Camera Deals

(ENDED) Sanyo Xacti HD1010 for $480 (Wedn only)

The Sanyo Xacti HD1010 is the Wednesday deal of the day at Amazon.com. You can get it for $480, sold and shipped by Amazon itself. This price is about $100 less than the other reputable dealers. This price is good for the whole day Wednesday, in the pacific time zone (eg 3am eastern Wednesday to 3am eastern Thursday) - as long as the allocated supplies for this promotion are not exhausted.

Also, keep an eye out for the lightning round deals at the gold box, starting at 9am eastern. The theme of the day appears to be BluRay and audio.

For more on the HD1010, be sure to check some of its reviews at:
+ camcorderinfo.com
+ macworld.com
+ G4 Attack of the show 5-minute video review (the review is in video format)

Here are the latest non-Amazon prices at the moment:

(SOLD OUT) Blue Sanyo VPC-E2 waterproof hybrid for $150

Update: This has sold out as well. This is the second camera Amazon put on special on Monday, and the allocated quantities got scooped up.

Original Post: Amazon is so caring ;-) Because the Pentax K2000 deal sold out earlier in the morning, they have added a new camera as the spotlight gold box deal of the day. It is the blue Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2 hybrid going for $150 and with free shipping. This is a waterproof device, designed to the IPX8 international standard. It is a hybrid camera/camcorder in typical Sanyo fashion, as you can see in the picture below. The price is good until 3am eastern on Tuesday or until it sells out, whichever comes first.

(SOLD OUT) Blue Sanyo VPC-E2 hybrid for $150 today only

Update 6pm eastern: Amazon itself has sold out this product at the special price of $150. You can still get it at Amazon but from 3rd party sellers at $180+.

Original Post
The Gold Box Deal of the Day at Amazon, today Sunday, is the blue Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2 hybrid camcorder and 8-megapixel digital camera. The price is good until 3am eastern time on Monday early morning. Some of the specs of interest:

+ 60fps 640x480 video
+ 8-mp stills
+ uses AVC/H.264 video compression
+ record up to a total of 8 hours of full motion video on an 8 GB memory card
+ 2.5" LCD screen that rotates up to 285-degrees
+ capable of recording full-motion video five feet underwater for up to 30 minutes
+ 5x optical zoom (38-190mm eq) - only "digital" stabilization
+ SD/SDHC memory card
+ LiIon battery

Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 for only $200 (Amazon 2-hour special)

Please pay close attention! This deal is only good for two hours and you can see it if you check in your Amazon Gold Box. The offer is for the Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 hybrid camera/camcorder offered for $200 with free shipping and handling. The special price is good from 1pm eastern to 3pm eastern today, Monday November 4, 2008. The regular price is $240.

This hybrid offers nine megapixels (CMOS) with a 5x optical zoom lens, but it does not start at wide angle. It has a 2.5" flipout LCD, with SD/SDHC and a LiIon battery. Video is MPEG4 AVC/H.264. And it can "chase" up to 12 faces.