Black Friday is usually pretty disappointing for photographers, but this year some good discounts seem to be appearing, perhaps prompted by COVID-related economic concerns. This weekend, both Sigma and Tamron announced sales on some of their most popular lenses, and even Adobe seems to be getting in on the fun.
Sigma
Sigma is offering discounts on quite a few of their best lenses, including the awesome 24-70 f/2.8 ART lenses for Sony E-Mount and for Canon/Nikon DSLRs, though the savings on the E-mount model is modest at only $40. Here’s the list:
SIGMA Black Friday Instant Savings (Nov. 15 – Dec. 7, 2020)
- 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN | Art – $40 Savings / Price: $1,059 at Amazon, B&H: $1059
- 24-70mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Art – $240 Savings / Price: $1,059
- 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM | Art – $120 Savings / Price: $679
- 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM | Art – $100 Savings / Price: $799
- 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art – $200 Savings / Price: $699
- 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art – $150 Savings / Price: $799
- 85mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art – $150 Savings / Price: $1,049
- 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | Sports – $160 Savings / Price: $1,339
- 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary – $50 Savings / Price: $399
- 30mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary – $50 Savings / Price: $289
- 45mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary – $100 Savings / Price: $449
- 56mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary – $50 Savings / Price: $429
- Mount Converter MC-11 – $100 Savings / Price: $149
- Mount Converter MC-21 – $100 Savings / Price: $149
Tamron
Tamron is offering discounts on their entire line of professional f/2.8 zoom lenses for Sony E-Mount, which are really their bread and butter these days, and they’re all excellent. Take a look at my reviews of the 28-75 f/2.8 and the 70-180 f/2.8.
There are also discounts on some of their excellent DSLR lenses, including the outstanding 35mm f/1.4, which may be the highest resolution 35mm lens that I’ve ever used.
Instant Savings Running through November 30, 2020
- 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD (model A046) – $50 Off
- 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III RXD (model A036) – $80 Off
- 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD (model A056) – $100 Off
- 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD (model A071) – $80 Off
- 20mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (model F050) – $50 Off
- 24mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (model F051) – $100 Off
- 35mm F/2.8 Di III OSD M1:2 (model F053) – $50 Off
- SP 35mm F/1.4 Di USD (model F045) – $200 Off
- SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (model F013) – $200 Off
- 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC (model B018) – $50 Off
- 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD (model B028) – $50 Off
- 70-210mm F/4 Di VC USD (model A034) – $200 Off
- SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 (model A022) – $200 Off
Adobe
Adobe has a Black Friday sale every year, and they don’t offer any discounts on the photographer’s plan… that remains $120/year. However, they are advertising a 25% discount on the full creative cloud plan, bringing it down to $39.99/month, which is not too bad. But Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher are still only $50 each, forever. Just saying.
