Black Friday 2017: More great deals on Canon EOS 5D Mark IV bundles (printer & paper, battery, grip, memory card, by B&H Photo)

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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV at a glance:

  • 30.4MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 6+ Image Processor
  • 3.2″ 1.62m-Dot Touchscreen LCD Monitor
  • DCI 4K Video at 30 fps; 8.8MP Still Grab
  • 61-Point High Density Reticular AF
  • Expanded ISO 102400; 7 fps Shooting
  • Dual Pixel RAW; AF Area Select Button
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF and Movie Servo AF

Authorised Canon retailer B&H Photo is promoting a very cool deal on Canon EOS 5D Mark IV bundles. The rebates are made of instant discounts and mail-in rebates (instructions).

All EOS 5D Mark IV kits are bundled with:

  • Canon PIXMA Pro-100 professional photo printer
  • Canon BG-E20 Battery Grip
  • SanDisk 64GB Extreme UHS-I SDXC Memory Card
  • Watson LP-E6N Lithium-Ion Battery Pack

Here are the EOS 5D Mark IV  kits on offer:

  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV bundle with items listed above, on sale at $2,849 (after instant discount and MIR)
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with EF 24-70mm f/4L IS II USM Lens, and with items listed above, on sale at $3,599 (after instant discount and MIR)
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lens, with items listed above, on sale at $3,749 (after instant discount and MIR)

If you are comfortable with mail-in rebates, then these prices are hard to beat. All B&H Photo’s Canon deals for Black Friday are listed here.

You may also be interested in these Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and EOS 6D Mark II bundle deals by Adorama. All Adorama Canon deals for Black Friday are listed here.

Amazon EU and Amazon US Black Friday pages are already up and running and first deals are online. Have a look: Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon ES and Amazon IT.

B&H Photo has a Black Friday 2017 page   –   Adorama has a Black Friday 2017 page.

If you’re hunting deals it’s a good idea to regularly check the page of your interest. Deals of special interest (i.e. the best deals) will be listed here.

Canon Powershot G1 X Mark III review (ePHOTOzine)

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PowerShot G1 X Mark III at a glance:

  • 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 7 Image Processor
  • 3x Zoom Lens, 24-72mm (35mm Equivalent)
  • Built-In Electronic Viewfinder
  • 3.0″ Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
  • Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 60 fps
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF, Image Stabilizer
  • ISO 25600, 9 fps Continuous Shooting
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC, Bluetooth
  • Dust- and Water-Resistant Construction

ePHOTOzine reviewed the brand new Canon Powershot G1 X Mark III (specs, and price in your country), Canon’s first PowerShot camera equipped with an APS-C sensor and Dual Pixel Auto-Focus.

From the conclusion:

The Canon Powershot G1 X Mark III has taken the great usability of a Canon DSLR, and the 24mp APS-C CMOS sensor with phase-detection AF built-in, and squished it into a compact camera, whilst maintaining excellent handling and usability. They’ve also put a 3x zoom lens (24-72mm equivalent) on the front, with a relatively bright f/2.8 aperture at the wide-angle end of the lens.

What Canon is offering is unique, giving a 24mp APS-C CMOS sensor, and a 3x optical zoom lens, in a compact camera not much bigger than other compact cameras. We started this review by asking if Canon had made a true miniature DSLR in the size of a compact camera, and from the results, we would say they’ve succeeded. Whilst the camera doesn’t have the battery life to match a DSLR, this can quickly be solved by the purchase of a spare battery or two. Read the review…

Seems Canon got it right with the G1 X Mark III. I wonder why it took so long to feature an APS-C sensor on a PowerShot. My guess: this little powerhouse will sell like hot cakes.

The Canon Powershot G1 X Mark III is expected to start shipping at the end of November 2017.

You can preorder the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III at B&H Photo | Adorama | Amazon

Black Friday 2017: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 at $59.99, bundled with Premiere Elements 2018 for $89.99

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At a glance:

  • Easy and Automated Photo & Video Editing
  • Centralized Photo/Video Media Organizer
  • Auto-Curated Photos & Tagged Videos
  • Combined Photo & Video Slideshows
  • Dynamic Photo Collages
  • One-Click Effects & Corrections
  • Step-by-Step Guided Editing Features
  • 50+ Musical Scores, 250+ Sound Effects
  • Up to UHD 4K Resolution Video Support
  • Mac & Windows Compatible

For Black Friday 2017 B&H Photo has Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 on sale at $59.99 (reg. $99.99), and Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2018 on sale at $89.99 (reg. $149.99). Download and DVD version.

