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Wedn: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di XR SP [C/N] for $369

It’s “The Return of the Lenses” playing at the B&H daily deals movie theater and Canon and Nikon (and mount adapter) photographers have a chance until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) to grab the new condition Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di SP for $369 with free US shipping. Note that this is not a stabilizer (VC) lens.

The other three daily deals:

+ InterFit S1N AC/DC HSS TTL Monolight with FREE TTL remote (Canon or Nikon or Sony) for $380
+ AC/DC vinyl records and t-shirts NOT included

+ LenOvo 13.3″ IdeaPad 730S Laptop for $599
+ Core i7-8565U Quad, 16GB LPDDR3, 512GB PCIe SSD, 13.3″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, Intel UHD Graphics 615, etc

+ various CoreSWX charger options, $570 to $1400

November 6, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, tamron Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens for $149 (C/N/E/X/m43)

Party on Wayne! It’s lens day at the Halloween B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens for $149 in your choice of DSLR systems (Canon EF or Nikon F) and Mirrorless systems (Fuji X, Sony E, Micro Eight Sixths)
+ NOTE: some of other mounts shown at the aforelinked individual products remain at $199 and are not participating in the sale (Pentax K, Sony A, Canon EF-M)

+ SirUI N-2204X Carbon Fiber Tripod for $200

+ Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom 4 x 5.65″/4 x 4″ Ultra Lightweight 2-Stage Clip-On Matte Box for $249
+ despite the name, there’s no Vitamin C and no orange color 😉

+ Core SWX Powerbase EDGE Battery for Blackmagic Pocket Camera 4K & 6K for $179

October 30, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

EU: Tamron 60mm f2.8 Di II Macro (Nikon) for 339 euro

More lens discounting in the European Union, Amazon Germany is also offering the new condition Tamron 60mm f2.8 Di II Macro in the Nikon mount for 339 euro with free shipping in Germany-Austria. Limit up to three per customer at the sale price. This is sold and shipped by Amazon Germany itself… The other mount options go for more…

October 17, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, tamron Tagged With: , ,

EU: Fuji 50mm f2 R WR XF for 399 euro [limit 2]

Off to Amazon Germany we geaux now where the new condition black color scheme of the Fuji 50mm f2 R WR XF goes for 399 euro with free shipping in Germany-Austria. Limit two per customer at the sale price. The silver color scheme goes for over 450 euro. This is sold and shipped by Amazon.de itself, not 3rd-party sellers.

IT is not a lightning deal, so expiration time unknown to me…

Meanwhile at Amazon USA this lens goes for $449 with free shipping by Amazon itself, with up to three per color per customer.

October 17, 2019 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 35mm f0.95 Mark II for $419 [X, E, EF-M]

It’s a lens(e) [for fans of alt-spelling] at the Thursday B&H Photo dailies with the featured deal being the new condition MITAKON ZHONGYI Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II lens going for $419 with free US shipping in your choice of silver or black AND also in your choice of Fuji X, Sony E or Canon EF-M.

The other three dailies for Thursday 10/3/19 until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) are the following:

+ ONA The Union Street Messenger Bag for $169 in three color schemes

+ Celestron NexStar 5SE 125mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo Telescope for $499

+ Senal AWS-2000 Camera-Mount Wireless Combo Microphone System Kit for $300 in two options
+ literally A or B are the two options 😉

October 3, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , ,

KEH 3-Day Sale: 20% off select cameras, 10% off select Lenses

Good until Wednesday 10/2/19, KEH Camera is back with a 3-Day Sale promotion: coupon code CL9A gets you a discount as follows:

+ 20% off Featured cameras/items

+ 10% off SLR and DSLR LENSES

+ the usual exceptions apply: no Leica-branded products, no “NEW” condition, no “USed – Like New” condiiton

+ as usual, their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies; you can test it there without signing-up or logging-in

September 30, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , , ,

KEH coupon: 10% off select 3rd-Party Lenses (including ZEISS, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Voigtlander, Roki-Samyang, Etc) [ends Wedn PM]

KEH Camera fans, you have another coupon promotion! Using coupon code LENS9A you get 10% off on select Third Party Lenses until Wednesday night at 9/25/19 at 11:59pm eastern.

Excluded are NEW condition, “USED – Like New” condition lenses. Also excluded are Leica-branded lenses.

