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More superzoom action at the eBay Deals, this time of the SLR kind. The Sigma 18-250 f3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM macro lens is currently offered for $230 with free shipping and a four year warranty (1+3) by Adorama’s eBay store in the Canon, Nikon, Sony Alpha and Pentax K SLR mounts. Limit five per buyer.
PS: if you are having a bit of a deja vu, this had been offered a few weeks ago for $250 by Buydig thru the eBay deals.
To the eBay Deals we check-upon where we find Adorama’s official eBay store offering the manufacturer refurbished Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM Art lens in the four major SLR mounts (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax) for $680 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Warranty is a total of four years from the date of purchase (1+3).
More B&H action, this is a round-up of the current Lens Instant Savings promotions running:
+ Canon SLR Lenses and flashes (21 lenses, 2 flashes)
+ Nikon SLR Lenses (8 lenses)
+ Sony SLR and Mirrorless Lenses (many options)
+ Pentax SLR Lenses (36 options)
+ Sigma SLR Lenses (186 options) – use coupon code PSWBH15 at checkout for more discounting for the Sigmas
A simple post on the $5 Groupon took a life of its own, but we are back to the B&H Photo Photoshop World 2015 specials, starting with their Canon 5D Mark III bundles. Three different kits are offered, with the body only for $2150 after $350 MIR, the 5DMk3 with 24-70 for $2900 after MIR, and the 5DMk3 with 24-105 for $2750 after MIR. These bundles include:
A lot of posts filled up the front page, if you want to see all the B&H Canon Photoshop World 2015 specials, check the Canon DSLR Gear category for a quick and easy way to skim and scan them.
We continue the B&H Canon specials for Photo.Shop.World.2015 with two different Canon 7D Mark II kits. The 7D II body only bundle is $1250 after a $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC) while the 7D II with 18-135 is $1650 after MIR. The bundle includes the Pixma Pro 100 printer, and a 50pk Canon 13×19″ photo paper. The rebates will arrive in the form of a prepaid American Express Gift Card, not a cashbable chequeueue (aka check).
B&H Photo also has two Canon 6D bundles. The 6D body only bundle is $1150 after a $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC) while the 6D with 24-105 f4L is $1650 after a $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC). The bundle includes the 6D kits obviously along with the Pixma Pro 100 printer and 50pk Canon SG-201 13×19″ photo paper.
Last but not least, B&H offers this Canon 1DX bundle for $4250 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card). You get:
One of the B&H Photo headliner deals for the Photo Shop World 2015 is a Canon Pixma Printer savings promotion. You must needs enter coupon code PSWBH15 for these promotions to activate and use this B&H link that activates the promotion.
There are two ways to go about this. One is to buy the printers on their own straight up. They have a $250 mail-in rebate offer, bringing the printers down to $50 after MIR for the Pixma-100, $250 after MIR for the Pixma-10 and $450 after MIR for the Pixma-1.
The other option is to buy one of the printers along with one of the camera kits listed on the promotional page. This qualifies for an additional $350 mail-in rebate (on the combined purchase of a printer and camera). Some items may also come with promotional rewards or other freebies which are independent of this promotion.
The mail-in rebates are in the form of a prepaid American Express Gift Card (not a cashable check). The coupons expire 8/16/15. Here’s the B&H banner summarizing this offer:
PS: in case you are not familiar with these, you either get the $250 MIR if you buy a printer on its own or a $350 MIR if you buy a printer together with a digital camera. The table in the PDF rebate form (can be found on all the eligible product pages at B&H) makes it clear. The additional discounts above are from the B&H coupon and special promotion.
Rule #4975.34.AV30iiv (0.453 revision) of the Brand Fairness Doctrine requires that every time we mention a Tokina special, we have to match it with a Tamron offer, if nothing else, because those two names are too similarly confusing, at least to newcomers to the world of photography 😉 With that unnecessary introduction out of the way, the Tamron SP 24-70mm f2.8 DI VC USD Lens is offered for $1200 after a $100 mail-in rebate (MIR) plus 4% promotional rewards (= $50~) by B&H Photo in the Canon, Nikon and Sony Minolta Alpha mounts.
