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This limited time sale ended…
Put on some Tammy Wynette because it’s Tamron time! The 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di LD IF MACRO is on sale for $399 with free shipping in the Sony Alpha Minolta Dyxum Maxxum Paxum mount, and $439 with free shipping in the Canon, Nikon and Pentax systems. You also get 4% promotional rewards. This ends Friday night at B&H Photo.
A new lens is born, at least in terms of ordering purposes, it is the Rokinon AF 35mm f/2.8 FE for the Sony E-system and it is available for pre-order for $399 at B&H Photo. This is a 35mm full frame E-mount lens. The shipping estimate is a floating “Coming Soon” at the moment.
The Nikon 50mm f/1.8G lens is bundled with some free extras for $177 with free shipping at Adorama. There are even two different freebie bundles, but one is a subset of the other, so this bigger bundle is a better offer: you get a 58mm Pro-Optic Digital Essentials Filter Kit, a lens-cap tether, a cleaning kit, and a Corel software kit (including Aftershot PRO 2, Paintshop Pro X9, and VideoStudio 9).
If you don’t want/need the extra accessories, you can get it for the same price with 4% promotional rewards at B&H Photo or 5% back as a statement credit for Prime members paying with Store Card or Chase VISA at Amazon itself
Nikon ushered in a new trio of SLR lenses, two FX and one DX lenses, which are currently available for pre-order at B&G Photo as follows. With AF-P being a thing, now I have to get in the habit of adding AF-S to non AF-P lenses 🙂
+ Nikon AF-S 28mm f1.4E ED Lens ($2000)
+ Nikon AF-S Fisheye 8-15mm f3.5-4.5E ED ($1250)
+ Nikon AF-P DX 10-20mm f4.5-5.6G VR ($307)
You can find them added to the New Lenses of 2017 section of the new gear tracker.
If you want to use Canon EF or EF-S lenses on Canon EOS M mirrorless cameras, the Fotodiox Pro Lens Mount Auto Adapter is on sale for $40 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit up to ten units per customer. It averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 110+ customer reviews and has 35mm questions answered (sorry, I couldn’t resist!).
This is an old fashioned sale, not a Lightning Deal, so the exact expiration date is unknown as Amazon price bots change prices based on a variety of factors.
Prime your wallets! The new Zeiss Batis 135mm f2.8 (Sony E-mount) lens is now in-stock and ready to ship for $2000 at B&H Photo and Adorama and various at Amazon.
PS: if you are a Prime member and pay with a Prime Store credit card or Chase VISA credit card, you earn a 5% statement credit, which is a cool $100 in this case.
The LensPen NLP-1CUP UltraPro Lens Cleaner is currently on sale for $7 at Amazon by Amazon itself. Despite the single-figures price, this is not an Add-ON item, so if you are a Prime member, you can buy one of these and still get free 2-day shipping. Limit up to ten units per customer. It averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 140+ customer reviews.
The Canon EF version of the Mitakon Zhongyi Creator 135mm f/2.8 Mark II lens is currently on sale for a limited time for $160 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo… For more action, check their Featured Sales…
Sony has embraced the smartphone flagship pre-ordering model for their camera gear, where the pre-orders start a few days after the announcement. So starting today, you can pre-order their two new constant aperture FE lenses as follows:
+ Sony FE 12-24mm f4 G for $1700
+ July 31 release estimate
+ Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM for $2200
+ August 31 release estimate
Keep in mind, estimates are only estimates and are subject to change as various factors known and unknown can affect their release and delivery.
This coupon promotion expired…
The Zeiss Distagon T* 18mm f3.5 lens is bundled with 4% promotional rewards, in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems, for $895 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo… For more B&H action, check their Featured Offers…
Hide your wallet! Zeiss is zooming in on it 😉 The Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 Lens for the Sony E-mount is now in-stock and ready to ship for $1999 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo… For more B&H Photo action, check their Featured Sales…
Shiguma time again! One of their latest lenses is now in-stock and ready to ship in the Canon and Nikon versions, it is the Sigma 100-400mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary going for $799 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
Speaking of Sigma, they have announced but they have not priced yet the brand new Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG OS HSM Art lens in the Canon, Nikon and Sigma SLR systems. Since it is not priced, there are no pre-orders yet.
This has been added to the New Cameras and Lenses of 2017 page.
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.
For the Sony E-mount, the Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 is on sale for $749 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo for a limited time. You also get a free Mitakon lens hood included in the box by B&H.
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 Lensbaby Trio 28mm f/3.5 Lens drops to $230 after coupon code MOMDAY17 at B&H Photo. The price before the coupon is $280. Free expedited shipping. This is available in the Fuji X, Sony E, and Micro Four Thirds systems. This is a limited time offer, part of the Mother’s Day promotions.
A new round of Olympus Instant Savings promotions are running until 6/3/17 featuring M43rds cameras, lenses and a couple of P&S critters too. Many of them get 4% promotional rewards as well. Free shipping. You can find the participating products nicely organized at Adorama.
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.
More Rokinon action at Adorama, with two variations of the 12mm f2 manual focus lens on sale for $289 each along with $6~ promotional rewards and free shipping at Adorama until 5/7/17.
The Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS Manual Focus is offered in four mirrorless systems: Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds, Sony E, and Canon M.
Meanwhile the Rokinon 12mm F/2.0 Ultra Wide manual focus lens is offered in Fuji X, Micro Four Thirds and Sony E.
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.
In a galaxy not so far away, on Planet Mirrorless, Adorama has in-stock a handful of Iberit prime lenses available in Sony E or Fuji X. The in-stock lenses are:
+ 24mm f2.4 for $611
+ 35mm f2.4 for $579
+ 50mm f2.4 for $544
+ 75mm f2.4 for $535
+ available in black or silver color schemes
+ there are four pages of listings, some of the other lenses in the other pages are not shipping yet
The Sony E-mount version of the Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens is now in-stock and ready to ship for $339 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo… For more action, check the B&H Featured sales…
Note also that a quartet of Benro tripods are the Wednesday B&H Daily Deals.
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.
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.
The LensShifter (Balanced Focus and Zoom Grip for DSLR and Mirrorless Camera Lens) currently has a 20% off clip-on coupon at Amazon.com, dropping the price from $25 to $20. The coupon is easy to use, you simply press the green Clip button and the coupon is automatically applied. You don’t have to type anything. The discount will be reflected in the top right corner of the Amazon Checkout page. Here’s a screenshot if you are not familiar with Amazon’s coupons:
This is available in Blue or Red. With the coupon, the individual colors are cheaper than the 2-pack which goes for $45 and it is not coupon-eligible. These average 4.6 out of 5 based on 28 customer reviews. The maker is “Engineerable”, which also makes a Focus Shifter but there’s no coupon on that one.
In addition to the previously mentioned Panasonic M43rds cameras, a total of 27 Panasonic M43rds are participating in the latest Panasonica instant savings. You can find all the participating lenses nicely organized by B&H Photo. It includes a mix of primes and zooms, with prices starting at $148 (25mm f1.7) and climbing to $1798 (100-400 f4-6.3 Power OIS).
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