Participating brands include ZEISS-ZEISS Baby (okay, Zeiss) with 79 lenses, Tamron with 161 lenses, Tokina with 85, Shiguma with 282 lenses, Voigtlander with 17 lenses, Rokinon + Samyang with 78 total, Mitakon, Kiron, Promaster, Quantaray and many more you can see using the left-hand side filters at the Promotional Page over there…

AS usual, you can test the coupon code in the shopping cart – it is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for the coupon code after all…

September 24, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals, sigma, tamron, tokina Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Friday (EU): Ten Samyang Primes, Seven Tamron Zooms, 20+ Printers, Panasonic GX800 w/12-32, Etc

And now something with the pre-Brexit sufferers! Among the Friday Amazon Germany gold-box deals du jour there is a Tamron and Samyang lens sale with a number of Rollei-branded camera accessories (including one action cam and a 3-axis gimbal] on sale as well as a lone camera, the Panasonic GX800 with 12-32mm going for 320 euro. There’s also a few Panasonic camcorders.

The lenses are too many to list here individually, there’s ten Samyang primes, seven Tamron zooms [maybe they divided the lens turf for this daily deal], and there’s a Wallimex 14mm f2.8 for 259 euro hiding in their mix.

When you scroll further into the amazon.de gold box you will also find a big printer sale. Again too many to list here individually, there are over 20 printers from different brands (Canon, HP, Epson, Kyocera [lasers]) along with various inks and photo-papers. Some of the options are bundles of the above.

September 13, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, mirrorless deals, panasonic, tamron Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Thur (EU): select Sony Cameras & Lenses, Action Cams, Surface

The End of Summer sale continues on Thursday at the Amazon Germany (or “Chermany” in german-english) Gold Box (or ange bote in german-german) and among them you can find:

+ Sony cameras and lenses sale:
++ Sony RX10 III for 999 euro
++ Sony RX10 I for 609
+ reminder the RX10 IV is the one with the speed-demon autofocus

+ Cybershot HX95 superzoom for 379

+ Alpha a77 II APS-C body only [yes a DSLR] for 799

+ Sony a6500 with SEL-P18105 lens for 1529
+ Sony a7 II with SEL-2870 lens for 1119

+ 55-210mm lens in black or silver for 209 euro
+ 35mm f1.8 OSS (SEL35F18) for 329
+ 18200LE (18-200 f3.5-6.3) for 578

In non-Sony action:

+ various BlitzWolf (no relation to Wolf Blitzer’s beard?] hybrid selfie-stick/tripods (for small things, don’t put a FF PRO DSLR with a 100-400mm f0.95 lens on them!]

+ Crosstour action cams (24 to 83 euro, six options)

+ Surface PRO tablet under 800 euro [forgot the specs]

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC (up to 170MB/sec) for 32
+ 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for 23~ euro
+ two flash drives and one internal SSD

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , , ,

Rokinon 14mm f2.8 UMC for $429 [Nikon Z]

Nikon Z photographers, don’t feel left out! You too have a Rokinon lens sale but for a limited time, Adormara is offering the new condition Rokinon 14mm f2.8 UMC lens for the Nikon Z mirrorless system for $429 with free US shipping. You also earn 1% promotional rewards to be used in future Adorama purchases…

September 6, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Pre-order new Nikon Z 24mm f1.8 lens for $997

If you have already jumped aboard the Nikon Full Frame Mirrorless train, they have a new temptation for you available for pre-ordering, it is the brand new Z 24mm f1.8 S lens with a pre-order price of around $1000 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon…

September 4, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, nikon Tagged With: , , ,

Sigma 60-600mm f4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports for $1759 [C/N]

IF someone hasn’t done this yet, there’s a business opportunity: create a photographer-specific workout so they can easily handle and carry some of those big ass lenses…

And on a totally unrelated note, the new condition Sigma 60-600mm f4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports is on sale for $1759 at B&H Photo in your choice of Canon, Nikon (D)SLR systems. B&H automatically includes the Sigma USB dock with the orders (as long as you see this mentioned as “Includes Free: 1 item ($59.00 value)”. Sale ends 9/30/19 or earlier if sold out.

September 3, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , , ,

Nikon 24-70mm f2.8E AF-S ED VR for $1897

If you are looking for a Nikon f2.8 PRO zoom, B&H Photo has you covered with the new condition USA warranty Nikon 24-70mm f2.8E AF-S ED VR lens going for $1897 with free USA shipping. The offer runs until 9/28/19 or earlier if sold out…

You also receive 4% promotional rewards, which, given the price of the lens, comes out to a decent amount to be used in future B&H purchases: 4% of $1900~ = $76~ in future purchases.

September 3, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

More Lenses added to Adorama Labor Day sales (330+ options)

More lenses and lens bundles have been added to the Adorama Labor Day lens deals. You can sort the many options as usual using the options on the left-hand side and the sorting-order on the top-right side…

September 2, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With:

Sunday: 10% off most Lenses with KEH coupon

You can’t take a picture without a lens and I suspect KEH Camera knows this because they are offering 10% off on most lenses at the KEH Camera website using coupon code LENS8A until Sunday 9/1/19 at 11:59pm eastern time.