The Lensbaby Special Edition Spark 50mm f2 Selective Focus Lens is currently on sale for $60 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards at Adorama, available in the Canon and Nikon SLR mounts. Offer ends 8/31/15.
The lens party continues at B&H, this time for Nikon DSLR photographers, the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 DX II ATX lens is on sale for $400 with free expedited shipping and 4% promotional rewards ( = $16~). The Canon and Sony Minolta Dyxum A-mount also go for $400 but don’t get the 4% promotional rewards.
For Canon and Nikon manual focus lens fans, B&H Photo is offering the Zeiss 50mm f1.4 Planar T* for $525 with free expedited shipping and 4% promotional rewards (= $20~).
Rumors of Zeiss hiring Vanilla Ice for a new “Zeiss Zeiss Baby” TV commercial are completely unfounded, but founded in your wallet is a new sale on the Zeiss 85mm f1.4 Planar T* manual focus lens for Canon and Nikon DSLRs for $983 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards (= almost $40) at B&H Photo.
Rokinon has revealed a trio of new T1.5 prime lenses under the Xeen name, the 24mm, 50mm and 85mm, available in five mounts: Canon and Nikon (SLR), PL-mount, Sony E-Mount, and Micro Four Thirds. All of the lenses go for $2500 each and are available for pre-order at B&H Photo as follows: 24mm T1.5 and 50mm T1.5 and 85mm T1.5.
UPDATE: they are also available for pre-order at Adorama in four of the five mounts (Nikon not listed at the moment).
PS: you can find these added to the New Cameras and Lenses of 2015 tracking page.
Zoom-zoom APS-C DSLR-style now as Tamron has a new 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Di VC II lens available for pre-order for $250 in the Canon, Nikon and Alpha (the C/N/A in the blog-post title) mounts. You can pre-order them at B&H Photo and Adorama.
You can find this lens added to the tracking page of New Cameras and Lenses of 2015.
Good until 8/6/15, B&H Photo is offering the Raya Octa Fluorescent 7 Socket Fixture with Portable Background 2-Light Kit for $290 with free expedited shipping.
Speaking of lighting, B&H is offering the ikan iLED312-SP On-Camera LED Spot Light with Digital Display for $180 with free shipping.
If you happen to want the Canon 430 EX II and also some accessories to go with it, B&H offers their Essentials Kit for $216.50 with free shipping. The 430 EX II goes for $200 on its own, so that extra $16.50 gets you a Watson 4-slot charger with 4 AA rechargeables, and a Vello Bounce Dome Diffuser.
UPDATE (8/3/15): B&H Photo is offering it for $4600 with 2% rewards and free 32GB Sandisk Extreeeme Pro and Shoulder Bag and Vello wireless timer.
Vroom-vroom! New sporting seasons are rolling out left and right. Time for a vroom-vroom speed-demon camera sale. The new condition Canon 1D X body only is now going for $4600 with free shipping and $92 in promotional rewards at Adorama.
The new Sigma 24-35mm f2 DG HSM Art lens in the Canon EF SLR mount is now in-stock and f2-zoom on your DSLR for $1000 with free shipping at B&H Photo.
The current iteration of the Canon Lens and Flash promotions (some instant savings, some mail-in rebates) expire on 8/1/15. You can see all available options nicely organized at B&H Photo. Some may be eligible for promotional rewards or other specials – check on the individual lens page for those details. A total of 25 lenses and 5 flashes are participating.
If you are comfortable with imported (grey market) flagships, GetItDigital on eBay (99.7%) is offering the new condition imported grey-market Canon 1D X body only for $4000 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Over 260 units got sold from this sale so far. The subtitle of the listing there says ends by 8/3/15.
At authorized dealers, this goes for $5300 with a variety of free accessories included at Adorama and B&H Photo.
eBay is running a promotional Canon Cameras and Lenses features sales event featuring a total of 243 items with free shipping. You can use the left hand of the page over there to filter them by DSLR or Compacts or DSLR Bundles or Accessories or Lenses. Unfortunately I cannot price-check 240+ items on a dime, so this is a DIY adventure. As usual, check the condition of the item, the seller’s reputation and whether it’s an authorized or grey market (imported item).
