Want to learn from Lynda's paid photography and videography tutorials for free? It turns out you can at many public libraries around the country. The popular online learning company recently began to team up with libraries to provide patrons with high-quality training resources at no extra charge.
Hey, Amazon Prime members: if you've been eyeing a particular piece of camera equipment, you might want to hold off on purchasing it until next Wednesday. On July 15th, to celebrate its 20th birthday, Amazon is holding a ginormous shopping event called "Prime Day." The company promises that it'll be offering more deals than Black Friday.
Heads up: for some reason the Sony a7R full frame mirrorless camera is currently listed on the Sony Store for $199.99 instead of its regular price of $1,898. This may either be a temporary mistake on Sony's end or one of the best camera deals you'll ever see in your life.
If you’ve been looking to purchase a full frame camera and have been waiting for a good deal, today …
If you've been wanting to try out VSCO's film emulation presets without shelling out $119 per collection, there's good news for you today. VSCO has launched VSCO Film 00, a free start pack that contains two of the company's most popular film emulation presets for Lightroom.
Back in 2011, Lytro announced the world's first light field camera for shooting photos that can be refocused after they're captured.
If you've been dying to own a piece of the new technology but have been put off by the $400 price tag, here's some great news: the original Lytro camera is Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day. It costs just $60 with free shipping.
If you’ve been eyeing one of Canon’s high-end L lenses but haven’t yet pulled the trigger, Canon just made …
Sony is making big restructuring moves in order to increase profitability, and one of the big changes has been closing its inefficient physical retail stores. 26 of the stores were closed in 2014, and now the latest word is that in addition to closing all of its shops in Canada, Sony will be pulling the plug on 8 of the 10 remaining US locations.
If you're a photographer who shoots with Sony, you might want to keep an eye on any Sony store near you: you could find it filled with heavily discounted photo gear.
Heads up: you can currently download a free copy of onOne Software's Perfect Effects 9. It's a $60 program that can be used as a Photoshop or Lightroom plugin or as a standalone tool. Inside are customizable filters and hundreds of presets that allow you to quickly apply custom looks to your photos.
There's a sweet (and rare) deal going on today that many photographers may find beneficial: Amazon is discounting its Amazon Prime membership for one day only. It costs just $72 today through a special promotion, compared to the ordinary price tag of $99.
Here's a first-come-first-serve deal alert: if you're a Canon shooter in the market for a versatile zoom lens, you can currently purchase the popular Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS for just $648 new on eBay from the store getitdigital. The lens is currently priced at $1,149 from B&H and Amazon, so that's a savings of $501 (~44% off).
Here's a nice deal for those of you planning to start a subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud's Photography Program for 2015: if you subscribe through Amazon instead of Adobe, you'll get a free $30 to spend on Amazon.
If you've been eyeing a Pelican hard case for transporting your camera gear to and from photo shoots, today is your lucky day. Amazon is offering large discounts on Pelican camera cases for one day only (December 26th, 2014) as its Gold Box Deal of the Day. While supplies last, you can snag a highly reviewed case for between 59-65% off list price.
There may never be a better time to jump into Hasselblad digital medium format than between now and Christmas Eve. All of December, the storied brand is offering steep, thousands-of-dollars-off discounts on its H5D cameras and lenses -- you can even get one for under $10,000!
The Sony NEX-5T, a fantastic little mirrorless camera, has never sold for anything less than $450 on Amazon. In fact, right now, both B&H and Amazon have the body only priced at $500. Which is why it's both surprising and exciting that the 5T kit with a 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens is going for $300!
Videographers need not apply, but photographers interested in picking up their first 4K Ultra HD monitor for photo editing have a heck of a deal they can take advantage of today. Microsoft is currently selling the 28-inch Dell P2815Q 4K Ultra HD monitor for only $300.
That's $200 less than retail and one of the cheapest prices we've ever seen on a 4K monitor.
If you need some extra storage or you've been waiting for a good quality portable hard drive at a great price, we've found a deal you should definitely jump on. The Western Digital 2TB My Passport Ultra is selling at an all-time low price of $80 right now on eBay.
There are some great Black Friday deals out there today, but we're not sure anybody is going to be able to touch the discount Hasselblad is offering on the Stellar Special Edition. So if you're interested in buying a luxury version of the Sony RX100 Mark I that doubles as a collector's item, listen up.