Exclusions and restrictions apply as usual: coupon does NOT work on NEW or LIKE NEW products and it excludes Leica-branded products (products that work on Leica camera but not made/sold under the Leica brand are eligible providing they are not restricted by any of the other restrictions).

September 1, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , , ,

Pre-order new Rokinon AF 18mm f2.8 FE for $399

If you are a fan of the Sony E-System and you like your lenses to have this new auto-focus thing [may or may not catch on ~ only the future will tell], B&H Photo is now accepting pre-orders for the new condition Rokinon AF 18mm f2.8 FE for the Sony E-System (FE = full-frame) for $399. The current release estimate is October 2019… This is only available in Sony E!

August 29, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Summer Lenses Instant Savings (900 options)

If you are looking for an aggregate of the currently running lenses instant savings and the few mail-in rebate promotions, Adorama has nicely organized them in their Summer Lenses Sale page. Lens-related accessories are also part of the sale.

You can use the left hand side of their website to filter them quickly by areas of interest, for example by brand, price range, system, lens type, and you can sort them by various factors (price, newness of lens, popularity, etc)…

UPDATE: speaking of Adorama, they are having a page featuring the current tripod promotions with a total of 48 options participating…

August 29, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With:

Wedn: SLR Magic Cine 35mm f1.2 FE for $279 [also: Interfit Monolite]

It’s a lens day at the Wednesday B&H daily deals with the new condition SLR Magic Cine 35mm f1.2 FE lens for the Sony E-system going for $279 with free US shipping. The other three dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) are:

+ Interfit S1N AC/DC HSS TTL Monolight for $379 with FREE Interfit TTL remote in your choice of Canon, Nikon or Sony

+ IO Gear ViewPro-C USB Type-C Male to HDMI Female Adapter for $15

+ Xerox Phaser 3260/DI Monochrome Laser Printer for $30
+ yes a $30 laser printer, once upon a time you couldn’t even buy a used cartridge for that!

August 27, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Kamlan 28mm f1.4 MF lens for $150 [various systems]

For about three days and change (as of the time of writing of this blog post), Massdrop is offering the new condition Kamlan 28mm f1.4 manual focus lens for $150 with free US shipping in your choice of Fuji X, Sony E, Micro Four Thirds or Canon EF-M.

These will ship in mid-September from the vendor. The listing does not mention warranty, so assume there is none.

August 20, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Monday (EU): select Sony E and RX on sale

To Amazon Germany we go for Monday 19/8/19 (European style not-quite-palindrome date) where their headliner is a Sony Electronics sale that includes the following camera and photo gear:

+ Sony a5100 with 16-50 for 389 euro
+ Sony a6000 with 16-70Z for 999 euro
+ Sony a6500 with 16-70Z for 1619 euro

+ Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f4 ZA OSS Vario T* for 1049 euro

+ Sony RX10 II for 865 (#DailyReminder, the blazing fast AF was introduced in the Mark IV)

+ Sony RX100 III with Vlogger kit (VCT-SGR1) for 509 euro

August 19, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , ,

KEH Flash Sale: 10% off many used Lenses with coupon

KEH Camera is back with a flash sale! Coupon code LENS8A gets you 10% off many used lenses at KEH Camera. Excluded are Leica-branded products, NEW condition products and “Used – Like New” products. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies ~ you can test the coupon without logging in or creating a user account.

The info is not clear on whether the coupon is good for Thursday August 16 (2019) only or whether it will continue for the weekend, so please factor that in your shopping e-plannings…

August 15, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , , ,

Friday Lightning Deals: Jintu 420-800mm f8.3-16 (Canon), lots of Neewer gear, etc

Thunderbolt and lightning but the Camera & Photo lightning deals are not very frightening 😉 These are some potentially interesting offers running for the next 24 hours or so (as of the time of writing of this post):

+ starts 11:24am ET: JINTU 420-800mm f/ 8.3-F16 Lens for Canon
+ price before sale $99
+ it averages 4.2 out of 5 with 10 customer reviews and with nine answered questions

+ Neewer PRO i-TTL flash, 63-inch carbon fiber tripod, waterproof backpack, Lighting/Background mega kit, movie kit, macro ring light, charger with two batteries replacements for the Canon LP-E6, bi-color with U, reflectors, etc

+ LED panel, monocular, etc from various brands

+ Nixplay Seed 13.3-inch digiframe

+ action cams from Apeman et al

August 9, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , , ,

15% off select Canon Camera Gear with KEH Camera Coupon [ends Thursday at 11:59pm ET]

