If you are not afraid of mail-in rebates, B&H Photo has a 6D Mark II Body Bundle for $1349 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX GC). You get the 6D Mark II body only, the Canon BG-E21 battery grip, the Pixma PRO 100 printer and its 50pk SG-201 paper sidekick, a 64GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC and an extra Canon LP-E6 battery.
Nikon D7200 body for $800, Two Lens Kit $1000, w/18-140 $1100
The Nikon D7200 is another one of the Black Friday Ads DSLRs and sure enough the internets have already price-matched it as follows:
+ D7200 body for $800 at Adorama (with extras) and B&H Photo (with extras)
+ D7200 with 18=55 and 70-300 DX for $1000 at Adorama (with extras)
+ D7200 with 18-140 DX VR for $1100 at B&H Photo (with extras)
Zeiss Milvus 85mm f1.4 for $1530
On the DSLR side of Zeiss, the new condition Zeiss Milvus 85mm f/1.4 lens is on sale for $1530 at B&H Photo. The price of this lens was $1799 on Wednesday… For more action, check all the B&H Photo Black Friday sales…
Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 for $1105 [Sony E]
Mirrorless Zeiss action now, the new condition Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 lens is on sale for $1105 with free shipping at B&H Photo. The price on Wednesday was a very flowing $1234. This lens is only available in the Sony E system… For more action, check all the B&H Photo Black Friday sales…
Zhiyun-Tech Smooth-Q for $99, Crane v2 3-Axis for $479
A couple of Zhiyun-Tech products are on sale at B&H Photo as well, the Zhiyun-Tech Smooth-Q Smartphone Gimbal goes for $99 with free shipping, while the larger Zhiyun-Tech Crane v2 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer goes for $479 with free shipping… For more action, check all the B&H Photo Black Friday sales…
Olympus E-M1 II body drops to $1700
As teased in the Olympus Black Friday Teasers, the new condition Olympus E-M1 II, the current flagship of the Olympus side of Micro Four Thirds is down $100, at an all time low of $1700 with free shipping at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself. The prices of the other kits are appropriately adjust as well.
DJI Mavic Pro with Remote Controller With Free Accessory Bundle for $850
The new condition DJI Mavic Pro with Remote Controller With Free Accessory Bundle is going Black Friday crazy for $850 with free expedited shipping at Adorama. This includes the DJI Mavic Pro with Remote Controller, along with these: DJI Hard Case Backpack for Mavic Quadcopter and FS Labs landing gear support, sunhood, landing pad, and 32GB Sandisk ExTreMe microSD card.
Sandisk Sale: 256GB PRO USB 3.1 Flash Drive for $100, 128GB microSD for $32 to $50
A trio of Sandisk products are on sale with this wave at Adorama (with free shipping) as follows:
+ 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Class 10 Memory Card (80MB/s, with SD Adapter) for $32
+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme UHS-I Class 10 U3 microSDXC Memory Card (Up to 90MB/s Read and 60MB/s Write Speed) for $50
+ 256GB SanDisk Extreme PRO USB 3.1 Flash Drive (Up to 420MB/s Read/380MB/s Write) for $100
Refurbished Dell Latitude E6430 Laptops for $179 to $200
Oops this got lost in the shuffle, but better late than never, Dell Refurbished has a sale on Dell Latitude E6430 Laptops with prices ranging between $179 and $200 with free ground shipping. This is a sale, it does not need a coupon, and coupons do not work on it. Offer ends on Thursday at 11/23/2017 at 11:59pm central time.
Heads Up: Lots of Deals going LIVE Thursday at 12:01am ET
Good news bargain hunters! Starting at 12:01am eastern on Thursday (9pm pacific on Wednesday) another burst of deals is going to go live including the previously teased Olympus Black Friday sales along with manufacturer-initiated price-matches of Black Friday Ads, and much and more! That’s about four hours from this post, so decaf is no allowed 🙂
GoPRO HERO6 Black with $75 eGift Card for $499
B&H Photo has now defeated the Black Friday Ads by offering an even bigger gift card with the purchase of the new condition GoPRO HERO6 Black for $500. You get a $75 digital B&H Photo gift card! It is added automatically while this promotion is running, no coupon code needed!
Cokin P Series H300-01 Solid ND Filter Kit for $35 w/FS
And now time for some lens filters! Adorama is offering the new condition Cokin P Series H300-01 Solid Neutral Density Filter Kit (includes ND2, ND4 and ND8 Filter, model CH300-01) for $33 with free shipping and handling for a limited time.
While there, they are offering the new condition Apple 15.4″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2.9 GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Radeon Pro 460 GPU 4GB GDDR5, Late 2016 model) for $1899 with free expedited shipping.
Canon EF 75-300mm f4-5.6 III USM for $100
A new offer went live at Adorama, the new condition Canon EF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 III USM is on sale for $99 with free expedited shipping and $4 in promotional rewards (to be used in the future at Adorama). This is the USM version of the lens. The one found in most Canon DSLR two-lens kit bundles is the non-USM version.
