The Best Black Friday Sales for Photographers

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From now through Friday evening, a lot of camera equipment is available for the lowest prices all year. I’m collecting the best deals here and will be updating this page hourly! The last update was 2:42 PM Eastern Standard time.

The following links are affiliate links, meaning that Photography Life will get a small percentage of each sale without costing you anything extra. Especially after getting rid of ads from our website at the start of this year, we rely on these links to keep Photography Life going, and greatly appreciate anyone who does their Black Friday shopping through our page!

Photography Life’s Own Sale

I should probably list this one first :)

We’re currently holding a sale on Photography Life’s Member Page. All yearly memberships are 25% off for your first year, plus a permanent 8% discount for picking an annual membership. In other words, you will get 33% off the first year and then 8% off every subsequent year. If you want to dip your toes in the water, monthly memberships are also 25% off your first month.

I’ve continued to add to our membership page at a rapid pace. In November alone, I already published an updated version of our Creative Landscape Photography eBook, a new Photography Basics eBook, and a four-part Online Workshop called “Creative Post-Processing: How to Bring Out the Best of Your Photos.” These projects join the many articles, lens tests, and photo critiques that we’re publishing regularly for Photography Life Members.

Our sale ends on November 30th at 4pm Eastern, so check out the Photography Life Member Page today if you want access to these products! This will be our last sale until mid-2025.

KEH Sale

At this time of year, there are deals on almost any photography equipment you could think of. But the best way to save money is still to buy used, and personally, that’s how I buy almost all of my camera gear (running a photography website ain’t a way to get rich, people)! That said, I rarely buy from eBay since I’ve been burned in the past, and I prefer to buy my used gear from reputable sites with good return policies, like KEH, MPB, or B&H’s used section.

Right now, KEH is having a wide-reaching sale where almost all inventory is 10% off. Since this gear was already much cheaper than buying new, you may be able to find the cameras or lenses that you wanted at a major discount. This sale lasts until December 2.

You can look through KEH here and apply the discount at checkout using the code BFCM24.

Nikon Lens Sale

There are some major sales on Nikon lenses right now. Some have gotten the same discounts we’ve seen before, but the really exciting news is that a lot of them have reached their all-time low prices! (I marked those in bold below.) These sales end very soon, the evening of November 29th.

Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S was $2500, now $2000
Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S was $1350, now $1050
Nikon Z 28mm f/2.8 was $300, now $230
Nikon Z 35mm f/1.8 S was $850, now $600
Nikon Z 40mm f/2 was $300, now $230
Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 was $2100, now $1800
Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 S was $630, now $430
Nikon Z 70-180mm f/2.8 was $1250, now $1050
Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 S was $2700, now $2200
Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 Macro S was $1050, now $850
Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S was $14,000, now $13,000
Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 S was $3250, now $3000
Nikon Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S was $15,500, now $14,500
Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 S was $4800, now $4000
Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 S was $6500, now $5700

Nikon is also continuing to keep a lot of their best DSLR lenses on sale. All of these prices are the lowest we’ve seen, although they’ve been ongoing for about 1-2 months and none of the sales got any lower for Black Friday.

Nikon AF-S 28mm f/1.4E was $2000, now $1400
Nikon AF-S 58mm f/1.4G was $1600, now $1160
Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8E FL was $2350, now $1900
Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.4G was $1600, now $1160
Nikon AF-S 105mm f/1.4E was $2100, now $1900
Nikon AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E was $1400, now $1060
Nikon AF-S 400mm f/2.8E FL was $11,200, now $7900
Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6E PF was $3600, now $3300
Nikon AF-S 600mm f/4E FL was $12,300, now $8700

Nikon Camera Sale

Three Nikon cameras have reached their all-time low prices (and these sales end November 29):

Nikon Z9 was $5500, now $5000
Nikon Z6 III was $2500, now $2200
Nikon D7500 was $1000, now $700

Other Nikon cameras are also on steep discount with sales that began before Black Friday, and may continue after November:

Nikon Z8 was $4000, now $3500
Nikon Zf was $2000, now $1800
Nikon Z6 II was $2000, now $1600
Nikon Z5 was $1400, now $1000
Nikon D780 was $2300, now $1600
Nikon D850 was $3000, now $2200

Canon Sales

Canon EOS R3 was $5000, now $4500
Canon EOS R5 was $3400, now $2800
Canon EOS R6 Mark II was $2500, now $2000
Canon EOS R8 was $1500, now $1200
Canon EOS R7 was $1500, now $1300
Canon EOS R10 was $980, now $880
Canon EOS R50 was $680, now $580

SmallRig Sale

If you’re looking for any little accessories, especially a camera cage, SmallRig is having a discount of up to 50% off their products! There’s an additional 15% off at their global store and 10% off at their US store if your order total is above $99.

Lume Cube Sale

Lume Cube is still known for their small, cube-shaped lights, but they’re starting to have a more complete product range. Their current sales (see the full list) max out at 50% off of some good lighting gear. Some highlights are the Lume Cube 2.0, tube lights, a ring light, studio panels, and a miniature conference light.

SmugMug Sale

Of all the website-creation websites like Zenfolio, Wix, SquareSpace, etc., my favorite for photographers is SmugMug. I’ve used them for my personal website for about ten years at this point (on my own dime, I’m not sponsored by them). They’re having a sale right now where all new plans are 30% off.

Other Sales

This section is under construction and being updated hourly!

GoPro Hero 11 was $300, now $230 (Note: Ends Thursday evening)
See all tripod leg discounts and tripod + head discounts
See all SD card discounts
See all camera backpack discounts
See all drone discounts

MacBook Pro Sales

512 GB Apple 14″ MacBook Pro with M4 chip was $1600, now $1400
512 GB Apple 14″ MacBook Pro with M4 Pro chip was $2000, now $1750
1 TB Apple 14″ MacBook Pro with M4 Pro chip was $2200, now $2000
512 GB Apple 16″ MacBook Pro with M4 Pro chip was $2500, now $2200
1 TB Apple 16″ MacBook Pro with M4 Pro chip and 48 GB RAM was $3100, now $2800

Other Laptop Sales

All of the laptops below have at least an IPS monitor (or OLED on some of the higher-end ones), which I consider the minimum requirement for photo editing. If you don’t need to edit photos on your laptop, there are many other laptop deals today, but I’m not linking them below.