Prime time for Pentax fans continues at B&H Photo, this time they have the Pentax SMCP-FA 77mm f1.8 Limited lens on sale for $735 with free expedited shipping. The offer is good until 5/31/16 or earlier if sold out.
Spring Wedding Sale at Adorama
Adorama has just launched a Spring Wedding Camera Gear Sale featuring a variety of camera and photo items related to weddings. In due time I will digest this, but if you want to dive in on your own, it is waiting for you there 🙂
Pay $85, Get $100 plastic Sears Gift Card by mail
Back to the land of the eBay Deals, there is a physical gift card delivered by mail promotion, Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card. Free shipping of this plastic gift card, with a limit of three per customer. The seller is “svmgiftcards” (99.6%, ships from Illinois). Over 7300 got sold so far. Sears sells cameras but they also have an open marketplace like Amazon/eBay/Rakuten/etc, so a number of well-known third-party camera sellers sell on their website.
Benro COM37A Combination Series 3 Aluminum Tripod for $90
ZZ Top may have written a song about these, not quiet sure though. The Benro COM37A Combination Series 3 Aluminum Tripod is currently on sale for $90 with free standard shipping and handling at B&H Photo. This is a limited time offer (expiration unknown to me).
Imported Grey Market Fuji X-PRO2 Body for $1500
The Fuji X-PRO2 goes for $1700 with free accessories at authorized dealers, eg Adorama (Corel imaging software included).
But if you are comfortable with imported grey-market items with a 1-year seller warranty (instead of Fuji USA warranty), among the latest eBay Deals, eBay seller “Electronics Valley” (99.6%, ships from New Jersey) is offering new condition imported grey-market Fuji X-PRO2 Body Only for $1500 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer.
Large AmazonBasics GoPro Carrying Case for $10
The AmazonBasics brand continues to expand, over 800 items as of the time of writing, and among them is a sale on the Large GoPro Carrying Case, currently going for $10. It is actually cheaper than the smaller bag at the moment.
PS: in case you were wondering, our unofficial “mascom”, the tiny little compact carrying case is currently going for $2.90 and still part of the Add-On program, still limit three per customer.
PS2: speaking of camera bags, they got their share of the spotlight today during the 2016 Google I/O Keynote, when one of the demos showed camera bag shopping using the B&H Android app.
1TB Dropbox PRO and $15 promo eGift Card for $90
Cloud action now, Dell Home is offering a 1-Year 1TB Dropbox PRO subscription for $90 plus a $15 promotional Dell eGift Card. The promo eGift Card appears in the shopping cart and has a 90-day life span after it is emailed to you (10-20 days after your order ships).
If you are not familiar with how Dell does these, after you add the item to your shopping cart, you will see the promo eGift card magically appear in your shopping cart (while this promotion is running):
Speaking of Dell and promo gift cards, you can get the 22 inch Dell S2216H Monitor along with a $75 Dell promo eGift card for $170 with free shipping. Use coupon code MONITOR30 to drop the price from $200 to $170.
Both offers end 5/23/2016 6:59am Dell time (or earlier if sold out).
(ENDED) Panasonic FZ1000 with Corel Imaging Software and $28 Rewards and 67mm Filter Kit and Bag and Battery and 64GB Lexar SD and Other Extras for $698
UPDATE 5/22/16: as of this recheck, the price increased to $800. The free accessories remain…
ORIGINAL: Zoom-zoom! If you are interested in the Panasonic FZ1000 superzoom with RAW, Adorama has created a FZ1000 Super Bundle for the same price of $698 with free shipping as the camera without all the free extras.
The extras are the Corel Software Bundle (five titles including Aftershot PRO 2 and Paintshop PRO X8), a 64GB Lexar SD, a 67mm Filter Kit (UV/CPL/ND2), a Traffic Collection 24/7 camera bag, an extra Power2000 battery, and cleaning kit (that looks like a makeup kit) and $28 promotional rewards to be used in future Adorama purchases.
Groupon Coupon: 10% off Goods, 20% off Local (many photo print offers live here)
Groupon is having another 2-day coupon code. Coupon SALE3 gets you 10% off Goods (physical items, eg cameras, bags, memory cards, etc) and 20% off Local deals which is where most of the various photo print offers live (custom photo books, canvas prints, wood, metal, coffee mug prints, etc). Navigate the categories or use their search box to look for items of interest at the Groupon website, or look for ideas in our previous Groupon posts.
The usual coupon restrictions apply. Maximum discount is $50 per deal. Discount on only one unit per transaction, but you can use it on up to three of each deal type (Goods, Local, Gateways). Some items are not eligible (eg manufacturer or legal restrictions). Coupon expires Thursday night 5/19/16.
