Another bundle temptation for full frame E-mount fans. Adorama has a Sony a7S bundle that includes the a7S body only kit, a $200 Adorama Gift Certificate, the Sony VG-C1EM Vertical Grip, an extra Sony-branded Charger and Sony-branded battery, a 64GB Sandisk ExTrEmE SDXC card, a screen protector, and the Corel Creative Software kit that includes Paintshop Pro X8 and AfterShot Pro X2. All these can be yours for $2300… The standard a7S body only goes for $2100 on its own, so essentially the $200 gift card evens the prices, with the various accessories being the bonus…
Canon 24-70mm f4L IS USM & $36 rewards for $800
For Canon photographers, Adorama is offering the Canon EF 24-70mm f4L IS USM along with $36 promotional rewards (to be used in a future purchase at Adorama) for $800 with free shipping… Optionally you can add to this bundle Photoshop Elements 14 for +$30 or other items. Look at the yellow “Special Offer” section for more details…
50% off Books, DVDs and Maps at National Geographic
The National Geographic online store is having a new limited time promotion, get 50% off on Books, DVDs, and Maps. This offer expires 12/4/15 at 11:59 pm Pacific time. The price of the items drops after you click “Add to Cart”. No coupon code needed, but you must add the item to the shopping cart to see the sale price.
For example, here’s a $50 book (that’s the price shown at their website) that drops to $25 after you add it to cart (annotated screenshot crop below)
Exclusions: “Offer excludes globes, personalized map gifts, personalized puzzle gifts, digital products, framed maps, mounted maps, Genographic kits and Around the World in 125 Years 3-volume Collector’s Edition book from TASCHEN. Offer cannot be applied toward digital products, donations, gift boxes, taxes, shipping and handling or CafePress, Holiday Card Center, PURE SCULPTURE or NG Art Store merchandise, or Weekend Photo Workshops”.
50% off list price is sometimes a great price, sometimes it is not, depending on the book and such. So if you are not familiar with a particular book’s price range, you may also want to price-check it at Barnes and Noble and Amazon and such.
YMMV Bonus eBay Bucks (up to 8%)
Bonus eBay Bucks promotions are YMMV, because from what I can tell, they send them to different groups of eBay shoppers (members of their rewards program) at different times. So running right now, and good until 11:59pm pacific tonight (12/2/15), if you are invited by email or eBay message, and if you manually opt-in by clicking on the button over there, you can earn the following rewards:
+ 4% for individual items priced $50+
+ 6% for individual items priced $100+
+ 8% for individual items priced $150+
+ maximum reward is $100 per transaction, and $500 total during this promotional period
+ 1X eBay Bucks = 2% of the purchase price, so 4X = 8%
A couple of places to get started looking for deals are the eBay Daily Deals and the eBay Trending Deals.
Because of the way the program is structured (you only receive eBay Bucks if your earn $5 or more during a reward period), these eBay Bucks promotions are great in helping you reach the threshold. Combine these with the recurring 5% eBay Gift Card promotions and the savings add up little by little.
Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Flash with Blast Power Pack for $320
Pun intended? There’s a flash sale on a Flashpoint flashgun at Adorama for a limited time. It is the Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Flash with Blast Power Pack going for $320 with free expedited shipping.
(ENDED) Thursday B&H Daily Deals: Manfrotto, Westcott Ice, Bolt Battery Pack
This round expired… For future offers, check B&H Photo’s Daily Deals…
(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: ePhoto, Movo, Huion, Cyberlink, RetiCam, etc
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…
Latest Deals Summary Updated and Pruned (aka The Situation Room)
The Latest Deals summary, aka the Holiday Shopping Season Situation Room at the main blog has now been updated, with the expired Cyber Monday deals removed (I hope I caught them all), and today’s new offers added. The summary is intended to be an executive summary, not include every single offer mentioned here. I am trying hard to keep that summary post simple and readable. In previous years, by December 31st, it would be almost as long as War and Peace 😉
Nikon D3300 w/18-55 & 55-200 (both VR) & Extras for $500
This got lost in the shuffle a bit, so here it is in detail to make sure no one interested in it misses it. The Black Friday Nikon D3300 two-lens kit with the 18-55 and 55-200 DX VR lenses (both VR) is on sale for $500 with various different free accessories as follows:
+ Adorama with wireless adapter, remote controller, 16GB card and $10~ promotional rewards
+ B&H Photo with Nikon WU-1a wireless adapter and ON1 Effects 10 software download and $10~ promotional rewards
+ Amazon itself with free WU-1a wireless adapter and 32GB Lexar 633X SDHC
+ Groupon Goods (select it from “Select Options”) – free returns
Adobe Photoshop & Premiere Elements 14 for $80 (Mac)
Mac users who like software purchases in digital download form can get Adobe’s Elements 14 Photoshop and Premiere bundle for $80 at Amazon, while PC users and those who prefer disc-by-mail get it for $80. This offer is open to all, not just Prime members.
