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Sony is striking first in CES 2018 in this small “pre CES 2018” window [see Trade Show Calendar] with a couple of new products that will be available for pre-ordering on Wednesday January 10 at 11am eastern:
+ Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS for $598 at B&H Photo and Adorama
+ silver Sony a6300: body for $898, with 16-50mm for $998 at B&H Photo and Adorama
This particular 2-day coupon expired… If you missed it, fear not; they have coupons on a regular basis…
Lensaholics of the world, unite and take over! Starting at 12pm eastern today (Wednesday 1/3/18), CreativeLIVE will have the world premiere (recording LIVE) of a brand new class, Choosing the Right Lens with John Greengo, FREE to watch/stream during this promotion.
The class runs from 12pm to 7pm ET with a live studio audience. There is usually a lunch break because …humans! It will then likely repeat through the night until 12pm ET of the next day. If you like it well enough you’ll want to watch it more times in the future, it is available on a pre-order sale for $39.
For all the other free-to-watch classes, check the latest CreativeLIVE ON-AIR schedule page.
This sale is only offered in the Canon EF mount! The Rokinon 20mm T1.9 WA Cine DS lens is bundled with a 77mm digital filters kit, a lens wrap (not edible!), a lens cap keeper, a cleaning kit, and the new Corel software bundle, all together going for $499 with free shipping at Adorama.
BorrowLenses is back with a new coupon. Coupon code HEYA2018 gets you either 15% off OR $25 off your next camera gear rental. Their system automatically gives you the best discount among the two options. Coupon expires 1/8/18. The orders must be scheduled to arrive to you by 1/15/18. Their shopping cart will tell you.
It turns out there are more refurbished Tamron lenses at Adorama. As of the time of writing, 14 options are available in various combinations of lens and system. Most of them are zooms, except for the 90mm. You can use the listing options over there at Adorama to filter by price or mount. Prices range from $180 to $899. They get a 90-day warranty.
As usual, price-check the lenses if you are not familiar with their price range, as sometimes the new vs refurbished vs used prices may not be in-sync or appropriately staircases. Don’t forget to also price-check at KEH Camera which offers a 180-day warranty.
Note also that Tamron offers a six year warranty on new condition Tamron USA lenses, so that’s something to factor in the price difference if you are a fan of included manufacturer warranties.
In new condition, the Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 DI LD (IF) Macro lens goes for $769 in the four major DSLR systems (Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony A) at authorized dealers such as B&H Photo.
But if you are comfortable with refurbished, the Sony Alpha version is available in refurbished by Tamron condition at Adorama for $534 with free shipping and a 90-day Tamron USA warranty.
Refurbished lenses are NOT eligible for the Tamron Lens VIP Owner program.
A new year is here, and Tamron has launched a new round of $100 mail-in rebates running from 12/31/17 until 3/3/18 for each of the following two lenses:
Tamron 70-200/2.8 Di VC USD G2 for $1099 after $100 MIR
+ Amazon itself in Canon EF and Nikon F for $1099 after $100 MIR
+ $1199 after $100 MIR at B&H Photo and Adorama (C/N on same listing)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 for $1199 after $100 MIR
+ Amazon itself in Canon mount and Nikon mount for $1199 after $100 MIR
+ $1299 after $100 MIR for the Sony A mount
+ the price is $1299 after the $100 MIR at Adorama with FREE 95mm UV filter and $56 rewards and B&H Photo with $56 rewards (C/N/A on same listing)
+ the Sony A is NOT stabilized (not VC)
Rebate details
If buy from a retailer that has an open marketplace like Amazon, make sure Amazon itself is the seller. If buying from retailers that also sell imported, and used and refurbished, make sure the version you buy is new condition with Tamron USA warranty.
See rebate details in PDF file.
Speaking of Tamron, they have launched a new VIP Lens Owner program…
Happy New Year to the various cascading time zones as we slowly enter 2018 around the world!
The new condition Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM “Contemporary” Lens is bundled with a FREE VU Ariel 95mm UV filter and $31.50 promotional rewards for $789 with free shipping for a limited time at Adorama in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems. No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout while this promotion is running.
