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This sold out before it expired… For more action, check the B&H Featured Deals page…
The B&H Daily Deal good until 11:59pm ET on Sunday is the Cotton Carrier Camera Vest with Side Holster (green color scheme) for $70 with free shipping… They average 4.5 out of 5 based on 86 customer reviews…
As usual, this didn’t last long, but it returns every few days/weeks… For more action, check the eBay Deals…
It is back again at the eBay Deals. It is not a glamorous deal but it’s a utilitarian 5% off! It is the return of Pay $95, Get $100 eBay Gift Card via email with a limit one of per customer. These don’t last long, but they return every few days/weeks.
One of the first breakout products of Amazon’s AmazonBasics house-brand was their DSLR Camera Backpack, and this is on sale again, going for $25 each, with a limit of three per customer. It has already amassed over 4100 customer reviews with an average of 4.5 out of 5. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $49+ order (eg two of these) or an order that has at least $25 in physical books. This is a limited time sale, but it’s not part of the lightning deals, so it could last anywhere from minutes to centuries ~ usually it’s somewhere in between 🙂
In parallel, their AmazonBasics Sling DSLR Backpack is on sale for around $20.50.
Adorama has four Tenba bags on sale, with free shipping and including. Offer ends on 3/5/16 or earlier if they sell out. They are:
+ Tenba Messenger Mini Photo / Laptop Bag, Holds Camera & 13″ Notebook – Blue for $40
+ Tenba ProDigital 2.0 Small Messenger Satchel, Fits 15″ Laptops & Small Camera System, Black for $40
+ Tenba Messenger Small Camera Bag for SLR Camera Body with 2-3 Lens Kit, Black for $50
+ Tenba DNA 13 Messenger Bag for Mirrorless Camera with 4-5 Lenses or DSLR with 2-3 Lenses (Up to 70-200mm 2.8), Flash and Accessories, Cobalt for $100
We have something that is a bit of rarity, a pre-order discount! The new Canon 1D X Mark II [see New Cameras of 2016 Tracking page] is coming out of the gate with two official kits. A body only for $6000, and a kit bundled with the Sandisk CFast card reader and a 64GB CFast card for $6300.
The discount now is on the CFast bundle, dropping from $6300 to $6000, the same price as the body only. So it’s like getting the CFast bundle for free. This pre-order offer is available at B&H Photo and Amazon itself and Adorama. Shipping estimates hover around tax season.
We have two back to back Canon-Pixma-AMEX MIR bundle offers from B&H Photo. We start with the Canon 5D Mark III bundle. You pay $3100 at checkout, receive your items, make sure all is well, submit the mail-in rebates while paying attention to instructions and deadlines, and a few weeks later you receive a $350 prepaid American Express Gift Card, making it a $2750 after MIR. For that, you get the Canon 5D Mark III with the Canon 24-105mm f4L IS, the Pixma PRO 100 printer, a 50pk of 13×19 Canon photo paper (to put the new printer to work), a 32GB SanDisk ExTrEeEmE SDHC card, a Ruggard shoulder bag, and an extra third-party battery. This expires 2/26/16 at 5:30pm ET.
It’s another triangle offer, the Canon – Pixma – AMEX triangle bundle. But you do not need to understand the intricate details of the Triangle Offense to take advantage of this deal 🙂 This one is centered around the Canon D-Rebel T5i. You pay $1049 at checkout, receive the items, make sure they are all well, submit the mail-in rebates per the instructions and deadlines, and a few weeks later you receive a $350 prepaid American Express Gift Card by mail, making it a $700 after MIR. For that, you get the Canon D-Rebel T5i with 18-135mm STM IS, the Pixma PRO 100 printer, a 50pk of 13×19 Canon photo paper (to put the new printer to work!), and a 16GB appetizer Sandisk Ultra SDHC card. This at B&H Photo with a 2/26/16 at 5:30pm ET offer expiration date.
Bundle up time for the E-mount! Adorama is offering a Sony a6000 bundle with the 16-50 and 55-210 lenses and the Adobe Lightroom 6 software (stand-alone, not cloud), all together for $846 with free shipping.
If you don’t want/need Lightroom 6, for the same price and same two lenses, you can get free accessories in the black kit (extra Sony batter, extra Sony charger, Sony screen protector, 64GB Lexar SDXC) and in the silver kit (same free accessories).
On the other hand, if you are fond of certified refurbished, and don’t need any of the aforementioned bonus items, you can get the Sony a6000 two-lens kit for $680 with free shipping by Secondipity thru Amazon. The page there says this will ship by Ground Transportation, so it will not arrive as fast as Prime items typically arrive.
The Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT is currently going for $469 but also includes 4% promotional rewards (~$19 to use in future purchases) at B&H Photo. This offer optimizes for purchasing power…
… on the other hand, if you could use some flash-related accessories, there is a trio of bundles at Adorama that also go for $469 but with 2% promotional rewards ($9.38~) and these extras:
+ Bundle #1: with Flashpoint SpeedLight Partner and Power2000 NB-2LH Replacement NiMH Rechargeable Battery and Flashpoint Mini Soft Box Diffuser
+ Bundle #2: with Flashpoint Mini Soft Box Diffuser and Power2000 Charger with 4 AA 2900mah rechargeables and cleaning kit
+ Bundle #3: with Flashpoint Mini Soft Box Diffuser and Power2000 Charger with 4 AA 2900mah rechargeables and TTL-Off Camera Coiled Flash Cord for Canon [not certain on the exact list of accessories with this bundle as different things are mentioned on different parts of the page]
Micro Four Thirds video-priority action now, with the Panasonic AG-AF100A Starter Kit with the Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 POWER OIS Lens along with an extra 3rd-party battery and two 32GB Transcend SDHC cards and a Pearstone camera bag, all together for $2495 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
And we are back with another wave, this time we take some action on the action camera front, with an Add-To-Cart offer at B&H Photo. For $330 with free expedited shipping, you get the GoPro HERO4 Silver with the GoPro Remote 1.0 and Wrist Housing Bundle ($110 on its own) included for FREE automatically by B&H during this promotion. You don’t have to login to a B&H account, simply press any of the “Add to Cart” buttons to see the price.
Good until midnight tonight (it doesn’t say pacific or eastern) [and midnight is a temporally inaccurate term but that’s what it says] coupon code SURPRISE gets you either 10% off or 20% off or 30% off at Stacksocial. The discount is revealed after you enter the coupon. Due to time-constraints I can’t check their current inventory before midnight, so this is a DIY YMMV adventure. You can use the search box over there to look for keywords of interest (eg camera, wordpress, adobe, photography, etc).
The big announcement burst of MWC and CP+ [see Trade Show Calendar for future and past event dates] derailed my plans for a mega “Bag the Bags” round-up, but I’ll try to do one next week (I have to wait for a handful of offers to burst out in a short amount of time). In the meantime, the Lowepro Pro Runner x450 Rolling AW is on sale for a limited time for $150 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
If you have some of the newer smaller cameras that take microSD cards or use other non-camera cameras (smartphones, action cams, etc), and like the idea of element-proofness in memory cards (Water proof, Temperature Proof, X-Ray proof, Magnetic proof), the 64GB Samsung EVO Class 10 Micro SDXC Card with full size SD Adapter (up to 48/MB/s, model MB-MP64DA/AM) is on sale again for $18~ with a limit of three per customer at Amazon by Amazon itself. A marketplace seller (fulfilled by Amazon) has it for $0.55 less for the more adventurous shoppers. This currently “defeats” all the other options in its own line-up (16GB to 128GB). Note that the prices of this change very often, probably a combination of market-driven price-changes, price-matches, and things like that.
Free shipping if you are a Prime member, or with a order of $49+. Or if your order contains $25+ in books. More details on Amazon’s new free super saver shipping terms.
UPDATE: while we are talking microSDXC cards, the 128GB PNY microSDXC Class 10 UHS-1, model P-SDUX128U160G-GE, is on sale for $35 at B&H Photo (no limits) and Amazon itself (limit 3). Neither has unconditional free shipping. B&H has free shipping with a $49+ order, Amazon with a $49+ order (or if you have $25+ in Books OR if you are a Prime member). Maybe I need to create a free shipping flowchart graphic 🙂 [actually this sounds like a good idea!]
I ran out of light-related jokes, so until I get enlightened with new ones, it’s plain-speak here, the Genaray SpectroLED-14 Light (100-240VAC/12VDC) is on sale for $300 (it’s exactly $300.00, I don’t even need to round it, maybe retailers are finally seeing the light of rounded prices) with free expedited shipping at one of New York’s shiniest examples of a local star business, B&H Photo.
Tripod sale now, the Induro ALLOY 8M Video Tripod Kit (100mm Bowl) is on sale for a limited time for $189 with free shipping at B&H Photo. This averages 4.8 out of 5 based on 17 customer reviews.
This fell off the front page, so in case you missed it, the 32GB Sony Class 10 UHS-1 SDHC up to 70MB/s Memory Card (SF32UY2) is currently on sale for $7.19 at Amazon by Amazon herself. Limit of one per customer. It beats the other storage options in its own sub-line (8GB to 256GB) in terms of $/GB. If you are a Prime member, you get free shipping even if you just buy this one and nothing else.
It is currently “temporarily out of stock” but you can still order it. Per the Amazon affiliate statistics, some of last week’s purchases have shipped, so there is a light at the end of the SD tunnel.
If you are not a Prime member, a $49+ total order of physical goods (shipped/fulfilled by Amazon) or an order that has $25+ in books, gets you the new free super-saver shipping. This is not a lightning deal.
PS: I don’t know how long it takes before the “limit 1” per customer restriction resets for future purchases. I haven’t purchased it yet, so I can’t test it yet. I have to check my SD card inventory first.
Since we have a bit of a refurbished theme today, how about another refurbished DSLR? The Nikon D7100 body only is available in refurbished condition for $579 with free shipping by Beach Camera on Amazon and by Beach Camera on Rakuten.