Due to time-constraints, I can’t go through the Groupon site looking for deals at the moment. The highly anticipated 2-hour Google I/O 2016 keynote begins in 30 minutes or so, I will be live-tweeting the Google I/O (these things are fun!) on Twitter.
(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: Aukey, GoPro Accessories, Huion, Satkago, Chunnuo, Silicon Power, Etc
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
(ENDED) Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 14 for $75
This offer expired…
One of the main Amazon Gold Box deals of the day, good until 3am Eastern on Friday, is the Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 14 offered for $75 with free shipping in either a PC/Mac Disc by mail, or digital downloads for PC or Mac. Click on the tab options there to switch between them. Limit one of each kind per customer.
YMMV: Amazon Chase VISA holders: 20% off select items with coupon ~ 20 Camera and Photo Items available
NOTE!!!: you have to be eligible for this promotion to be able to see it! If you are not eligible or not logged on to your eligible Amazon account, you will see an almost empty page, something like the annotated screenshot below:
On the other hand, IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, you will see the actual promotion…
If you have the Amazon Rewards Chase VISA credit card, there is a hot new promotion for you at Amazon. You have to pay with the Amazon Chase VISA credit card and enter coupon code ARC20SPRING at checkout. The offer is a limited time while supplies last type of promotion, it expires by 6/30/16. Limit one per customer, so use it wisely.
Click on the category thumbnails over there to find the category of your choice. I am highlighting the “hot zone” in the “professionally” annotated screenshot below:
There is a total of 20 items eligible in the Camera and Photo category. I will go through them and post separately for any that scream.
As usual with these type of offers, it only works on items sold and shipped by Amazon herself. Items sold by 3rd-party sellers are not eligible ~ even if they are fulfilled by Amazon. Amazon itself has to be the seller of record and the shipper.
UPDATE: the offer works if you have multiple ELIGIBLE cameras in your shopping cart. I put two different D-Rebels and it showed a 20% off discount on the total amount, eg both got discounted.
YMMV Amazon Chase VISA cardholders: Canon 80D with 18-135 for $1279 with coupon
NOTE!!!: this is a YMMV promotion. I have no way of knowing how many people are eligible.
If you have an Amazon Chase VISA credit card and you are eligible for this promotion (detailed post explains the promotion ~ I don’t want to repeat the whole post) and logged on to your eligible Amazon account, there is a super hot deal [you will only see the offer if you are eligible] for the Canon 80D with 18-135mm kit [this is the camera’s page, everyone will see this].
The standard Amazon price is $1600. You add the Canon 80D with 18-135mm kit to the shopping cart, make sure your payment method is the Amazon Chase VISA credit card, and enter coupon code ARC20SPRING there. The price will drop by 20% in the right sidebar of the Amazon Checkout page, making it $1279~ with free shipping. This has to be sold and shipped by Amazon itself, not 3rd-party sellers.
If it doesn’t, it means the promotion is not working, either because you are not eligible or you are using a different payment method or Amazon is not the actual seller or for other reason(s) that I am not aware of.
If all is well, it should look like this:
Again, please note this is a YMMV type of an offer, I have no way of testing this at a grand scale. I tested with an account with the Chase VISA card, one without it, and not being logged on to Amazon.
IF you tried this and it worked or didn’t please let us know in the comments!
YMMV Amazon Chase VISA cardholders: Sony 70-200mm f2.8 (SAL70200G2) for $2400 with coupon
NOTE!!!: this is a YMMV promotion. I have no way of knowing how many people are eligible.
If you have an Amazon Chase VISA credit card and you are eligible for this promotion (detailed post explains the promotion ~ I don’t want to repeat the whole post) and logged on to your eligible Amazon account, there is a super hot deal [you will only see the offer if you are eligible] for the Sony 70-200mm f2.8 (SAL70200G2) [this is the lens page, everyone will see this].
The standard price for this lens is $3000. You add the Sony 70-200mm f2.8 (SAL70200G2) to your shopping cart, make sure your payment method is the Amazon Chase VISA credit card, and enter coupon code ARC20SPRING there. The price will drop by 20% in the right sidebar of the Amazon Checkout page, making it $2400 (rounded) with free shipping. This has to be sold and shipped by Amazon itself, not 3rd-party sellers.
If it doesn’t, it means the promotion is not working, either because you are not eligible or you are using a different payment method or Amazon is not the actual seller or for other reason(s) that I am not aware of.
