New Amazon deal: spend $25 in camera gift cards, get an additional $25

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Amazon has a new deal on DSLR and compact system cameras: spend $25 in camera gift cards and get an additional $25 to spend on qualifying digital cameras. You can read all the details here (the camera gift card can be used toward the purchase of any product shipped and sold by Amazon). This deal is valid till December 1st, 2014.

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Topaz Labs Black Friday special

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From November 28th through December 1st, TopazLabs are offering their entire Photography Collection (all 15 products) for $249.99 (reg $429.99) with coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2014. For more information, click here.

The TopazLabs Photography Collection includes the following products:

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Nikon Black Friday deals *UPDATED*

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Those are the Nikon related deals I was able to collect as of today (some of them have been ongoing for few days already):

→ Nikon D3300 for $496.95 ($150 off)

New: Nikon D3300 with 18-55mm lens (refurbished) and free Adobe Lightroom 5 for $379.99

→ Nikon D5200 with 18-140mm lens for $796.95 ($400 off)

Nikon D5300 with 18-140mm lens for $996.95 ($300 off)

New: Nikon D7000 for $549.95 ($350 off), Nikon D7000 with 18-55mm lens for $649.95 ($300 off), Nikon D7000 with 2 lenses and free accessories for $796.95.

Nikon D7100 (grey market) for $775.76

→ Nikon D610 (refurbished) for $1,439.95

→ Nikon D750 (grey market) for $1,784.99

Nikon Df (refurbished) for $2,295

New: Nikon D800 (refurbished) for $2,149

Other Nikon DSLR savings

NewNikon Coolpix A for $579 (another $20 price drop, available also on Amazon)

Current Nikon 1 savings

Nikon 1 S1 kit for $149

New: Nikon 1 S1 camera kit with 11-27.5mm lens and WP-N2 waterproof housing for $199 ($500 off)

Nikon Coolpix savings

→ Check also the Nikon instant rebates

→ Bower 14mm f/2.8 lens for Nikon F mount for $269 ($80 off)

→ Lexar and SanDisk memory cards instant savings

Rebates on Sigma lenses for Nikon F mount

Rebates on Tamron lenses for Nikon F mount

→ More Black Friday deals and ongoing rebates can be found here.

→ Check out also the main Black Friday pages at AmazonAdorama and B&H.

I will be updating this list in the next two days if any new deals pop-up online.

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Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens video and photo samples

We have already seen some video footage taken with the rare Nikkor 6mm f/2.8 fisheye lens which over the years has been listed on eBay with price tags ranging from $27k to $99k. Before listing their lens on eBay, the folks from the Danish store Photografica also took some sample video footage with the 220° angel of view lens:

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The latest Nikon patents

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Nikon filed a patent for tracking moving objects without looking at the viewfinder – the camera will lock on the moving object and provide feedback to the photographer with a vibrating shutter button.

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Another $100 price drop on the Nikon Coolpix A, refurbished D610 now $1,439.95

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The price of the Nikon Coolpix A camera dropped another $100 to $599 at B&H, Adorama and Amazon (you can also take an additional $25 off at Amazon with this offer). The camera was $699 three weeks ago.

Update – B&H is now also offering free SanDisk 16GB Extreme SDHC Memory Card and Pearstone Onyx 250 camera pouch.

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The price of a refurbished Nikon D610 camera is now $1,439.95 (compare to $1,199.99 for a grey market and $1,596.95 for a new D610).

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The Nikon instant rebates were extended without any changes to the lens selection.

More Black Friday deals and ongoing rebates are available here.

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Weekly Nikon news flash #290

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→ Rare look inside Nikon’s factories in Thailand: the website CyberBiz published an article that gives us a rare glimpse of the Nikon factories in Thailand located in Rojana Industrial Park that employees. 7,000 people.

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→ Metz announced new mail-in rebates on their flashes (up to $90 off, valid through December 31, 2014), here are their Nikon compatible models:

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→ Japan unexpectedly enters into a recession.

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