Adorama has a bundle offer that effectively gets you the Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Graphics tablet for FREE if you buy it together as a bundle with the following Canon DSLR kits. You just add to cart and checkout, no coupons, no rebates. The bundles are ready to go. These are limited time offers but I don’t know when they expire. The 7D II kits get the Wacom CTH480, while the 5D3 kits get the Wacom PTH451. Eligible DSLRs kits are:
UPDATE: Speaking of Adorama, the spotlight eBay deal of the day as of Wednesday PM is a 15.6″ Lenovo ThinkPad E550 FHD laptop for $630, with a limit of five per buyer and over 350 sold in the last 24 hours per the page over there. Specs include i7-5500U 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM (max 16GB), 500GB/7200rpm HDD, Radeon R7 M260, Win7 Pro (upgradable to Win8), DVD burner, 4-in-1 card reader, etc.
This B&H daily deal too sold out before its 24 hour expiration window closed… For more B&H action, check their Featured Deals page…
These daily deals expired…
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The Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 Di VC USD currently goes for $1200 after a $100 mail-in rebate at authorized dealers, but if you also want a drops and spills warranty and a lens case and a filter, Adorama has them bundled up for $1224 after the $100 MIR in the Canon, Nikon and Sony SLR mounts. So the extra $25 gets you a three year NewLeaf spills and drops warranty, the Lowepro Lens Exchange Case 100AW case ($35 on its own) and a VU Sion UV 82mm Filter (VSUV82, $100+ on its own).
Canon is jumping on the video hype train by creating special Video Creator Kits centered around some of their dSLRS, launching with the D-Rebel T5i, T6i and 70D, perhaps targeting the family archivists and YouTube channelers. In addition to the DSLR (obviously), the bundles include the RODE VideoMic GO and a 32GB Sandisk memory card. The T5i bundle goes for $900, the T6i for $1000, and the 70D for $1650. The D-Rebels come with the 18-55 lens while the 70D comes with the 18-135. They are available for pre-order at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazonia.
Since we posted this a couple of months ago, the price dropped from $1200 to $1150! It is at the eBay Deals, where we find another import (grey market) trade-off. eBay seller “GetItDigital” (99.6%) offering the new condition imported grey market Canon 7D II body only for $1150 with free shipping and a one year warranty from GetItDigital, not from Canon USA. Limit five per customer with over 780 units sold from this eBay listing.
In comparison, at authorized Canon dealers, this goes for $1500 such as Adorama and B&H Photo which offer a few free accessories each along with 2% promotional rewards (= $30~). Amazon itself is stingy on the bundles but it offers 0% 12-month financing with their Store credit card and potentially 5% rewards for Prime members who apply and get approved for the Prime version of their Store card (5% = $75 in statement credit). As usual with credit offers, read terms and conditions carefully, ask them questions if something is not clear, and do some financial planning to make sure such offers will have a net benefit to you in the long run.
Back to the eBay Deals we go where we find the new condition imported-by-seller grey-market Canon 6D body only offered for $1194~ with free shipping and a one year warranty from the seller “GetItDigital” (99.6%), not Canon USA. Limit three per customer.
If you don’t feel comfortable with imported (grey market) cameras, but you are comfortable with open-box Canon USA blessed cameras, you can get the Canon 6D body only for $1270 with free expedited shipping by Adorama. The listing says it includes all accessories and comes with a one year Canon USA warranty.
If you prefer new condition from authorized dealers, it goes for $1400 with a variety of various freebies at Amazon and B&H Photo and Adorama.
Back to the fleaBay Deals, if you are comfortable with white box lenses, the GetItDigital eBay store (99.6%) is offering the new condition white box Canon 24-105mm f4L IS lens for $600 with free shipping, with a limit of three per customer. Over 1340 units got sold from this listing so far. This lens was part of the 5D3 w/24-105 kits, and was taken out of the camera box and is sold as a “white box” with all standard accessories included. There is no explicit mention of warranty on this eBay listing. To be on the safe side, assuming this is an imported (grey market) lens.
At authorized Canon USA dealers, this lens goes for $1000 such as Adorama which offers five different free accessory bundles (options include Red Giant, Spills/Drop warranty, filters, promotional rewards, etc) and B&H Photo and Amazonia.
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