If all is well, it should look like this:
Again, please note this is a YMMV type of an offer, I have no way of testing this at a grand scale. I tested with an account with the Chase VISA card, one without it, and not being logged on to Amazon.
IF you tried this and it worked or didn’t please let us know in the comments!
YMMV Amazon Chase VISA cardholders: Canon D-Rebel T6 w/18-55 for $400 OR T5 w/18-55 for $320 [or both for $720]
NOTE!!!: this is a YMMV promotion!
If you have an Amazon Chase VISA credit card and you are eligible for this promotion (detailed post explains the promotion), there is a super hot deal [you will only see the offer if you are eligible] that will get you the:
+ Canon D-Rebel T5 w/18-55 IS II for $320
+ Canon D-Rebel T6 w/18-55 IS II for $400
+ or get both for $720
To get that:
+ must be eligible for the promotion
+ you have to pay with the Amazon Chase VISA credit card
+ then enter coupon code ARC20SPRING in the shopping cart (20% off the current price)
+ camera must be sold and shipped by Amazon itself (not 3rd-party sellers)
If all is well, you will see this at the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page. In this example below, both D-Rebel T5 and T6 kits are in the shopping cart. You can buy either one or both or any other combination of eligible items apparently:
YMMV Amazon Chase VISA cardholders: Fuji XP90 waterproof for $143
NOTE!!!: this is a YMMV promotion!
If you have an Amazon Chase VISA credit card and you are eligible for this promotion (detailed post explains the promotion), there is a super hot deal [you will only see the offer if you are eligible] for the Fuji XP90 waterproof digital camera for $143~ with free shipping. You have to pay with the Amazon Chase VISA and enter coupon code ARC20SPRING in the shopping cart. The coupon is 20% off the current price dropping it from $179~ to $143~. If the price changes, so will the discount. Camera must be sold and shipped by Amazon itself (not 3rd-party sellers).
The promotion is good for the yellow Fuji XP90 or the blue Fuji XP90.
If all is well, you will see this at the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page:
Imported Grey Market Canon 80D Body for $900
To the Chaos and Disorder that is the eBay Deals we return, where eBay seller “Electronics Valley” (99.6%, ships from New Jersey) is offering new condition imported grey-market Canon 80D body only with a 1-year warranty from the seller (not Canon USA) for $900 with free shipping with a limit of five units per customer.
So you are trading off $300 for the Canon USA warranty. It’s a numbers and risk tolerance type of a decision. Also a sleep better at night type of a decision 🙂 The new condition from authorized dealers goes for $1200 with free accessories.
Canon 80D body with Bag, 16GB Lexar, Extra Charger and Two Extra Batteries for $1200
If you are looking to buy the Canon 80D body only from an authorized dealer while still paying the Canon-blessed price of $1200, you can get five free accessories at Amazon by Amazon itself: a 16GB Lexar 633x SDHC card, an AmazonBasics Large DSLR Gadget Bag, a Wasabi charger and two Wasabi batteries (in addition to the standard Canon charger/battery that comes in the box). The Wasabi items are NOT edible… The same bundles are available for the other two 80D kits ~ simply click on their tabs to “move” to that listing…
A different set of free accessories is available at B&H Photo: a 16GB Sandisk ExTrEmE SDHC card, a Ruggard Shoulder Bag and a Watson battery.
PS: if you prefer imported, the next post (above this one if looking at the blog or in an RSS feed) has an imported grey market offer.
In-stock with small discount: Nikon B500 40x superzoom for $291
The new Nikon B500 superzoom (40x optical), a rebooting of the old L-series naming scheme, is now in-stock and ready to ship and at the same time it has its first itty bitty discount, you can get it for $292~ by Amazon itself and $291~ by Kellards through the Amazon website (look on the sidebar under “Other Sellers”).
Nikon Coolpix S3700 (8x) with Lowepro Pouch and 16GB SD and Cleaning Kit for $107
It’s free accessories with the purchase of the Nikon Coolpix S3700 (8x optical zoom) digital camera. It gets these freebies: Lowepro pouch, 16GB Toshiba SD, and cleaning kit, while it still sells for $107 with free shipping which is the standard Nikon-blessed price at the moment. These bundles are available at Adorama in either the red S3700 color or the pink S3700 color. With lower priced cameras, the free accessories are a much higher value percentage versus buying a $2000 dSLR and getting a bag and card and cleaning kit. Mayhaps a starting kit for kids of all ages?