Also among their latest Year End Sales, Adorama is offering the new condition Apple 10.5″ iPad Pro (Wi-Fi, 256GB), Space Gray (2017), for $729 with free shipping. They are an authorized Apple dealer.
F2.8 PRO zoom lens time now! Adorama is offering the new condition Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD for $899 with free shipping and $36~ promotional rewards for a limited time in the Nikon F system and the Canon EF system. No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed to checkout. The Sony A version is not on sale.
The other Tamron lens that has joined the B&H Photo 2-Day Sale is the new condition Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO going for $499 with free expedited shipping and a FREE Hoya 67mm UV Haze NXT HMC Filter along with 4% ($20~) promotional rewards in Canon, Nikon, and Sony A systems. The Canon and Nikon are VC (stabilized) while the Sony A is not.
This is the first of three lenses that are hitching a ride on the B&H Photo 2-Day Sale, it is the new condition Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC going for $199 with free expedited shipping and with 4% promotional rewards ($8~) in the Canon, Nikon and Sony A mounts. The Canon and Nikon are VC (stabilized), the Sony A is not.
CORRECTED 12/30/17 at 10pm ET
The new condition Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 going for $1299 with free expedited shipping along with a FREE Tamron TAP-in Console and 4% ($52~) promotional rewards in the Canon and Nikon.
The Sony A version is not VC, and it does not get a free TAP-IN console.
The new condition Bower 500mm f/8 Preset Lens With T-Mount Adapter is on sale for $70 with free shipping at B&H Photo in the Canon, Nikon and Pentax K DSLR systems. This sale continues as of a 12/30/17 recheck…
Nikon too joins the party of the B&H Mega Sale with a Nikon Lens Instant Savings sale featuring a total of 9 lenses, with prices ranging from $247 to $2097. All the featured lenses get free next day delivery. Hiding among the nine lenses are also three Nikon D7500 kits ~ bundles with lenses, so they fit the lens theme 🙂
The sale ends Saturday 12/30/17. The FREE NEXT DAY Delivery promotion ends Thursday at 2pm ET. There’s no coupon needed for the free next day delivery ~ you see the option on the product page while this offer is running.
Another one of the B&H 2-Day Sale offers is the new condition Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX lens offered for $619 with free expedited shipping in the Canon EF mount. The Nikon version is NOT on sale.
As of 12/30/17 recheck, this sale continues…
If you are a fan of Prime lenses made by non-mainstream lens manufacturers, the membership website MassDrop is offering the new condition Kamlan 50mm F/1.1 APS-C Prime Lens for $130 with free shipping for USA shoppers. Shipping is extra for non-USA shoppers. The lens is available in Canon EF-M, Fuji X, M43rds and Sony E. You select the option at checkout. It comes with a 1-year warranty. All sales are final. These will ship in late January 2018. There is no express shipping option!
If you are not familiar with MassDrop, think of them as a group buy shopping club. You have to create an account (free to join, no annual/membership fees) to see the prices and details of a product. Orders do not ship right away like Amazon. It’s the opposite of Prime. Orders can take weeks to months before they ship because of the nature of group buys. Sales are final. Some items come with a manufacturer warranty, others don’t. Some are purchased directly from the manufacturer, others through third parties.
If you hate waiting, then mayhaps it’s not for you. You can instead go for near-instant gratification with the B&H FREE Next Day delivery of various products 🙂
It’s Tamron Wynette time! They have just revealed a brand new annualized membership club for Tamron lens owners, the Tamron VIP Club. The virtual club has three membership tiers, depending on how many Tamron lenses you have purchased and registered since May 2011.
The deadline for participating in the 2018 club year is January 15 in 2018. You must register by then a minimum of FOUR Tamron lenses to get in at the SILVER tier. If you register FIVE or more, you are at the GOLD tier, and six or more make you a PLATINUM member.
These are actually practical and tangible benefits!
The membership tiers will be assessed once per year. On subsequent years, VIP Club membership status will be announced to all Members on February 15 of each year, with the registration deadline being January 15 of the same year.
