From now through Friday evening, a lot of camera equipment is available for the lowest prices all year. I’m collecting the best deals here and will be updating this page hourly! So far, the best deals are for some Nikon cameras and lenses that have seen their lowest prices yet.
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Photography Life’s Own Sale
I’ll tell you about this one first, for obvious reasons 🙂
We are currently holding a sale on Photography Life’s Member Page. All yearly memberships are 25% off for your first year, plus a permanent 8% discount for picking an annual membership. This effectively means you will get 33% off the first year (representing four free months) and then 8% off every subsequent year (representing one free month each year).
I’ve continued to add to our membership page at a rapid pace. In November alone, I already published an updated version of our Creative Landscape Photography eBook, a new Photography Basics eBook, and a four-part Online Workshop called “Creative Post-Processing: How to Bring Out the Best of Your Photos.” These projects join the many articles, lens tests, and photo critiques that we’re publishing regularly for Photography Life Members.
Our sale ends on November 30th at 4pm Eastern, so check out the Photography Life Member Page today if you’d like to join our growing community of over 2600 Members! We also have a free tier if you’d like to get more exclusive articles from the Photography Life team.
KEH Sale
At this time of year, there are sales on almost any photography product you could think of. But the best way to save money is still to buy used, and personally, that’s how I buy almost all of my camera gear (running a photography website ain’t a way to get rich, people)! That said, I rarely buy from eBay since I’ve been burned in the past, and I prefer to buy my used gear from reputable sites with good return policies, like KEH, MPB, or B&H’s used section.
Right now, KEH is having a wide-reaching sale where almost all inventory is 10% off. Since this gear was already much cheaper than buying new, you may be able to find the cameras or lenses that you wanted at a huge discount. This sale lasts until December 2.
You can look through KEH here and apply the discount at checkout using the code BFCM24.
Nikon Lens Sale
There are some major sales on Nikon lenses right now. Some have gotten the same discounts we’ve seen before, but the really exciting news is that a lot of them have reached their all-time low prices! (I marked those in bold below.) These sales end very soon, the evening of November 29th.
- Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S was $2500, now $2000
- Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S was $1350, now $1050
- Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8 was $300, now $230
- Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8 S was $850, now $600
- Nikon Z 40mm f/2 was $300, now $230
- Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 was $2100, now $1800
- Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 S was $630, now $430
- Nikon Z 70-180mm f/2.8 was $1250, now $1050
- Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S was $2700, now $2200
- Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 Macro S was $1050, now $850
- Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S was $14,000, now $13,000
- Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 S was $3250, now $3000
- Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S was $15,500, now $14,500
- Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 S was $4800, now $4000
- Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 S was $6500, now $5700
Nikon is also continuing to keep a lot of their best DSLR lenses on sale. All of these prices are the lowest we’ve seen, although they’ve been ongoing for about 1-2 months and none of the sales got any lower for Black Friday.
- Nikon AF-S 28mm f/1.4E was $2000, now $1400
- Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1.4G was $1600, now $1160
- Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8E FL was $2350, now $1900
- Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G was $1600, now $1160
- Nikon AF-S 105mm f/1.4E was $2100, now $1900
- Nikon AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E was $1400, now $1060
- Nikon AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL was $11,200, now $7900
- Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6E PF was $3600, now $3300
- Nikon AF-S 600mm f/4E FL was $12,300, now $8700
Nikon Camera Sale
Three Nikon cameras have reached their all-time low prices (and these sales end November 29):
Other Nikon cameras are also on steep discount with sales that began before Black Friday, and may continue after November:
SmallRig Sale
If you’re looking for any little accessories, especially a camera cage, SmallRig is having a discount of up to 50% off their products! There’s an additional 15% off at their global store and 10% off at their US store if your order total is above $99.
Lume Cube Sale
Lume Cube is still known for their small, cube-shaped lights, but they’re starting to have a more complete product range. Their current sales (see the full list) max out at 50% off of some good lighting gear. Some highlights are the Lume Cube 2.0, tube lights, a ring light, studio panels, and a miniature conference light.
SmugMug Sale
Of all the website-creation websites like Zenfolio, Wix, SquareSpace, etc., my favorite for photographers is SmugMug. I’ve used them for my personal website for about ten years at this point (on my own dime, I’m not sponsored by them). They’re having a sale right now where all new plans are 30% off.
Other Sales
This section is under construction and being updated hourly!