PS: the earlier offer Photoshop Elements 14 for $40 for Prime members expired (I just tried it and the price won’t drop after you add it to the shopping cart).
Nikon D610 w/24-85 VR and MB-D14 Battery Grip and WU-1b for $1900
The Cyber Monday Nikon full frame DSLR bundles with Adobe software expired, but another Nikon D610 has arisen for …power users (pun intended). The Nikon D610 with 24-85mm VR kit is bundled with the Nikon MB-D14 Battery Grip and the refurbished Nikon WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adapter, plus $38 promotional rewards, all together $1900 with free shipping at Adorama. Only the WU-1b is refurbished, everything else is new condition from Nikon USA.
Hasselblad Stellar Special Edition for $800
If you like the Sony RX100 cameras dressed in Hasselblad designer clothing, the Hasselblad Stellar Special edition is on sale for $800 with free shipping in seven different color schemes at B&H Photo.
Lowepro Nova Sport 17L AW Shoulder Bag (pepper red) for $10 w/free shipping
And we are back after a sanity break from the Black Cyber madness. We start with a “$10 gadget” item, the pepper-red Lowepro Nova Sport 17L AW Shoulder Bag for DSLR with Attached Lens is on sale for $10 with free shipping at Adorama. It averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 16 customer reviews over there.
(ENDED) Wednesday B&H Daily Deals: X-Rite, Westcott, Manfrotto
The Wednesday offers expired, but there are new ones every day at the B&H Daily Deals…
(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: ePhoto, Nixplay, Forta, MCS, CamKix, etc
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…
(ENDED) Wednesday Fry’s Promo Codes: refurb Cybershot for $50 (unspecified model)
These daily offers expired…
256GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC for $75 {limit 4}
A PNY memory card sale currently in progress at Amazon (not part of the daily Lightning Deals) includes the 256GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC Class 10 UHS-I, U3 up to 95 MB/Sec, model P-SDX256U395-GE, for $75 with free shipping, with a limit of four per customer. This currently “defeats” all the other cards in its sub-lineup (32GB to 512GB) in terms of GB/$.
Imported Nikon D810 body only for $2000 (limit 1)
The Nikon D810 body only currently goes for $2800 in new condition at authorized Nikon USA dealers, but if you want to optimize for a lower price, and you are comfortable with imported grey-market camera gear, you can get it for $2000 with a free 1-year warranty from the seller GetItDigital on eBay (99.7%). Limit ONE per buyer. TL/DR: This does NOT have a Nikon USA warranty… UPDATED to remove reference to the expired Adobe Nikon bundles…
3TB WD HDD for $100 [expired: 128GB microSD for $36]
To the eBay Deals we check upon where we find:
+ 3TB WD My Passport Ultra External Hard Drive for $100 w/free S&H by Adorama on eBay (limit 5)
+ expired: + 128GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC (C10, UHS-I, SD adapter) for $36 w/free S&H by BuyDig on eBay (limit 5)
UPDATE: there’s also 12 PNY SD and microSD cards on sale at Amazon (including 256GB Elite Performance for $75 [limit 4]), along with five USB flash drives.
GoPro HERO+ LCD for $237
One more GoPro discount, the GoPro HERO+ LCD is now on sale for $237 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit one per customer. In-stock estimate is December 5 at the moment.
Summary of latest deals is at the Situation Room
Posts are flying fast and furious here during the holidays. If you want to quickly check a summary of the currently available offers, check the Holiday Deals Situation Room. It will keep going until the end of the year.
Alternately you can quickly check all recent posts here by using the Page links under the HOME button in the leftmost spot in the menu page. It has direct links to Pages #1 through #5. Open in new tab/window if you like, and peruse at your leisure.
