My Favorite Photography Deals of the Holiday Weekend

Spencer Cox

There are lots of great Black Friday deals still left for photographers that have carried over past Cyber Monday. From sales on Nikon F-mount lenses to a good deal on Topaz software, here are some of the ones that stand out to me the most.

Note: Many of the deals I listed over the weekend have now expired. Some are still around; any that remain live, I’ve kept below. FYI, many of the following sales have already passed the originally-planned expiration date, so I don’t know how long they’ll stay up. I apologize in advance if the sale is gone by the time you click it.

An Unusual $450 Off a MacBook Pro

Apple’s discounts are generally in the $50-150 range, but they are selling one specific configuration of their excellent late-2020 13″ MacBook Pro (M1 chip) for $450 off. It’s the 1 TB version with 16 GB of RAM in space gray, which normally costs $1900 but is $1450 today. The deal keeps getting pulled and then re-enabled each time I check on B&H. Hard to say when it will expire, but it seems back up for now.

Nikon Z5: $1000

The Nikon Z5 has sold at $1000 a few times in the past, but now that camera gear is trending more expensive, it’s exciting to see the deal back. This is a very good full-frame mirrorless camera that punches far above its price tag (which is typically $1400). To put it another way, you’ll end up with better image quality by picking the Nikon Z5 with some great lenses compared to a more expensive camera like the Nikon Z6 II with cheap glass.

Other Nikon cameras that are on sale right now include the Nikon D850, Nikon Z6 II, and Nikon Z7 II. You can see all the Nikon camera sales here.

Nikon DSLR Lens Sales

There are some great sales on Nikon F-mount lenses this year. Probably the best is the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E VR for $1060, which is $340 off the usual price of $1400! Libor wrote about this lens not long ago if you missed it. Other discounted lenses include the 500mm f/5.6 PF, 58mm f/1.4, 105mm f/1.4, and our favorite 28mm f/1.4.

Tons of Canon Lens Sales

Canon’s Black Friday lens sales encompass most of their newest RF-series mirrorless lenses, including the RF 15-35mm f/2.8 ($400 off), RF 105mm f/2.8 Macro ($400 off), RF 15-30mm f/4 ($400 off again). Even some cheap prime lenses are 20-25% off.

Sony Sales on Cameras and Lenses

Not to be outdone by Nikon and Canon, Sony has some nice sales on their cameras and lenses as well. The Sony 35mm f/1.8 OSS is 21% off at $373, for example. And some of Sony’s steepest deals are for their cameras. The Sony a7R IVA, for example – which was only replaced a few weeks ago by the a7R V – is already $500 off.

Fuji Joins the Party

There are some great Fuji sales this year as well. One of the best is a whopping $800 off Fuji’s GFX 50S II, making it just $3200! For a medium format camera as good as the 50S II, $3200 is a fantastic price. But there are also sales on Fuji’s lenses, both APS-C and medium format, so there’s something for almost every Fuji user.

Topaz Software $300 Off

Topaz makes some of the best software today for upsampling photos, sharpening, and noise reduction. Their four-piece bundle (Photo AI, DeNoise AI, Gigapixel, and Sharpen AI) has a heavy discount for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Other Discounts

These are just some of the many Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts that stood out to me for photographers. You can see more detailed lists below:

Since Photography Life is part of the B&H, Adorama, and Amazon affiliate programs, buying any product through the links above is an easy way to thank us for the work that goes into our articles, and it costs you nothing extra. If you have any questions about these deals or know of a good one I missed, let me know in the comments section below.

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