Used Pentax AF-330FTZ Zoom Flash for $13 + S&H
The Pentax AF-330FTZ Zoom Flash currently has two used listings at Adorama in “Excellent Minus” condition for $13.50 plus shipping (around $5). This is an old model. The listings for it are bare bones, no picture, no description, but the manufacturer code is the correct one, PXSAF330FTZ. If you don’t see any used listings at the link above, it means they sold out. Adorama offers a 30-day return and 90-day warranty of their own, so you are covered in case there’s an error in the listing. So a bit of YMMV.
Used Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DI-II VC for $125 [C]
The popularity of superzoom digital cameras also fueled a parallel superzoom lens “zoom ratio war”. If instead you prefer a more modest, old-school superzoom ratio, the Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DI-II VC goes for $199 in new condition, or you can get it for $179 manufacturer refurbished at Adorama.
If you are a Canon shooter and if you are looking to save a sizeable chunk of that, thanks to the 20% off in-cart promotion at Amazon Warehouse Deals, you can get this camera in USED – Very Good condition for $124~ with free shipping after the in-cart discount. There are multiple listings of this, so price may drop over time. Remember, AWD offers a 30-day return policy, but makes no warranty promises.
If you are looking for something in-between those two options, the Nikon version is available in USED EX+ condition (Excellent plus) at KEH Camera for $149 plus shipping. And if you buy it before 12/31/17, you get a 365-day warranty instead of the usual 180-day.
In-Stock Now: Olympus 45mm f1.2 PRO [m43]
I am posting as fast I can type, although how fast I can think is the limiting factor here 🙂 Prime your E-system cameras! The new condition Olympus 45mm f1.2 ED PRO lens is in-stock and shipping at B&H Photo at its starting price of $1199 with free expedited shipping.
The lens is not on the list of the Olympus Black Friday lenses but since these start on Thursday, you may want to add it to your shopping cart and wait until the Black Friday Olympus deals go live in case it gets discounted. It is unusual for a “just released” professional tier product to get discounted, but Thursday is just 11 hours away in the Eastern Time Zone 🙂
(ENDED) Used Panasonic FZ80 superzoom (60X) for $250
As of a 11/26/17 AM recheck, the used options have sold out….
The Panasonic FZ80 superzoom (60x optical) is on sale for $348 with free shipping at authorized dealers such as B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself [corrected link]. You can optionally triple the original 1-year warranty by filing paperwork with Panasonica.
But if you are comfortable with used cameras without warranty (only a 30-day return policy), then thanks to the 20% off in-cart promotion at Amazon Warehouse Deals, you can get this camera in USED – Like New condition for $250 with free shipping after the in-cart discount. There are many listings of this, and pictures of the available cameras, so it is possible that price pressure will build on them and price will drop over time ~ other things equal, because the real world is not an Economics 101 textbook example 🙂
Used Fujifilm H Mount Adapter G for GFX 50S for $230
This is a “deep cut” both in terms of price and in terms of being a niche within a nice product. The new condition Fujifilm H Mount Adapter G for GFX 50S goes for $660 in new condition at authorized dealers sucha s Adorama. It is used to mount Super EBC Fujinon HC lenses to the Fuji GFX 50S camera.
But thanks to the 20% off in-cart promotion at Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD), you can get this in USED – Like New Condition (original packaging) for $230 after the 20% off in-cart discount, sold and shipped by AWD itself.
30 Classes under $29 at Creative LIVE
Learning something new or learning more on a favorite subject is one way to drown out the Black Friday madness. Running now at CreativeLIVE is a sale of 30 classes under $30, with prices ranging from $15 to $29. At the $29 price tier, they have a “Food Photography” class (lessons #5 is free to stream), “Anatomy of a Photoshoot” (Mark Wallce), “Photography 101” (Erin Manning), “Nature and Landscape Photography” (John Greengo, the gear guy who does most of the “Fast Start” camera classes), “Speedlight Photography Basics”, etc. At the $19 tier, there’s a wine tasting class (wine NOT included).
You can also watch as many and as much of the “free to stream” classes as shown at their ON-AIR schedule page. This was an innovative way for Creative LIVE to set up their business, a freemium model that works for all parties involved.
40% off SmugMug (new subscriptions)
For new subscriptions only, Smugmug is offering 40% off SmugMug subscriptions. I almost turned the sentence into a palindrome. Close but no cigar 😉
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Starts Wedn 12pm ET (FREE Class): Camera Buying Guide
If you missed it yesterday, fear not! According to the Creative LIVE ON-AIR schedule, starting at 12pm ET today (Wedn 12/22/17), there will be rebroadcast of the Camera Buyer’s Guide by John Greego that premiered/recorded yesterday. Rebroadcasts typically rerun over and over until around 12pm ET of the next day, so you have multiple chances in the next 24 hours to catch it.
