Welcome to the Camera Dome :)
Per the ON-AIR SCHEDULE at Creative LIVE, the following “camera classes” are scheduled for today:
+ starts 12pm ET on Friday: 1-Day Class on the Canon D-Rebel T7i
+ this is the original recording
+ one day class
+ a repeat of yesterday’s 1-Day Class on the Canon 77D
+ this is a rerun, but free to watch for this period
+ this is why you see John Greengo on both video streams at the same time 🙂
Per the ON-AIR SCHEDULE at Creative LIVE, the following “camera classes” are scheduled for today:
+ starts 12pm ET on Thursday: 1-Day Class on the Canon 77D
+ this is the original recording
+ one day class
+ + FREE broadcast today, a Canon 80D Fast Start Class
+ this is a rerun, but free to watch for this period
+ this is why you see John Greengo on both streams 🙂
+ HTML mess corrected 🙂
Per the ON-AIR SCHEDULE at Creative LIVE, the following “camera classes” are scheduled for today:
+ starts 12pm ET today, a 2-Day Class on the Canon 80D
+ this is a rerun, but free to watch for this 2-day period
+ I’m not sure if this is a 2-day long class or a 1-day class but the free stream will run for 2 days
+ starts 12pm ET on Thursday: 1-Day Class on the Canon 77D
+ this is the original recording
+ these are FREE to watch while they are on the “ON AIR” schedule page and have the “Free Broadcast” or “Free LIVE Broadcast” tags on them. Apparently they rerun some classes for FREE as well, they are not only free during their original recording.
And now we are price-checking APS-C dSLRs for the next installment in the Price Charts series and as this happens, potential discounts or sales and such may come up. Which brings us to the Canon 7D Mark II. If you are a fan of open-box camera gear, the 7D II body only is available in open box condition for $1349 plus shipping at B&H Photo with a 1-year warranty from B&H Photo (not Canon USA).
Declare your Independence ~ Happy 4th by the way ~ from shaky macro shots too! The Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 Macro IS STM Lens is now back in-stock and ready to ship for $349 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
This lightning deal expired…
Happening now, recorded LIVE on Monday (today) and Tuesday (7/4/17), John Greego is teaching his Canon 5D Mark IV Fast Start Class on CreativeLIVE. The class is FREE to watch while it is recording during these two days. But if you want to watch it later, you have to buy it. This is the CreativeLIVE philosophy, free to watch when it’s originally recorded, but you pay to watch later.
In addition to the various refurbished cameras, the official Canon USA outlet store has a number of lens related offers:
+ Refurbished Lenses Sale featuring 90+ options, mostly lenses with a few binos at the end of the list
+ multiple pages of options ~ switch to 72 items per page if you don’t want to keep slideshow clicking
+ Instant Savings on 16 refurbished items including lenses, Speedlites and binos
+ including 50mm f1.8 STM for $80, etc
+ various free gifts with these eight lenses (close-up lens or lens hood)
+ this is a mix of refurbished and new condition lenses
The new condition Canon 80D body only goes for $1100, so this is another place where you can save by going refurbished but still get the full warranty. The refurbished Canon 80D with 18-55 goes for $799 at the official Canon USA outlet with a 1-year warranty from Canon. This is the sale price as the refurbished 80D body only. You can always trade, sell, gift, or experiment upon the 18-55 lens if you don’t need it. This one of their 4th of July DSLR sales.
PS: the refurbished 80D with 18-135mm goes for $300 more ($1099).
Canon launched this week the 6D Mark II for $2000, but if you want to get Canon 35mm full frame for almost half of that price, the first generation Canon 6D body only kit is on sale for $1099 with free shipping at the Canon USA Outlet store with a 1-year Canon USA warranty. This is part of their 4th of July Savings sale.
The new condition price for the first generation 6D is $1399 at the moment (eg Adorama – page down to see all options). With a new model coming out, strategically, if you are getting the previous generation model, going refurbished or used makes more sense, especially if you can get it with a full warranty. You can put the difference towards a future upgrade or towards moar moar moar lenses.
We already mentioned pre-orders for the new Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 DSLR lens in Canon and Nikon, but since then, pre-order bundles with FREE accessories have been created for the same price of $1199 by Beach Camera through Amazon. The freebies are:
+ Bounce Zoom Slave FLASH (unspecified maker)
+ Corel PAINTSHOP Pro X9 software
+ Neoprene LENS POUCH 8″
+ 64GB SDXC Class 10 memory card (unspecified maker)
+ 82mm UV, Polarizer & FLD Deluxe FILTER KIT (set of 3 + carrying case)
+ lens hood
+ lens cap keeper, memory card wallet, cleaning kit, air blower, lens cleaning pen, and assorted accessotrinkets
CORRECTION: the lens price is $1200. The original post said the price was $1999.