Edit: Same Black Friday 2017 prices also at Amazon and Adorama.

Amazon Europe and Amazon US Black Friday pages are up and running and first deals are online. Have a look: Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon ES and Amazon IT.

B&H Photo has a Black Friday 2017 page   –   Adorama has a Black Friday 2017 page   –   Canon USA has a Black Friday 2017 page

All B&H Photo’s Canon deals for Black Friday are listed here   –   All Adorama Canon deals for Black Friday are listed here.

If you’re hunting deals it’s a good idea to regularly check the page of your interest. Deals of special interest (i.e. the best deals) are listed here.

Are you in Europe? Get a Canon EOS 5D Mark III “anniversary edition” for €1,899 (from Canon)

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III at a glance:

  • 22.3MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 5+ Image Processor
  • 3.2″ 1.04m-Dot ClearView II LCD Monitor
  • Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 30 fps
  • 61-Point High Density Reticular AF
  • Native ISO 25600, Extended to ISO 102400
  • 6 fps Shooting in RAW+JPEG
  • 63-Zone Dual Layer Metering Sensor
  • 14-Bit RAW Files and S-RAW Format
  • Magnesium Alloy Body, SD/CF Card Slots

Update: the offer is not just for customers in France!

Canon France Canon has a good deal on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III for customers in Europe.

You get the EOS 5D Mark III as anniversary edition, i.e. with a silver strap, for €1,899 – that’s €200 less than usual in EU. Maybe you do not care about the silver strap, but I guess you do about the discounted price. Click here to check the EOS 5D Mark III price in your country.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III anniversary edition for €1,899 at

Canon France | Canon Deutschland | Canon UK (£ 1,799) | Canon Italia.

Amazon Europe and Amazon US Black Friday pages are up and running and first deals are online. Have a look: Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon ES and Amazon IT.

B&H Photo has a Black Friday 2017 page   –   Adorama has a Black Friday 2017 page   –   Canon USA has a Black Friday 2017 page

All B&H Photo’s Canon deals for Black Friday are listed here   –   All Adorama Canon deals for Black Friday are listed here.

If you’re hunting deals it’s a good idea to regularly check the page of your interest. Deals of special interest (i.e. the best deals) will be listed here.

Black Friday 2017: Sigma announce $100 discount on select Sigma ART lenses

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Sigma announced a $100 rebate on a select set of Sigma ART lenses for Black Friday 2017. Sigma’s press release is at the end of the post.

Please note: by clicking on “Amazon” you are redirected to your country’s Amazon (as far as I know Sigma’s Black Friday 2017 discounts are for EU customers too).

Black friday 2017Sigma press release:

Sigma Announces Company’s Biggest Black Friday 2017 Sale on Award-Winning Art Lenses

Ronkonkoma, NY – November 19, 2017 – Sigma Corporation of America, a leading still photo and cinema lens, camera, flash and accessory manufacturer, flash and accessory manufacturer, today announced its biggest Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale ever, offering incredible savings on its award-winning Art lens line. For a limited time, customers can save up to $100.00 USD on some of Sigma’s most sought after Art lenses. These unprecedented savings are only available through Sigma’s authorized US dealers beginning Sunday, November 19th through Thursday, November 30th, 2017.

Sigma’s award-winning Global Vision Art lenses are defined by their edge-to-edge, uncompromising image quality. Best-in-class optics combined with outstanding craftsmanship give photographers a lens that enables the ultimate in artistic expression. The award-winning Art line of large-aperture primes, wide angles and standard zooms captures portraits, fashion, architecture, landscapes and more with groundbreaking sharpness and clarity.

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Canon patent to miniaturise the aperture mechanism of a lens (new pancake lenses?)

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Drawing from the patent literature

Canon patent regarding how to miniaturise the aperture mechanism of a lens. Specifically, the patent seems to refer to lenses where miniaturisation plays an important role. Such lenses may be made for special application, but it could also mean a pancake lens.

Let’s see patent JP2017-187730A’s abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light quantity adjusting device capable of achieving downsizing of a device while obtaining a good aperture stop shape.
A diaphragm driving section disposed outside of the base plate, a pair of linearly advancing blades linearly advancing and retracting with respect to the opening section, 107, and a plurality of oscillating blades 105, 109, 106, 108 which oscillate diagonally from both sides in the moving direction of the pair of rectilinearly moving blades in the moving direction toward the center of the opening to obtain a good aperture opening shape while trying to downsize the device.

I hope this Canon patent points to new, compact lenses, preferably pancake lenses for Canon APS-C and EOS M systems.