down to $70 with free shipping at authorized Canon dealers such as Amazon itself and Adorama and also B&H Photo…
Heads Up (Nov 22): Pictar Camera Grip for $80
This is a heads-up! According to the Barnes and Noble Black Friday preview, starting on November 22nd online and the next day in their B&M stores, you can get the Pictar camera grip (two sizes available) for $80 each…
For the latest on-going promotions, check the B&N coupons and deals page…
60% off the Top 40 Classes at CreativeLIVE
As we get closer to Black Friday, new offers arrive at CreativeLIVE. The latest limited time offer is 60% off their Top 40 Online Classes. The price you see is the price you pay… The sale includes a variety of topics including Adobe-related, Family Photography, Portraits/Posing, and more…
On the other hand, if during the next 12 months you plan to have available time to watch a lot of photography classes, they are offering a Creator Pass for a one-time payment of $300 that lets you watch almost all the classes available over there [some exclusions apply per prior agreements between CL and the instructors]…
With Thanksgiving literally just around the corner, the number of food photography related classes is reaching an all time high for this new week at CreativeLIVE ON-AIR where you can watch classes for FREE during their live-streaming windows…
New Zeiss Lenses Instant Savings (61 options)
Zeiss too has joined the Sunday “new instant savings party” with a total of 61 items offered in the latest Zeiss Lenses Instant Savings. Most of them also earn promotional rewards. The sale includes both lenses for DSLRs and for mirrorless camera systems. All but one are in-stock and ready to ship. The other one is a “special offer”…
PS: by now you may be curious to find out which one of the 61 lenses is the “special offer”. If you don’t want to find out yourself, here’s the SPOILER: it’s the Biogon T* 35mm f2 ZM in the silver color scheme.
PS2: Biogon sounds like the name of a fictional company working in biology/genetics from a videogame or superhero comic?
Sun (EU): half a dozen photo accessories on sale
The Saturday Amazon Germany Gold Box offers includes a sale on half a dozen Camera & Photo accessories that range from 13 to 94 euro and include ball heads, tripods, and spider-pods from various brands.
CORRECTION: today is Sunday, not Saturday 🙂
New Canon Instant Savings are LIVE
Sunday has also brought with it a new round of Canon Instant Savings featuring a mix of DSLR and mirrorless and Powershot cameras, along with lenses, bundles and accessories. For example, the EF 40/2.8 STM is down to $129 with 4% rewards, while the 6D II and 5D Mark IV get free battery grips. The 6D II body only is at its lowest price of $1300, while the 5D IV at $2800.
New Sony Instant Savings promotions are LIVE!
Sunday has brought with it, as it is often the case, a new round of Sony Instant Savings promotions featuring a variety of E cameras, lenses and accessories including the lowest prices ever for the a7 R II for $1600 and the a7 R III for $2800, while the a9 body only is down to $3500. Full frame camera, empty frame wallet 🙂 But fear not, a handful of lenses are on sale as well including affordable primes such as the 50/1.8 E OSS for $273 and the 50/1.8 FE for $223…
Sun (B&H): LG, ExpoImaging, Porta Brace, Etc
Never fear, Sunday is here and with it a new round of B&H daily deals among which:
+ Porta Brace soft case for cine-style assembled cameras for $160
+ ExpoImaging Rogue DSLR pop-up flash booster for $10
+ 27″ LG 4K 16:9 IPS UHD monitor for $290
+ On-Stage utility cart for $75
+ also mic system and outdoor security system
In-Stock Now: Nikon Z7 with 24-70mm f4 S
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…
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