There are 70+ items in the Adorama Refurbished sale, I can’t post them all individually, so I am highlighting some of them in the posts below. If you think any other one deserves its own post, please leave a comment or use the online contact form.
We start with the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D800E body only offered by Adorama for $2100 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon USA warranty.
A full frame Nikon starter kit, especially if you are comfortable with manufacturer refurbished camera gear, Adorama is offering the Nikon D800 body only and the 24-120mm f4 VR and the Speedlight SB-910, all manufacturer refurbished with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty, along with the Corel Software Kit (Aftershot, Paintshop, etc) and Lowepro shoulder bag for $2700 with free shipping… This is one of 70+ items at their Refurbished sale (mostly Nikons)…
UPDATE: if you only need the Nikon D800 body only, without the lens/flash/extras, you can get it, also in manufacturer refurbished condition with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty, for $1900 with free shipping at Adorama.
The Nikon Df in the black color scheme along with the 50mm f1.8G Special Edition lens are available in refurbished condition with a 90 day Nikon USA warranty for $2100 with free shipping at Adorama as part of their Refurbished sale.
UPDATE: they also have the refurbished Df body only (black color scheme) for $1900 with a 90 day Nikon USA warranty. So the refurbished 50mm f1.8G SE lens is a +$200 in this case.
The new condition at authorized dealers Nikon Df with the 50mm goes for $3000, or $2750 as body only.
The Adorama Refurbished sale includes a trio of refurbished Nikon Speedlights, with a 90 day Nikon USA warranty. The SB-500 goes for $160, the SB-700 goes for $250, and the SB-900 goes for $430. With free shipping.
Zoom-zoom, the refurbished Nikon Coolpix P100 superzoom (26x optical) with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty is on sale for $130 with free shipping at Adorama. This is part of a sale of 70+ refurbished items (mostly Nikon).
Since we are in the pre-order spirit, here’s the new flagship duo of the Samsung line-up, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, now with bigger pixels, fewer megapixels, wider aperture, the return of the microSD card, IPX 68 water resistant, and more advanced auto focusing. It is now available for pre-order:
+ T-Mobile offers include 1-year of Netflix
+ Sprint offers with various transfer offers and “Buy One Get One Half Off”
+ AT&T Offers include a cross-promotion for Direct TV customers for unlimited data
+ Samsung is running a pre-order promotion when you buy from authorized dealers (such as the above) that gets you a VR kit and in-game currency.
+ summary of the terms and conditions
If you prefer unlocked with no contract, there are no prices or pre-order options yet but the new phones have product pages ready at B&H Photo which is always a good sign.
Amazon doesn’t have the phones yet, but there have dozens upon dozens of S7 and S7 Edge phone cases available.
As usual, if you are buying through a carrier with a contract or an installment plan or frequent-upgrade plans, be sure to check the terms and conditions and restrictions and fees and such.
How many photographers have a USB drive that matches the shape of their lens? Probably 0.01%? You can be one of the 0.01-centers with this offer from the Canon USA store, you buy the refurbished with 1-year warranty Canon 16-35mm f2.8L II lens for $1500 and receive for FREE an 8GB USB drive that is in the shape of this very lens. This is included automatically by Canon. This lens is also eligible for the 13-month CarePak Plus coverage.
For all their specials, new condition and refurbished, cameras, lenses, accessories, inks, photo papers, etc, check the front page of their Canon Direct store.
On a more serious note, in addition to the previously mentioned Black Friday countdown clock, the Canon USA store has a sale on 19 refurbished Canon Powershot digital cameras. This goes from a $30 A-series to a $550 G series (G1X II). All the ones at the aforelinked page are refurbished with a 1-year Canon warranty.
About half of them are currently out of stock, but in-stock is the SX520 HS superzoom for $90, the SX510 HS with a case for $100, the N square thang for $90, the SX700 HS for $140, the G16 rawsumer for $280, the G7 X for $480, and the aforementioned G1X II rawsumer for $550 (with free extra battery and 4GB SD card). All these are refurbished with a 1-year Canon warranty.
With the cyclical nature of the calendar year, Black Friday is always less than 367 days away 🙂 And if you are curious about how much time is left until the next Black Friday, fear not! The Canon USA store has a Black Friday Countdown Clock. It’s 274 days until Black Friday. That’s right, about 9 months. Time sure does fly 🙂
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box (new, giant images version) or Amazon Gold Box (old, widget with arrows version) and Camera & Photo page…
Not done yet! Panasonic has a new M43rds lens, the Panasonic G 12-60mm f3.5-5.6 Power OIS, available for pre-order for $500 at B&H Photo with a May 2016 release estimate… This has been added to the ever-growing List of 2016 Cameras and Lenses… You can quickly browse through the most recent items using the Pre-Orders Category here…
The Fuji X-E2 body only is bundled with the Fuji HG-XE1 Hand Grip and together you can get them for $499 with free shipping at Adorama. This is available for either the silver X-E2 or the black X-E2. Offer expires 3/8/16 or earlier if sold out.
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