Camera Deals

Pre-order alert: the new Canons are available for pre-ordering

If you want to be among the first to receive from Amazon the new Canon Powershot models that were announced today, then be sure to place your pre-orders. Here we go:

+ Canon G11 for $500

+ Canon S90 for $430

+ Canon SX20is for $400

+ Canon SX120is for $250

+ Canon SD980is for $330

+ Canon SD940is for $300

+ waterproof housing for SD940is, S90 and G11 ($200 each)

You can keep track of our in-progress coverage of the new Canons at the main blog. We have already summarized the Canon S90, and the G11 is currently in-progress.

Pre-order the Pentax K7 right now for $1300

This is a temporal deal! If you want to have a good chance to be among the first to get their hands on the Pentax K7, be sure to place your pre-order at Amazon right now for the K7 Body Only. The price is $1300 with free shipping. It includes a pre-order price guarantee, so if the price goes down before it ships, you will be charged the lowest price.

Olympus E620 kits available for pre-order

The Olympus E620 kits along with the new battery grip and underwater housing are now available for pre-ordering at Amazon.com.

We have created a detailed list of the available kits at the main blog. That post will be updated over time as more retailers make it available.

Ricoh CX1 available for pre-order at $380

The Ricoh CX1 will be available in the US market for $380 at Adorama.com, however be prepared to wait, as the current release estimate puts it at May 2009.

For more on the Ricoh CX1, be sure to check the CX1 announcement round-up.

PreOrder page for the new cameras of 2009

Amazon has setup a detailed pre-orders page featuring almost all the new digital cameras available for pre-ordering. This includes some of the hybrids and camcorders as well. This is a big sequence, it's over 10 pages long!

Hot pre-orders: Pocket Wizard FlexTT5 and MiniTT1

Two items that have been picking up momentum since their announcement, are the Pocket Wizard FlexTT5 and miniTT1. The initial launch will be for Canon DSLRs, so everybody else, please use available light ;-) The flexTT5 goes where the flash is (transceiver), and the miniTT1 sits atop the camera body (radio transmitter).

Pre-order the Nikon 35mm f1.8G DX lens for $200

The Nikon 35mm f1.8G DX was announced earlier today and a few hours later it was made available at Amazon.com for pre-ordering at the price of $200 and with free shipping and handling. No delivery estimate is given. This is a DX lens, which gives a "normal" 50mm-ish equivalent focal range.

Preorder discount: Olympus Tough 6000 for $294 (blue)

It's not often that an item gets discounted during the pre-order stages. But it just happened! You can get the blue Olympus Tough 6000 for $294 and with free shipping, down $6 from its pre-order price. This is sold and shipped by Amazon herself. No shipping estimate is given. The Tough 6000 was announced in early January as part of Olympus's wild burst mode, where they announced 12+ new digital cameras. This may be a record, but we don't keep track of this statistic. Maybe we should :-)

We are not using the name "Stylus Tough" because that can cause giggles at the office or the workplace and get our readers in trouble with their bosses ;-) Seriously, how do you associate a "stylus" or a "moo" with "tough"? :)

Pre-order alert: Kodak Z980 for $400

The new 24X superzoom by Kodak, the Z980, is now available for pre-order at Amazon for $400 and with free shipping. This has a new 12mp 1/2.33" sensor, which appears to be the "sensor du jour" in 2009. And as you can see from the picture, this camera has a quasi-grip. Quasi because it doesn't actually take any batteries, and it doesn't have the second shutter button. Instead the second shutter button is actually on the ...camera body. This is an alternative design that is guaranteed to drive SLR-traditionalists crazy :-)

Pre-orders available: Samsung HZ10w for $300

If you can't wait to get your hands on the Samsung HZ10w (24-240mm "fun zoom"), you can place a pre-order at Amazon for $300. It has the usual feature set you would expect in the "fun-zoom" segment, or as some like to call it, a "travel zoom".