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Good news for people who like in-stock news! We just updated the Stock Status Tracker and as of the time of writing, the Nikon D500 body only is back in-stock for $2000 at Amazon by Amazon itself.
Meanwhile the Pentax K-1 body only for $1800 is out of stock now at B&H, but fear not, it is in-stock at Adorama and Focus Camera and Focus Camera via Amazon. Amazon’s own estimate is June 25.
This is an older post. For the latest updates, check the Stock Status Tracking page…
This is an older post. For the latest updates check the Stock Status Tracker…
As of a 6/15/16 at 5:39pm ET recheck, this sold out… For future updates check the Stock Status Tracker…
It’s a new DSLR! Pentax has officially revealed their new K-70 DSLR, available in black or silver color schemes, as either a K70 body only kit for $650 or as a K70 with 18-135mm for $900. Pre-orders are available at Adorama and B&H Photo. Amidst a sea of DSLRs, one distinguishing feature is a selectable Anti-Aliasing filter, along with the usual weather-resistant features, sensor-shift image stabilization and such. Interestingly there is no “with 18-55” kit… This has been added to the Cameras and Lenses of 2016 page…
Maybe Samsung could have stayed with the K-mount instead of going off on a TouchWiz adventure, but that’s another story for another navel-gazing time. Which brings us to the K-mount, where the Pentax K-3 body only is bundled with the Pentax BG-5 Battery Grip and the Pentax AF200FG Flash, all together for $749 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
If you have absolutely no interest in battery grips, you can get the K-3 body only with the Flash and $30 promotional rewards for $739 at Adorama.
As of a 11:44pm ET recheck, this SOLD OUT… For future updates, check the Stock Status Tracking page…
This is an older post… For the latest updates, check the Stock Status Tracker…
Just updated the Stock Status Tracking page. If you are looking for the Canon 1D X Mark II body only CFAST KIT (with CFAST card and card reader), it is now in-stock and ready to ship at its starting price of $6000 at Amazon by Amazon itself… On the Pentax K-1 front, one 3rd-party seller is offering it with a limited available premium, for $2000 instead of $1800, Portable Guy on Amazon…
If you like red DSLR colors and want to a “getting started with” K-mount DSLR kit, B&H Photo is offering the Pentax K-50 Two Lens Kit (18-55 and 50-200) and the AF-200FG Flash and 4% promotional rewards for $470 with free shipping in the Red color scheme. The white color scheme goes for $500 and still gets the free flash and 4% rewards, while the black color scheme goes for $500 and gets the flash but no 4% promotional rewards.
This K-party is over. As of 5/16/16 recheck the price skyrocketed to $489…
Not to be confused with groups that want to tax pens, PenTax has a number of DSLRs floating in the market right now, which means more discounts as the times goes by. And if you happen to like red in your DSLRs, bubbling around in the eBay Trending 100 is the new condition Pentax K-30 with 18-55 DA AL is on sale for $329 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer by the BuyDig eBay store (authorized dealers). It is only available in red.
The Pentax K-50 is starting to make its farewell tour. Already most of the kits are gone from Adorama, but if you don’t need the 18-55 kit lens and you can use the AF-200FG flash, Adorama is offering the white Pentax K-50 body only along with the Pentax AF-200FG flash and $12~ in promotional rewards (to be used in future purchases) for $295 with free expedited shipping.
On the other hand if you need a starting kit and love red DSLR colors, the two lens kit with the 18-55 and 50-200 lenses and 4% promotional rewards and a free 16GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC card is going for $470 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
Speaking of Pentax, their K-1 35mm full frame DSLR Unicorn is getting close to general release. If you are interested you can check the recently returned Stock Status Tracker or the In-Stock Alert posts here.
Microcenter resisted the temptation during the previous bubble years to expand exponentially and it looks like that decision proved wise, as other bigger chain stores collapsed, while Microcenter is alive and kicking, kicking for your shopping love 😉
Which brings us to their latest promotion there, the Pentax K50 DSLR. The K50 with 18-55mm in the black color scheme is on sale for $250 plus $5 flat shipping… They also have a K50 two-lens kit (18-55, 55-200) along with the AF-200FG kit for $360 but this one is only available in-store. Store availability varies by store, so that’s a big YMMV…
TIP: their website defaults you to a local store. If you are interested in the K50 w/18-55 kit, change your store to the “Micro Center Web Store” at the top of the page. Annotated screenshot crop below:
Pentax time! The K-3 body only is bundled with Pentax AF-200FG flash and $28~ in promotional rewards, all together for $695 with free shipping at Adorama.
With the Pentax Full Frame Unicorn on the horizon, there are more reasons for K-photographers to get new full frame Pentax lenses. Which brings us to another in-stock alert, the Pentax HD D FA* 70-200mm f2.8 ED DC AW lens is currently in-stock and ready to ship to your K-mount for $1800 with free expedited shipping from B&H Photo.
In a galaxy nearby, the white Pentax K-50 body only is bundled with the Pentax AF-200FG external flash and $12~ in promotional rewards, all together for $295 with free shipping at Adorama. Only this body-only color currently gets the free flash.
Many thought the day would never come, but it’s here! The Pentax K-1 35mm Full Frame DSLR is now a real product, with a 36mp non-AA CMOS sensor, sensor-shift stabilization, weather sealed, dual SD slots, and more. You can now pre-order it as a body only kit for $1800 at Adorama and B&H Photo (early April 2016 release estimate) and Amazon by Amazon itself (late April 2016 estimate).