It’s the season of f2.8 zoom lenses 🙂 Tamron has a new one out, the Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 is now available for pre-ordering for $1200 [CORRECTED] in the Canon and Nikon DSLR systems at Adorama and B&H Photo and OneCALL and Beach Camera thru Amazon (with extras)
In Tamron-speak, “VC” is image stabilization, “Di” is digitally optimized (not APS-C, just digitally optimized). “Di II” is APS-C.
This lens too has been added to the New Lenses of 2017 tracking page. This is the fifth f2.8 zoom lens announced this year!
The Canon 6D line now has a second member! The Canon 6D Mark II is now officially official with its touchscreen Vari-angle “twist and shout” display and its 26mp 35mm FF sensor! The camera is available for pre-ordering in three official kits as follows:
+ 6D II Body Only for $1999 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself
+ 6D II with EF 24-105mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM for $2599 at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself
+ 6D II with EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM for $3099 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself
+ Canon BG-E21 Battery Grip for EOS 6D Mark II for $249 at B&H Photo and $300 at Adorama and Amazon itself
+ prices will eventually converge
This has been added to the New Cameras of 2017, with the DSLRs now taking a 7-6 “lead” over the Mirrorless cameras 🙂
Canon took their time, but they have finally revealed a new SL-series DSLR, the aptly named SL2 is now out and about, available for pre-order for $550 in body only, or for $700 with the 18-55mm EF-S IS STM. The new SL2 has a Vari-Angle Touch-Screen, a “twist and shout” screen 🙂
+ SL2 Body Only for $550 at Amazon and Adorama and B&H Photo
+ SL2 with 18-55 EF-S IS STM for $700 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon
This has been added to the New Cameras of 2017, with the DSLRs now taking a 7-6 “lead” over the Mirrorless cameras 🙂
UPDATE: the live stream ended, but you can re-watch it any time at the page below…
If you are interested in the all new Canon 6D Mark II, B&H Photo has scheduled a Canon 6D Mark II LIVE STREAM PANEL featuring a number of photographers talking about the camera. It will start at 7pm Eastern on Thursday 6/29/17. It is free for all to watch. You can submit and presubmit questions and such using the #BHPhotoLive hashtag on Twitter.
The camera is already available for pre-ordering with the body only going for $2000 (okay, $1999).
This lightning deal expired…
One of today’s lighting deals in the Amazon GoLD BoX, good until 6:19pm ET today is the APEMAN E-TTL Speedlite Flash Speedlight for Canon going for $42.49 with free shipping. The price before the sale was $50 last night. It averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 15 customer reviews, and has 9 answered questions.
UPDATE: the live stream ended, but you can re-watch it at any time using the link below. It is using the LiveStream service…
If you are interested in the all new Canon 6D Mark II, B&H Photo has scheduled a Canon 6D Mark II LIVE STREAM PANEL featuring a number of photographers talking about the camera. It will start at 7pm Eastern on Thursday 6/29/17. It is free for all to watch. You can submit and presubmit questions and such using the #BHPhotoLive hashtag on Twitter.
Speaking of video related matters, the Rokinon T1.5 Cine Prime bundle is on sale until 6/30/17 at B&H Photo with sale prices varying by mount. The Nikon F goes for $1749, M43rds go for $1799, the Canon EF and Sony E go for $1899.
The bundle consists of these four T1.5 Cine Rokinon lenses: the 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm.
Lenses can have baby, and once they start doing so, they start multiplying like bunnies. Which brings us to a new Lensbunny, oops, I mean, Lensbaby, it is the Velvet 85mm f1.8 with a pre-order price of $500 and available in eight different systems, Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony A, Sony E, Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds, and …Samsung NX.
They are available for pre-order at Adorama and at B&H Photo.
The Canon 5D Mark IV body only currently goes for $3300 at authorized dealers which are allowed to bundle it with a variety of freebies and the optional 13-month Canon accidental damage warranty. For example, 64GB Extreme card, 2% rewards, bag and extra battery at B&H Photo or two 64GB Lexar SDXC cards, flash, monopod, mic, and more by Ritz upon Amazon or 64GB Extreme SDXC, Corel bundle, and more at Adorama.
But if you prefer the Canon Pixma PRO 100 printer, and you don’t need the extra accessories, and you don’t object to mail-in rebates and prepaid gift cards, then B&H Photo is bundling the 5D Mark IV body with the Pixma PRO 100 printer and its trusty sidekick the SG-201 photo paper for $3329 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card). A similar offer is available on the 5D Mark IV with 24-105 bundle for $4229 after $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card)
This daily deal expired…
The Meh.com daily deal, good until 11:59pm ET on Monday (or earlier if sold out) is the new condition Canon D-Rebel T6 with the 18-55mm lens offered for $344 plus $5 flat shipping and a 1 year Canon warranty.