Canon fans, it’s time you reload your wallet canons! Good until Thursday August 8 in 2019, coupon code CAN8A gets you 15% off select Canon camera gear. You can test the coupon in the shopping cart without creating an account or logging in. Only the featured items are eligible for the coupon during this promotion… Remember that KEH includes a 180-day warranty on items that are in conditions better than AS-IS and “UG” (ugly)… Happy deal fishing 🙂

PS: poor us uglies, we don’t even get a warranty #UglyRights 😉

August 7, 2019 Filed Under: canon, storewide deals Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Monday: Sigma 70-200/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports (C/N) for $1199 [also: Benro, SmallHD, DLP]

It’s a Lens Day at the B&H Photo daily deals as fans of the Canon and Nikon DSLR systems have the option to purchase the new condition Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports lens for $1199 with free US shipping…

This and the other offers below expire on Monday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier for anything that may sell out ahead of time):

+ BenRo FIF28CIB2 Carbon Fiber Transfunctional iFoto Series 2 Tripod Kit for $199

+ SmallHD 1303 HDR 13″ Production Monitor for $2050

+ InFocus IN2136 4500-Lumen WXGA DLP Projector for $379

July 29, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , , ,

Nikon Lenses Instant Savings return with 28 DSLR options

Nikon fans unite and take over (or hide your e-wallets). The Nikon lenses instant savings promotion is back at B&H Photo with 28 DSLR system options available, a mix of primes and zooms, the vast majority of them being 35mm full frame lenses…

July 21, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Zeiss Lenses Instant Savings (63 options)

IT’s ZEISS time at B&H Photo! They are currently running a Zeiss Lenses Instant Savings promotion featuring 63 options, with a mix of DSLR and mirrorless system lenses, the fast majority of which being 35mm full framers. Too many lenses to list here individually, but *SPOILER ALERT* they are prime lenses…

July 21, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals, zeiss Tagged With: ,

Wednesday: SLR Magic Cine II 50/1.1 (Sony E) for $269, Etc

Wednesday is here, the “Morning After” of Prime Day and B&H Photo is back with a lens in their Daily Deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any of them that may sellout):

+ SLR Magic Cine II 50mm f/1.1 Lens (Sony E-Mount) for $269
+ did you know that if you take the “y” out of Sony it becomes Soy? #DadJokes 😉

+ Magnus VT-4000 Tripod System with Fluid Head for $110

+ Denon Commander Sport Portable Water-Resistant 120W All-In-One PA System with Wireless Handheld Microphone for $299

+ EzViz BN-1444A2 4-Channel 4MP NVR with 2TB HDD and 4 4MP Outdoor Network Bullet Cameras Kit for $130

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: , ,

Rokinon 14mm f2.8 (Sony E) for $229 [Prime Deal]

I can’t post individually for every single one of the camera and photo lightning deals ~ you can find them over there in the typical Amazon format…ilter

… but when some of them are doing well percentage-claimed wise, I give in and post about them individually. Such is the case for the new condition Rokinon 14mm F2.8 manual focus lens, model FE14M-E, going for $229 with free shipping for PRIME members until 9:25pm ET or earlier if sold out. IT is 27% claimed as of 3:53pm ET.

And starting at 4:30pm ET, there will be lightning deals on some (or may be all) of the Kenko Nyumon filters. The listing has the full range from 37mm to 82mm, but it doesn’t say ahead of time which one(s) will be on sale…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , ,

Rokinon Prime Day Deals Have Began: 14/2.8 (N) for $236, 12/2 NCS CS (X) for $199, and more to come [Prime members only]

The first of the scheduled Rokinon prime lenses has gone live, it is the new condition Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC manual focus lens with a built-in AE chip for the Nikon system going for $236~ with free shipping. Prime members only. It is 20% claimed as of 10am eastern. It expires at 3:20pm ET or earlier if sold out.

Also gone live is the new condition Rokinon 12mm F2.0 NCS CS in the black color scheme for the Fuji X system going for $199. It is 17% claimed as of 10:09am ET. It expires 3:30pm ET or earlier if sold out.

You can find the rest of the Rokinon primes in the Camera & Photo Lightning Deals or you can see the list of times in our previously posted Coming Up post…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

Rokinon 135mm f2.8 ED UMC for $340 [Fuji X] or $369 [Sony E, A]

The Prime Festivities continue with more …prime lens action, this time they are offering the new condition Rokinon 135mm f2 ED UMC teleprime for $340~ in the Fuji X system and $369~ in the Sony A and Sony E systems. As of 3:42pm ET, the Fuji X is 20% claimed and the Sony E is 28% claimed… The lightning deal is scheduled to end at 6:50pm ET… This too is for Prime members only…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,