Accessory Bundles (charger, battery, card) for Various Canon, Nikon, Sony Cameras
Adorama is having an Accessories Bundle Sale for various popular digital cameras from Canon, Nikon and Sony. The bundles typically include charger, battery/ies and/or memory cards and/or cleaning kits and/or Etc. They vary by camera. Note that cameras are NOT included with these bundles. The accessories are for a mix of new (D5, M3, etc) and older cameras (Df, D3300, SL1, A99, RX-series, etc). A total of 40 bundles are available there, use the arrow widgets to see them all.
Pre-order Canon SX620 HS 25x Superzoom for $279
We now have a trio of Canon pre-order posts, starting with a new Canon compact-zoom digital cameras, the SX620 HS with a 25x optical zoom lens, available in three different colors (black, red, white) with a pre-order price of $279 at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself.
Pre-order Canon 28mm f3.5 Macro IS STM EF-M for $299
Canon is rolling out a brand new lens for their Mirrorless System (yes, they have one), the Canon 28mm f3.5 Macro IS STM EF-M is available for pre-order for $299 with free shipping with a late June 2016 release estimate at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself.
This too has been added to the New Cameras and Lenses of 2016 tracking page.
Pre-Order new Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT for $579
Oops, I forgot about this, there is a new Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT available for pre-order for $579 with free shipping and handling at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself which has a late June 2016 release estimate.
Fuji Instax Mini 8 for $50 (limit 3; pink) + $5 flat S&H
Also among the longer-running Woot offers, good until 5/23/16 at 1am ET is a sale on Fuji Instax Mini 8 instant cameras. You have to pay attention to the listings of the three colors. The pink is in new condition with a 1-year warranty and goes for $50. The white is refurbished with a 90 day Woot warranty and goes for $50. The blue is refurbished with a 90 day Woot warranty and goes for $60. So Pretty in Pink is the best deal. Limit three units per color per customer. Shipping is $5 flat for everything you buy from Woot during a single calendar day in the central time zone.
GoPro Accessory Sale (18 options; $4 to $20 price range + S&H)
Woot has daily deals but they also have longer-running deals, which I often forget to check, but thanks to an alert by one of our power-user readers, I just did. Running there until 5/20/16 at 1am Eastern, there is a GoPro Accessories Sale featuring 18 different products, with prices ranging from $4 (wrist strap or tripod mount) to $6 (Filter Kit or Battery or bicycle clamp) to $20 (multi way adjustable bracket). Fifteen of the eighteen items are under $10. Limit three units per item. Shipping is the usual $5 flat for all Woot purchases during a single calendar day (in the central time zone).
10% off official Olympus Fan Merchandise with Coupon
The official Olympus USA store is having a coupon sale on its official Fan Merchandise (hats, shirts, coffee cups, and of course the obligatory Swiss Army Knife). You get 10% off with coupon code GETGEAR until 5/22/16. They call it “Gear Shop” but that is rather be confusing since camera gear is more gear than t-shirts and hats 🙂
Carbon Fiber Monoprice Monopods: 59 inches for $25, 70 inches for $40 (plus shipping)
Good until 5/22/16, Monoprice has a sale on their house brand Carbon Fiber Monopods. The 59 inch model goes for $25, while the 70 inch model goes for $40. Shipping is additional. Some regions may qualify for a flat next-day delivery fee (I think they have to be near their shipping centers and serviced by regional carriers that offer this service).
PS: if you are a low-carb diet, fear not, carbon fiber monopods do not account against your carb allowance 😉
32GB Transcend Class 10 SDHC 200x for $8 (limit 30)
Once upon a time a 32MB Smartmedia card was a top of the line storage option. Now you can get 1000 times as much storage on a single card and pay about the price of a visit to the all you can eat salad buffet. Which brings us to the 32GB Transcend Class 10 SDHC UHS-I Flash Memory Card, model TS32GSDHC10E, 200x, up to 30MB/sec, on sale for $8 per card, with a limit of 30 per customer at Amazon by Amazon itself. It comes in frustration-free packaging so you don’t have to fight/deal-with the usual retail packaging annoyances.
Keep in mind this is slower compared to newer cards, so keep that in mind depending on how you plan to use it.
Speaking of storage, the 32GB PNY USB 3.0 Flash Drive, model P-FD32GTBOP-GE, is on sale for $9 with a limit of 30 per customer.
The “New Usual” free shipping terms apply to this, like most Amazon purchases, free 2-day for Prime members, or with a $49+ order for non-members (or if the order includes $25+ in physical books). These for items shipped by Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon.
Panasonic VW-VBN130 Battery Pack for $29 w/free S&H
The Panasonic VW-VBN130 Battery Pack (for camcorders) is on sale for $29 with free shipping and handling at B&H Photo. Limit 10 per customer. If your order total is $49+, you get free expedited shipping instead of the slower free shipping.
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