Also new is the Pentax D-BG6 Battery Grip available for pre-order for $230 plus shipping at B&H Photo. No release estimate yet. I haven’t found it at other retailers. It holds one D-LI90P Battery.
This has been added to the new New Cameras & Lenses of 2016 tracking page.
One more internet price-match of the Black Friday Ads, the Pentax K-50 2-Lens Kit (18-55, 50-200, both Wide Receivers) for $460 is also available at online retailers such as Amazon itself (semi-free Shutterfly offer) and B&H Photo (4% rewards, free 16GB Sandisk ExTrEmE SD card).
Pentax time! The K-3 body only is bundled with the 50mm f1.8 lens and the AF-200FG flash and $26~ in promotional rewards at Adorama for $650 with free expedited shipping. No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed. The free items are mentioned below the camera’s name while this promotion is running.
While doing price-checking for the Price Charts, the Pentax K-3 II body only stood out as one of the few cameras having noticeably different prices among reputable dealers, it is currently going for $780 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards and 32GB SD card at Buydig.com… Next up, it is $801 by Overstock’s eBay Store… It goes for $900 at B&H and Adorama (with many extras).
PS: the price-checking portion of the APS-C dSLRs Price Charts episode is now complete! The charting and posting is next. It should be published before midnight tonight (other things equal).
And now our weekly medium format discount. The Pentax 645Z medium format body only dSLR is down to $7000 with 4% promotional rewards (= around $280) at B&H Photo and Adorama where you can optionally add the 55mm f2.8 MF lens for +$413~. Locate the “Special Offer” area for that (annotated screenshot crop below):
And now to our weekly Medium Format deal. The Pentax 645Z medium format DSLR body only kit can be bundled with the Pentax 645D FA 55mm F2.8 AL [IF] SDM AW Lens and together you pay $7600 at Adorama. You have to manually press the blue “Add to Bundle” to add the lens to the bundle, and then press the green “Add bundle to cart” to add them both to your shopping cart. That’s it, no coupons, no rebates.
With Pentax, the release of a new flagship camera (at the moment the K-3 II for $900), often means bang for the buck deals can be found with the previous model. And it certainly looks so at the moment, you can get a nice “take pictures with” kit for $650 at Adorama that includes the K-3 body only (first generation), the 50mm f1.8 DA prime lens, and AF-200FG flash and 4% promotional rewards (= $26~). No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and checkout.
The Pentax K-3 II body only is now going for $900 at B&H Photo and at Overstock.com (all apologies if the mere mention of that name start auto-playing the Overstock jingle in your head – after all, it’s just two months to Christmas 2015).
NOTE: when price-checking on eBay and Amazon, keep in mind, that most of the places offering it for lower prices are not authorized dealers.
The BuyDig eBay Store is a gift that keeps on giving today. They are offering the new condition black Pentax K-50 with 18-50 and 50-200 WR lenses for $440 with free shipping. These are new condition with USA warranty. As of the time of writing, there are eight left.
Costco’s camera & photo offers, just like many other products they carry, vary depending on whether they can get good volume discounts. One such good volume discount they have now, restricted to Costco members only, is this Pentax K-S2 two lens kit (18-50, 50-200, case, 32GB SD) for $450, with a limit of three bundles per customer.
With memberships going for $55, depending on whether you need this particular kit right now or not, it may be worth to sign up for a 1-year membership just for the discount of this particular offer.
Some offers can be purchased by non-members with a 5% surcharge. However, other offers are marked as Members Only and can only purchased by actual members. This is a members-only offer.
The price of this kit at online authorized dealers is $650+, such as B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon.
For general Costco action, there’s the Costco Insider website.
With the Pentax K-3 II being the latest model at $850, there is room for discounting on the previous model, the K-3 (first generation, first of its name).
You can get the Pentax K-3 body only, along with the 50mm f1.8 lens, and the Pentax AF-200FG Shoe Mount Flash along with $26 rewards (4%) for $650 at Adorama. Just add to cart and proceed to checkout, no coupons/rebates. The offer is good while you see it mentioned on the product page (annotated screenshot crop of that right below:)
If you need a Pentax DSLR body but have no use for the standard 18-55 kit lens, you can get the K50 body only in various colors for $295 to $300 with free shipping, with some of the colors even coming with some freebies. Here’s the current situation:
+ black $295 at B&H Photo (4% rewards, 16GB Sandisk Extreme) and Adorama (4% rewards) and Amazon
+ red $295 at Amazon (one year free cloud photo storage) and Walmart.com
+ white $300 at B&H Photo (4% rewards, 16GB Sandisk Extreme) and Adorama (4% rewards) and Amazon (one year free cloud photo storage)
If you are interested in getting the Pentax 645Z medium format digital camera, Adorama has an “optical encouragement” for you. If you purchase the Pentax 645Z body only kit TOGETHER with ONE LENS from a list of 15 eligible 645 lenses, you will save $1200 on the total purchase amount. No coupon, no rebate, just add one of the lenses to the bundle and add the bundle to the shopping. You can only add ONE lens to this promotion – you cannot turn it into a money-maker fatwallet-style 🙂
There are two lenses in the lot that go for $1200 (or less), essentially making the lenses FREE (55/2.8, 200/4). The discount cannot be bigger than the price of the lens, so the $1100 lens is only a $1100 discount. The next lowest price lens of the lot is the 45mm f2.8 (645) which goes for $1300, so with the combined purchase discount, you are essentially getting it for $100.
This is a screenshot crop of the right side of the Adorama shopping cart after you add the 645Z and the 55/2.8 lens. You still have to press the green Add Bundle to Cart to proceed with the order…
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