BF preparations: many items gone from Olympus Outlet store
I’m assuming that this is preparation for the Black Friday sales, in addition to posting a preview of their sales, Olympus has also pulled 2/3rds of the refurbished products available at their Outlet store. I’m assuming some of these will resurface during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday madness ~ unless a millionaire went a shopping spree last night and bought them all 🙂
Olympus posts Black Friday Preview (Sales Begin Thursday)
SPOILER ALERT! If you don’t want to be spoiled about the Olympus Black Friday deals that begin Thursday 11/23/17, do not check the Olympus Black Friday preview. The sale prices go live tomorrow (Thursday). These are the new condition cameras and lenses sold at various authorized Olympus dealers.
+ new low on their E-M1 II flagship, it will drop from $1800 to $1700
+ E-M10 III kits drop $100, body for $550, with lens for $650
Here are screenshots of the lens teasers, it’s much faster (and more accurate) than me transcribing pictures 🙂
Wedn coupon: 20% off $50+ order at B&N
Don’t you forget about us sings Barnes and Noble, we were selling books before iBooks and Kindles 😉 Coupon code DAYMAKER gets you 20% off a purchase of $50 at the Barnes and Noble website. The usual coupon exclusions apply.
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
But wait, there’s more! Barnes and Noble has over 100 leather bound Collectible Editions of various classics old and new, from Jane Austen to Star Wars and Dune and Alice in Wonderland and Lovecraft and more
20% off select Electronics at Amazon Warehouse Deals
If you feel like doing the digital equivalent of sifting through a giant bargain bin, Amazon Warehouse Deals has an additional 20% off discount on a number of electronics (including camera gear) offered on their website. Only a subset of the items are eligible.
No coupon is needed. The price will drop in the shopping cart. Eligible items have a 20% off next to their price/listing on the individual price pages. Only items sold and shipped by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself are eligible. Screenshot below:
Imported Canon 5D Mark IV body with 1-YR Seller W for $2550
For $2849, you can get a loaded Canon 5D Mark IV bundle after mail-in rebate, but if you don’t want to deal with mail-in rebates, and don’t need/want the printer and the battery grip, AND you are comfortable with imported cameras…
… to the eBay Deals we go, where eBay seller “6ave” (98.9%) is offering it in new condition imported-grey market with a 1-year seller warranty (not Canon USA warranty) for $2550 with free shipping.
So it’s a game of trade offs:
+ mail-in rebate and prepaid gift card
+ USA warranty VS seller warranty
+ extra Printer and Battery Grip
+ A-list seller vs eBay seller
+ higher price vs lower price
+ sell/trade extras or no wish to do that
PS: we have a relatively new tag, Full Frame Deals that marks all the cameras that have a 35mm full frame sensor, whether they are DSLRs, mirrorless, fixed lens, or floating lens cube.
PS2: “W” is short for Warranty. With this blog template, I am trying to keep blog-post-titles one line long. If it goes for more than one line, it better make use of most of the second line, otherwise it’s wasted space. Although some could argue this whole blog is wasted space 😉
Canon 5D Mark IV Body with BG-E20 Battery Grip, Pixma PRO 100, Extras for $2849 after $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX)
Full frame party! This Canon 5D Mark IV body only bundle at B&H Photo gets you the following items for $2849 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX gift card):
+ Canon 5D Mark IV body only kit
+ Canon BG-E20 Battery Grip
+ Canon Pixma PRO 100 printer
+ its trusty sidekick the 50pk of 13×19″ photo paper
+ 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO
+ extra Watson battery
This is a pretty good deal on its own, without even factoring in the mail-in rebate. The 5D IV body only went for $3300 on its own (without the printer and battery grip) a couple of weeks ago when I posted the Full Frame Price Charts.
Fujifilm INSTAX Mini 90 Neo Classic Instant Camera for $100
The new condition Fujifilm INSTAX Mini 90 Neo Classic Instant Camera is now on sale for $100 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo which includes a free 10-exposure film. That’s the main listing. When you look at the other sub-tabs, there are more film combos for just a few dollars more.
This also goes for $100 with free S&H at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit up to three per camera color) but there’s no free film there.
Monoprice Black Friday: Computer Monitors, Graphic Tablets, Etc
Monoprice has launched their Black Friday sales featuring a variety of tech-related products. The above link is the “doorbuster summary” but there’s much and more. Of camera and photo interest is the Computers and Gaming tab where you will find many and more computer monitors and graphic tablets throughout that page. A surprising number of items gets free standard US shipping, something rare for Monoprice.
Or if you want something practical that ships in single figures, their 20 oz Pure Outdoor Emperor Tumbler is on sale for $6.79 with free standard US shipping. This can also offset the shipping cost of other small things (eg cables) that don’t come with free shipping. This is food-grade 18/8 stainless steel, but their product description needs a better proofreader: “The Emperor Tumbler is the ideal drinking glass”. A glass is usually made of glass, not stainless steel 🙂
You can make the most of these offers by combining them with the $15 off $75+ PayPal payment coupon which expires tonight 11/22/17.
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