For a limited time, Adorama has a quartet of Rokinon lenses on sale as follows. The very specific mount options of each lens are on sale, not all mount options for each lens.
+ Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine Lens for Canon EF-Mount for $420
+ Rokinon 50mm T1.5 Cine DS Lens in Nikon Mount for $350
+ Rokinon 50mm f/1.2 Manual Focus Lens for Sony E Mount in Silver for $350
+ Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 Manual Focus for Olympus E Series DSLRs for $300
+ this is a Four Thirds DSLR lens
SLR lenses are slowly catching up to the crazy zoom ratios of fixed lens cameras. Tamron is taking their to the “next level” with the brand new 18-400mm f3.5-6.3 DI-II VC HLD APS-C Zoom lens, available in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems. The zoom ratio is 22.22x optical. The lens is priced at $650 and it is available for pre-ordering at Adorama and B&H Photo.
This lens has been added to the New Cameras and Lenses of 2017 page.
HISTORY of TAMRON SUPERZOOM LENSES
This is the latest in a long history of Tamron superzoom lenses. Here’s a handy table in the Tamron press release, with yellow highlighter added to show the different focal length options:
Sigma strikes again with two new lenses that have been added to the New Camera and Lens Tracker of 2017. They are available for pre-ordering in the Canon, Nikon and Sigma SLR systems, and they are expected to begin shipping this month ~ other things equal. They are:
+ Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art for $1599 at B&H Photo
+ also available as a bundle TOGETHER with the MC-11 Mount Converter/Lens Adapter for Sony E for $1848
+ Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Art for $1299 at B&H Photo
+ also available as a bundle TOGETHER with the MC-11 Mount Converter/Lens Adapter for Sony E for $1548
UPDATE: they are also available for pre-ordering at Adorama for the same prices.
Zoom-zoom now! It’s Shiguma time! The Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary Lens is on sale for a limited time for $989 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo in the Canon, Nikon and Sigma SLR systems. You also get 4% promotional rewards which are just under $40 in future purchases at B&H. The offer ends 6/30/17.
Zeiss, Zeiss, Baby! I’m surprised Zeiss hasn’t hired Vanilla Ice yet for an April Fool’s Day “Zeiss Zeiss Baby” music video 🙂 While we are waiting for that though, Zeiss has revealed a new Milvus lens, the 35mm f/1.4, available for pre-order for $1999 with a late August 2017 release estimate at B&H Photo in the Canon EF (ZE) and Nikon F (ZF.2) systems.
This has been added to the new Cameras and Lenses of 2017 tracking page. This tracks the more interesting items, eg P&S 1/2.x” digital cameras are not included.
Neewer is not the only one making 3rd-party flashes 🙂 The Phottix Mitros+ TTL Transceiver Flash is on sale for a limited time for $299 with expedited shipping in the Canon, Nikon, and Sony systems at B&H Photo as one of their many Featured Sales…
The Rokinon SP 14mm f/2.4 Lens for Canon EF (it is only available in this option) is on sale for $899 with free expedited shipping for a limited time at B&H Photo. Sale end date is not mentioned in the listing.
For more action, check the B&H Featured Sales…
It’s Tamron time! Good until 11:59pm ET tonight, the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO lens in the Canon, Nikon and Sony A DSLR systems is bundled with 4% promotional rewards (about $20 to be used in future B&H purchases) along with a FREE 67mm Hoya UV Haze NXT HMC Filter for $499 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and zoom through.
The new condition Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens goes for $1699 at authorized Canon USA dealers, and you have the option to get a free 13-month Accidental Damage protection by registering your product within 30 days of purchase.
However, at the moment, Adorama is bundling this lens with a FREE tripod. And it’s not a toy tripod! It is the Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 Aluminum 3 Section Tripod with Horizontal Column (19.84lbs Load Capacity, 66.93″ Maximum Height). The tripod is included in the product bundle above, you see it mentioned over there while this promotion is running.
On the other hand, if you have enough tripods to re-enact the Planet of the Tripods movie, and if you prefer general purpose accessories, Adorama has an accessory bundle offer with these freebies: 82mm lens filters kit, lens shade, cleaning kit, Corel software bundle (five software titles), and other assorted lens-accessories.
But if you instead want to optimize for a lower price, and you don’t need any extra accessories, and you are comfortable with imported grey-market lenses that come with a 1-year seller warranty instead of a 1-year Canon USA warranty, you can get this lens in new condition but imported grey-market for the very specific price of $1591 with free shipping by 6ave on eBay (99.1%, New Jersey). Limit five per customer. Over 200 units got sold so far from this listing.
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