Not every lens qualifies towards the minimum of four for the VIP tiers. Per their website, and this is my interpretation of their rules:
The Olympus 30mm f3.5 Macro [M43] had been going for $99 but has increased to $149 as of this recheck, however, its $99 partner-in-crime, the Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6R continues to go for $99 (or has returned to $99) since our previous recheck at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself. At B&H and Adorama you get $4 promotional rewards as well, while at Amazon you get a $5 statement credit if you pay with Prime VISA or Discover with activated Q4 rewards. With free shipping.
This sale ended… Borrow Lenses is back with another coupon. Use promo code BYE2017 to get 25% off camera gear rentals that will be delivered or picked up by 12/30/17. The order deadline is the same.
These daily deals expired BUT for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales…
Adorama is offering the new condition Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM “Contemporary” Lens for $789 with free shipping and $31.56 promotional rewards in the Canon and Nikon DSLR systems. No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed to checkout…
In other Adorama action, they have these sales:
+ SiliconDust HDHomeRun Connect for $79
+ Apple iPad 9.7″ Wi-Fi 32GB – Space Gray (2017) for $299
+ Roland FP-30 88 Keys SuperNATURAL Digital Portable Piano for $479 using coupon code HOLIDAYS
+ HP Elitebook 840 G3 14″ Full HD Touchscreen Notebook (Intel i5-6200U 2.3GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 7 Pro + Win 10 Pro License) for $900
Adorama is having an end of year Canon Lens Clearance sale using coupon code CAYR7BERD in the shopping cart. You can test the coupon before making a purchase by following the prompts. The coupon is entered under the “Payment” section, click on “Do you have a gift card or promo code?” and enter the coupon code in the second box, the “Enter coupon code” one and hit “Apply”.
The SLR Magic CINE 50mm F1.1 for the Sony E system is bundled with the SLR Magic 52mm variable ND filter II, together going for $339 with free expedited shipping along with $6.78 in promotional rewards at Adorama.
If you don’t want/need the variable ND filter, the lens on its own goes for $279 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
Also participating in the Prime 20% Statement Credit offer are a total of 301 photography lenses. We already mentioned some of them, but I obviously can’t create individual posts for 301 lenses. The majority of them are Rokinon and Samyang models for various camera systems. You can find them all in the Digital Camera Lenses listing which you can filter by mount and manufacturer and other factors available in the left hand side over there.
Remember, these lenses must be sold and shipped by Amazon itself and you must pay for the items with either one of the Amazon Prime credit cards and you must be a Prime member. Check our Introductory post for an explanation of the offer.
This is a limited time offer. Expiration date is unknown.
Select Pentax gear are not the only ones eligible for the 20% off Prime Credit Card Statement Credit promotion. There’s a Tamron lens as well, available in either the Canon or Nikon DSLR system.
The new condition Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 SP Di VC USD XLD goes for $450 at Adorama and B&H Photo with 4% promotional rewards.
The same price is available at Amazon by Amazon itself. If you pay for this with either one of the Prime credit cards, you will get a 20% statement credit, which is $90 in this case!
This is a limited time offer! You can find details and all the eligible products through the Prime 20% Statement Credit offer page.
On the Pentax K-mount, a total of 29 Pentax lenses are participating in the latest B&H Photo Pentax Instant Savings promotion. Some (but not all) of the lens offers expire Saturday at 11:59pm ET. Note however that B&H is not accepting orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM, so factor that in your planning! Some of the lenses earn 4% promotional rewards.
Prices range from $92 (50mm f1.8 DA) up to $4000 (560/5.6). There is a mix of zooms and primes, including some of the f2.8 PRO zooms and their Limited Primes.
The Sigma ART lens sale is back on again with a variety of Sigma ART DSLR lenses participating. You can find them nicely organized at Adorama, sorted by mount: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Sigma SA, Pentax K, and a couple of Sigma lenses to Sony E mount lens converters too. There are too many to list here individually at the moment.
Black Friday pricing is back at B&H Photo with a variety of lenses from various manufacturers and various camera systems.
PS: I’m pressed for time and I can’t pause time, more details later today/tonight…
Today’s focus of the Adorama’s Eight Days of Deals is iLC Cameras and Lenses with over 1100 options available. Use the various options in the left-hand side of their website to filter by manufacturer or product type or price point!
They are also having a Surface 1-Day Sale featuring six options!
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