There’s also the free full-text RSS feed, which also serves as a backup in case the website goes down (it is hosted by Feedburner, so it stays up even if this website is down).
One more note, a number of the offers are either for Cyber Monday specifically or were planned to expire at the end of day on Cyber Monday.
Free 3TB G-Technology G-DRIVE with purchase of select Canon 6D, 7D Mark II or 5D Mark III kits
If you don’t want or need any of the Canon Pixma Mail-In Rebate bundles or you don’t want to deal with mail-in rebates and gift cards, and you have enough tripods and camera bags to open up your own pop-up store, there is a new kind of bundle now at B&H Photo for select Canon DSLRs. You get a free 3TB G-Technology G-DRIVE G1 USB 3.0 Hard Drive ($120 on its own) and a 32GB Sandisk Ultra UHS-I SDHC card, while paying the standard MAP prices at authorized dealers. The items are included automatically by B&H while this Cyber Monday promotion is running. This offer is available on multiple kits of each of the following Canon DSLRs:
+ Canon 6D kits (three options, $1400 body, $1800 w/24-105 f3.5-5.6 STM, $2000 w/24-105 f4L IS)
+ Canon 7D Mark II kits (two options, $1300 body only, $1650 w/18-135)
+ Canon 5D Mark III kits (three options, $2500 body, $3100 w/24-105 f4L IS, $3250 w/24-70 f4L IS)
Sony a7R Mark II body with FREE $200 Gift Card OR FREE Metabones EF adapter for $3200
The Sony a7r II body only goes for $3200 at authorized Sony dealers. As part of the Cyber Monday sale-a-brations, B&H Photo is offering you one FREE gift with it from a choice of two: either a $200 B&H Photo Gift Card or the Metabones T Smart Adapter Mark IV for Canon EF or Canon EF-S Mount Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera. You also receive a free download of ON1 Effects 10.
After you add the camera to cart, a box pops up that shows you the free options. You select one of the two and proceed as usual. Annotated screenshot of that event right below.
Panasonic GX8 with 12-35mm f2.8 and $100 Gift Card OR Rode Mic and 32GB Extreme SD for $1795
Bundle time! The Panasonic GX8 body only is bundled with the Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 lens along with a [$100 B&H Photo Gift card] OR a [Rode VideoMic Pro Compact Directional On-Camera Microphone and a 32GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC card] for $1795 with free shipping.
CORRECTION: you have to chose either the [$100 Gift Card] or the [Rode Mic with the 32GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC card].
The GX8 body only goes for $1000 on its own. The 12-35mm f2.8 lens goes for $800 on its own.
You select the free item after you add the GX8 kit to the shopping cart. It pops from underneath and asks you to click on one of the two gift options. If you want to see the gift options without adding to the shopping cart, look at this section of the B&H product page (annotated screenshot right below):
DxO One + 32GB Sandisk EXtReMe + MeFoTo AcCeSsoRy for $600
The dXO One holds steady at starting price of $600, no discounts yet, but bundling is allowed, you can get a free 32GB Sandisk ExtrEmE microSDHC card and your choice of a MeFoto Sidekick adapter (choose one from two options) at B&H Photo and Amazon by Amazon itself.
20% off purchases of Used Gear at BL with coupon
Murphy’s Law! Of all the days the internet would go down, of course it had to be Cyber Monday! But we march on thanks to the cellphone’s mobile hotspot! BorrowLenses has a used gear sale, coupon code BLCYBER20 gets you 20% off on the purchase of used camera gear. This is not a rental coupon, but a purchase of the used gear they rent out. Coupon ends by the end of day on 12/1/15.
(ENDED) Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Zoom Lens (Contemporary) for $700 (C/N)
As of late 12/1/15 recheck, this offer ended…
(ENDED) 15% off select Camera Items at Amazon with coupon (12 options): Panasonic 45mm f2.8 for $763, Sony W830 for $83, H300 for $115, Nikon AW1 w/11-27 for $506, And More
This Cyber Monday coupon promotion expired…
(ENDED) Tuesday Lightning Deals: MeFoTo, QNAP, Marrex, etc
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…
(ENDED) Free Lightroom 6 or 1yr Creative Cloud Photography Plan with purchase of Nikon D610 or D750 or D810
This limited time Cyber Monday promotion expired…
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