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One bang for the buck way to scoop up Canon DSLR gear is buy manufacturer refurbished models that come with a 1-year Canon USA warranty from the official Canon USA store. Likewise, some of the Powershots are offered in refurbished condition with a 1-year warranty.
For example, one option as a starter Canon “take pictures with” DSLR kit is the manufacturer refurbished Canon SL1 with 18-55 IS STM for $299.
We have a prime lens mini streak today it turns out 🙂 The Bower SLY 8mm f3.5 Fisheye lens is now on sale for $159 in the Canon and Nikon systems with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. The Four Thirds (DSLR) version is not on sale. This is a limited time offer.
Rokinon’s Cine primes are like kittens, you are often encouraged to get a basket full of them 😉 Which brings us to the Rokinon T1.5 Cine Lens Bundle on sale for $1099 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. It includes the 24mm, 35mm, and 85mm T1.5 lenses. It is offered for the Canon and Nikon SLR systems, and the Sony E and Micro 43rds mirrorless systems.
The Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT Flash is bundled with three freebies at Adorama for $249 with free expedited shipping: a Flashpoint Mini Soft Box Diffuser for Shoe Mount Flashes, AND a Flashpoint TTL-Off Camera Flash Cord for Canon EOS, AND a 4-slot Power2000 with four AA 2900 mAh batteries included.
If you don’t need the extras, you can instead get 4% promotional rewards (about $10 to be spent in the future) at B&H Photo.
Or if you are a Prime member paying with either the Amazon Chase VISA or the Prime Store credit card, you can get $12.50 back as a statement credit at Amazon.
Another doorbuster of sorts at B&H Photo, the Manfrotto Clamp-On Remote Control for Canon DSLRs is on sale for a limited time for $94 with free expedited shipping… For more action, check the B&H Photo Featured sales…
Zoom-zoom! The Sigma 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM Contemporary lens is bundled with the Sigma USB Dock, the Sigma 72mm protective filter, the Sigma AML72-01 Close-Up Lens and $20~ promotional reward for $499 with free shipping at B&H Photo. The Canon, Nikon and Sigma versions get OS while the Sony A and Pentax do not.
Canon too has a two-lens kit sale in the run-up to Mother’s Day and Grads and Dads. The Canon D-Rebel T6 two lens kit with the 18-55mm EF-S IS II and 75-300mm non-USM non-IS lenses is bundled with a 16GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC card and a Zeiss lens care kit along with 4% promotional rewards ($18~ to be used in future purchases) at B&H Photo.
Speaking of Canon DSLRs, they are offering the D-Rebel T6i w/18-55 IS STM and $26~ promotional rewards and 16GB Sandisk Extreme and Canon EOS shoulder camera bag for $649 with free shipping.
Prime time for your manual focusing photo-video skills, the Rokinon 50mm T1.5 Cine DS Manual Focus sale is on sale for $400 with $8 promotional rewards and free shipping at Adorama in the Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony E, and M43rds systems. This is a limited time sale,
The Canon version of the Rokinon 8mm f/3.5 HD Fisheye Lens lens is currently on sale for $200 at B&H Photo (with $4~ promotional rewards) and at Amazon by Amazon itself. This is the “HD” version of the lens. The other mounts go for $more$.
Rumors that Zeiss is planning to hire Vanilla Ice to record a “Zeiss Zeiss Baby” version of his famous song are completely unfounded, but what is founded is a new Zeiss lens sale, the Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZE Lens is on sale for $699 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. You also get 4% promotional rewards (about $28~ to spend in future B&H purchases). Only the Canon EF mount version is on sale.
If you are comfortable with 3rd-party battery grips, the Green Extreme BG-E20 Battery Grip for the Canon 5D Mark IV DSLR (replaces Canon’s own BG-E20) is on sale for $59 with free shipping at Adorama which includes for free a ProOPTIC Glass Screen Protector (for the 5D IV, not the grip).
For a recap of some of the newly announced and newly released products, Adorama has created the New in May summary page. Some items on that page are in-stock, some are in pre-order, some are on sale.
Adorama also appears to be experimenting with a new design on their product pages, YMMV if you see it (web experiments are often spread out randomly or based on OS/browser/viewport combos online, Amazon constantly does this to the point of frustration), here’s a screenshot:
Zoom-zoom now, the Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO Lens is bundled with 4% promotional rewards (around $20 to be used in future B&H purchases) along with the Hoya 67mm UV Haze NXT HMC Filter, all together for $499 with free shipping in the Canon EF mount and the Sony A mount. The Nikon version is neither on sale, nor it gets a free filter. Sale ends by 5/10/17.
This daily deal expired…
More things uncovered while updating the Stock Status Tracker, the Canon 77D body only has now dropped from $900 to $850, AND it is getting its first bundle of FREE accessories at Adorama: Corel software bundle, 16GB SD card, 24×7 Traffic Collection camera bag, Bower 20 memory card wallet, and the obligatory trinkets, card reader and cleaning kit.
The other two kits have also dropped in price, the w/18-55 is $1000 with free accessories (you are paying +$150 for the 18-55 lens) while the with 18-135mm kit dropped to $1250 but no free accessories (you are paying $400 more to get the 18-135 lens).
Needless to say, there are plenty of Canon APS-C options out there, especially if you factor in the refurbished ones as well, so there are plenty of choices and choice-headaches 🙂
Two-lens bundles in a manufacturer box are the Loot Crate equivalent of photography. Okay, not quite that, but Canon’s new 2-lens bundle of the Canon EF 17-40mm f4L USM AND the Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM is now on sale for $849 with free shipping at Adorama. On their own, the two lenses go for $750 and $330 respectively, making it a value play if you need/want both lenses, or don’t mind gifting/selling/trading the one you don’t want.
