Wednesday, January 09, 2008

That being said, you might as well save money on your tools...

Here's a roundup of a few rebates currently being offered on cameras and photographic equipment. When possible, the link is to the manufacturer's promotions page:

- Canon has extended their Instant Rebate program through 17 February. There are some really nice lenses included in this program, as well as their Speedlite 580EXII, and savings up to $125 (if you're ready to drop a load of cash on the EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM, that is).

- Canon also has a few rebates tied in with their Pixma Pro9000 and Pro9500 Photo Printers. Buy it by itself and get $100 in Mail-In Rebates. Buy it with a EOS Digital Rebel XTi or 40D and get $200 in Mail-In rebates, OR (this is the nice one), buy it with the mighty, mighty EOS 5D and get it essentially for free after Mail-In Rebates. w00t! But hurry – offer ends this Saturday, 12 January.

- Nikon is offering a $150 Instant Rebate when you purchase their dandy AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED along with their D3, D300, D200 or F6 (they still sell that thing?) bodies. That runs through 31 January.

- Fujifilm (again, why Fujifilm?) has $50 Mail-In Rebates on their Finepix F40fd and S8000fd models. Both these pieces feature Fujifilm's Super CCD sensor which gives them improved performance at higher ISO settings. These offers are good through 31 March.

- Epson has a $100 Mail-In Rebate on two of their entry-level wide format printers, the Stylus Photo R1800 and R2400. Sadly, they don't throw more money at you for buying it with a DSLR. Offer good through 31 March.

- Pentax would love for you to buy their K10D, so much so that they're offering a $100 Mail-In Rebate that's good through 31 January. There are also a variety of lenses and flashes included in this promotion.

- Tamron is offering Mail-In Rebates on a number of their lenses, including their nice little SP AF17-50 F/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical, which makes a great, fast walk-around lens for not a lot of money.

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