All of the Stellar Special Edition cameras, which usually retail for a whopping $3,300, are selling for $1,000 on B&H photo right now -- that's $2,300 off, very nearly a 70% discount.
Between now and January 31st of 2015, those interested in switching up your post-processing workflow and experimenting with software outside of the Adobe ecosystem have a great incentive to do so: DxO has partnered with Digital Photographer to offer free, no strings attached licenses of DxO Optics Pro 8 to anybody who wants one.
Camera+ is one of the most well-liked third party camera apps for iOS devices. It has sold over 10 million copies, and its robust interface and suite of editing tools help set it apart from the stock camera app.
Normally Camera+ would set you back $3 in the app store, but right now there's a lesser-known promotional offering from Apple that lets you download a copy for free. You just need to know where to look.
It looks like Canon is looking to move some inventory -- or at the very least score some brownie points with its users -- because over the weekend, Canon announced a new permanent price drop on a vast selection of lenses, with discounts ranging from 5% to 33% off.
To paraphrase the great Oprah Winfrey, “You get a photography eBook, YOU get a photography eBook, EVERYBODY gets photography …
Just in case you missed your chance when onOne Software ran this deal the first time a few months back, the company is yet again giving away its Perfect Effects 8 Premium Edition software, usually $100, completely free in exchange for your email.
If you missed your chance to snag a free license for DxO FilmPack 3 last September/October when they were handing them out for free, you're in luck! The company is at it again, and this time you have until August 15th to grab a quality piece of film emulation software for the price of 'on the house.'
It’s not all that unusual to see deals on SanDisk storage, but the deals are quite a bit more discounted today than they have been in a long while. As part of their special Gold Box, Amazon is offering a number of impressive discounts on SD Cards, CF Cards, and even SSDs if you’re looking to give your computer a solid performance upgrade.
If you're in the market for some new gear, be it bodies or glass, this weekend and the coming week hold some enticing deals. Both Sony and Zeiss are getting in on the action, so take a look below and see if either are up your alley.
We try to be very selective about the deals we post, and this is a great one! If you're a Fuji X-Mount owner and you've been wanting some quality prime glass, listen up, because you're not going to want to miss out.
If you've been waiting for a good deal before you stock up on some CF memory cards, that deal has arrived over at B&H Photo. Today only, you'll be able to get steep discounts on SanDisk Extreme and Extreme Pro CF cards.
If you've been thinking of swapping out your old DSLR for a more nimble mirrorless camera, but you just don't want to go through the hassle of selling your old kit and raising the necessary funds, Samsung has one hell of a deal for you.
On June 4th between the hours of 12pm and 6pm in Times Square, Samsung will GIVE you an NX30 for free if you're willing to hand over your DSLR (any DSLR) in exchange.
Today only, Amazon is giving away 900 free Amazon Coins (worth $9) for downloading 9 free photography Android apps. Ranging from camera apps to editing apps, the free bundle comes in at $17 worth of Android applications for nothing, plus Amazon Coins that are good for future downloads!
It's tough for photo editing and management suites to woo users away from the comfort and familiarity of Lightroom, but as it turns out, that can be a great thing for you! Case in point: check out today's deal/giveaway of Lightroom Alternative Zoner Photo Studio 15 PRO.
Here's something you don't get very often: something for nothing. TigerDirect is currently selling Centon 8GB SDHC Class 4 memory cards for, get this, zero dollars. All you have to do is fill out the mail-in rebate.
It’s not often a company hands out an entire piece of $100 software for free, but today is one of those exceptions, thanks to onOne Software. As of writing this article onOne is offering a completely free download of Perfect Effects 8 Premium Edition and there’s no sign of when this offer will end.
Someone must’ve heard my birthday was just around the corner, because from now through most of the month of May, Canon, Nikon, and Sony all have incredible deals going on over at B&H. I’ll briefly go over some of the best deals below.
Today only, B&H is offering a rather nice deal on two of their 32 and 64GB SanDisk SDXC Extreme Class 10 SD cards. With maximum write speeds of 45MB/s, they're a great option to have as either your main memory solution, or a back-up in bodies with dual card slots.
It's rare you see a lens discounted well over 50%, but that's exactly the kind of deal B&H Photo is running on the Fuji XF 27mm f/2.8 lens right now -- and it's not a mail-in rebate either, this is instant savings!
The Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II is a great lens, but with a normal price tag of $2,300 it can be hard to justify over some third-party alternatives. Once in a while, though, a great deal comes along that substantially narrows that gap, and such a deal is on at B&H Photo right now.
Sony is about to score some serious brownie points with consumers, because for a limited time you can trade in ANY used camera -- even broken ones by the sound of it -- and get at least $300 off a brand new A7, A7 kit or A7r!
According to Lifehacker, Adobe is currently sending out emails to notify users that they are resetting everybody's Creative Cloud 30-day free trial. If you've not given the newest versions of the software a chance and you're not one of the people who is dead set against it, now is a great time to see if what you're missing is worth jumping into the subscription model.
It's a good day to share a nerdy photographer love story, and Greg Wlosinski and Lindsay King's story certainly fits the mold. And what's more, Greg was able to document the couple's recent proposal in a creative stop motion video inspired by a few posts he read right here on PetaPixel.
If you're in the market for some new glass, now is the time to act. Not only is this the time of year that Nikon offers its annual "lens only" rebates -- where you can get steep discounts on lenses WITHOUT having to buy a DSLR -- but other companies are following suit. Most notably Fuji, who is apparently slaughtering Nikon in this discount battle.
Don't lie, you saw this one coming. Adobe has already beaten the proverbial horse bloody when it comes to their Photoshop Photography Program being extended again and again and again... and again.
And yet, here they are doing it again, this time once more allowing anybody in the US (regardless of whether or not you own a previous license or not) to get the special bundle for only $10/month on an annual basis.
There are a few of big deals worth mentioning today that should make a lot of people happy, whether they're looking to purchase a new camera, new lens or new software. And, since we listed them in that order, that's the order we'll share them in.
Well, your last chance to order something online and get it in time for Christmas pretty much came and went already, and yet us lazy PetaPixel editors (okay, not us, just me) have yet to put together a holiday gift guide. Well, I offer my hardiest apologies, and what we'll call our 'Holiday Exchange Guide.'
Admittedly, it's not last-minute Christmas shopping until 10 minutes after the stores close on Christmas Eve, but if you plan to order your photography gifts online, you might want to get on that so you're sure they arrive in time for the big day.
Then again, there are benefits to having waited this long. Namely: we just got an email from B&H Photo about some awesome discounts that may have you tempted even if you've already finished gift shopping.
Update: Looks like the discount is gone folks! This puppy is back up to $12,000.
Those looking to drop several grand on a 35mm film camera for your favorite purist this Holiday season need look no more. Introducing the Nikon FA Gold limited edition camera: a 24k gold-plated camera with lizard skin accents that is currently going on eBay for the relatively low price of $4,800.
To clarify, when we say "relatively low," we mean relative to what you would have spent on the same camera yesterday when it was listed for a whopping $12,000.
If you've followed PetaPixel even just the last month, you might have noticed that Adobe extended its Photoshop Photography Program (also referred to as the Photography Bundle) to people regardless of whether or not they own a previous version of Photoshop not once, not twice, but three times.
That is: this special promotion that allowed everyone to sign up was supposed to end on the 2nd... then on the 8th... and now is extended all the way to the end of the year. And while our you guys have come up with all manner of reasons in the comments as to why Adobe might be doing this, a new survey reveals the real reason: it's working really well.
A couple of weeks ago, we told you that Adobe was extending its special $10/month Photoshop Photography Program (better known around these parts as the 'Photography Bundle') to everybody, even if they didn't own a previous copy of Photoshop.
That deal was supposed to end on December 2nd but, thanks to widespread positive response from photographers, they've decided to extend the deadline to December 8th!
When Adobe officially announced its special Creative Cloud plan/bundle for photographers, there was a catch: you had to own Photoshop CS3 or above in order to qualify for the special $10/month pricing. Well, no more. For a limited time, Adobe is lifting that restriction and making the special bundle available for everyone.
Alright folks, we don't often post about deals but this is a great one and it's only available through midnight tonight (Eastern Standard Time). If you're in the US and you're okay with buying some refurbished Canon gear instead of brand new, today only, you can get $20 off a purchase of $100 or more, $50 off of $250 or more and $125 off $500 or more.