There’s no doubt Tamron (affectionately called “Tammy” by some) would be Tammy Wynette’s favorite lens manufacturer. which brings us to a new round of mail-in rebates and instant discounts on select lenses, organized by B&H Photo. The lenses are:
+ 45/1.8 Di VC for $499 after $100 MIR
+ 24-70/2.8 Di VC USD for $1100 after $200 MIR
+ 18-200/3.5-6.3 Di II VC for $200
+ they are available in Canon, Nikon and Sony Alpha SLR systems
+ they also get 4% promotional rewards
This is blog-certified to be Tamron, not Tokina. I am posting this because I often mistype the two 🙂
To the eBay Deals we go, where friends of mail-in rebates and prepaid American Express gift cards can get the new condition Canon D-Rebel T6 bundle with the 18-55 and 75-300 lenses, along with the PIXMA PRO 100 printer and 50pk 13×19″ sidekick photo paper for $350 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX gift card). BuyDig is the seller, authorize Canon dealers.
This lightning deal expired…
Good until 8:50pm ET tonight (or earlier if sold out), the Yongnuo YN568EX IIC-USA E-TTL Speedlite Flash with Master Wireless Control is a lightning deal for $75~, sold by a marketplace seller with the order fulfilled by Amazon (Prime eligible). The price before the sale was $97 last night when I posted the lightning deal schedule. This is the headliner of Sunday’s Gold Box in terms of Camera and Photo products.
This lightning deal expired…
Another NAB 2017 special, the Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L II USM is bundled with the Platypod Pro Max Plate Mini Tripod (goes for $100 on its own) all together for $1699 with free expedited shipping at Adorama.
If you don’t need the platypus creature tripod thing, Adorama has a different bundle for the same price, it’s an Accessorapaloooza (filters, Corel, cleaning kits, lens wrap, lens shade, tether.
Or if you don’t need any free accessories, you can instead get 4% promotional rewards (~$68) to be spent in future Adorama purchase by getting the default option.
More B&H NAB 2017 action, it’s a 4-pack of Rokinon T1.5 Cine DS prime lenses, the 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm are on sale, together as a bundle at B&H Photo for $1749 with free expedited shipping in the Canon, Nikon and Sony E systems. M43rds photographers pay $50 more for this bundle. Offer ends 4/27/17.
These should not be confused with the Rokinon 20mm T1.9 which is a Tuesday daily deal.
The Rokinon 85mm T1.5 lens with declicked aperture and follow focus capable is on sale for $264 in the Canon and Fuji and Nikon systems by Aamzon itself with a limit of up to three units per mount per customer. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration time/date unknown. Check the individual listings for the Nikon version as it is complicated (Amazon’s own is Prime only, but Precision has it for $264 but not Prime eligible).
Speaking of Amazon, they are offering the Star Trek 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection [Blu-ray] for $80 with free shipping. Limit one set per customer during the sale.
This is a nice bundle for new Canon shooters. The official Canon 50mm f1.8 and 10-18mm Portrait & Travel 2-Lens Kit is bundled with a handful of free accessories for the same price of $350 with free shipping at Adorama. The freebies are: Adorama and Lowepro lens cases, Tiffen and Vivitar lens filters, and a cleaning kit. The lenses will ship right away, but some of the freebies may take longer to arrive per the page over there…
For more Adorama action, check their latest 48 Hour Sale…
This Rebel’s cause expired 🙂
For Canon shooters, the Yongnuo 100mm f2 is currently going for $160 with free shipping at Adorama. It is currently temporarily backordered, so keep that in mind.
And if you want to immerse yourself in DIY deal hunting, check:
The new condition Canon Battery Charger CB-2LH is currently on sale for $40 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit ten) and at B&H Photo.
Adorama is back too and with them comes a new limited time flash sale, the Flashpoint Zoom Li-on R2 TTL On-Camera Flash Speedlight For Canon (V860CII) is offered for $129 with free expedited shipping… Optionally you can purchase it together with various other Flashpoint related accessories for a combined purchase discount. Expand the yellow “Special Offer” section over there, and look at the various sub-tabs (there’s three of them as of the time of writing)…
Prime your wallets and your Canon and Nikon DSLRs because the new Sigma 135mm f1.8 DG HSM ART lens is now in-stock for $1399 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems. The Sigma SA version is estimated to get in-stock next week.
All three official kits of the new Canon Digital Rebel T7i DSLR are now in-stock at a combination of Amazon (two of the three) and B&H Photo (all three) and Adorama (two of the three).
The three official kits are body only for $750, with 18-55 for $900, and with 18-135 for $1300. Additionally, B&H Photo has created two kits of its own that add the 55-250 lens to the 18-55 and 18-135 kits for +$150 more on each.
NOTE: B&H and Adorama orders will begin shipping on Wednesday April 19 regardless of shipping method selected.
The new Canon 35mm f2.8 IS STM EF-S (yes, the one with the built-in macro lite/light) now has a price! You can now pre-order it for $350 at Amazon by Amazon itself and B&H Photo and Adorama. The release estimate at the moment is June 10 (2017), which is not that far off, when you consider that Game Of Thrones Season 7 will arrive a month AFTER this lens is released 🙂
The built-in light also raises an interesting question, could we be heading into a “smartphonization” of lenses? It would certainly help manufacturers with more sales as lenses would have to be upgraded much faster than previous decades 🙂
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