15 Great Black Friday Deals for Filmmakers
Waiting in line on Black Friday has become a national holiday, but the truth is that some of the best deals are online.
Though many of these deals are for Friday only at major retailers in-store, if you're online, plenty last through the end of the month or at least through the weekend. We've assembled a list of 15 of the best deals, but you can find a whole list of great stuff besides cameras, lenses, and rigs here. In addition, companies like Convergent Design (Save $200 on Odyssey RAW), Redrock, Zacuto, Rhino, FilmConvert, Ditogear, and SmallHD (in addition to many others), have some great sales for Black Friday.
In addition, though this isn't gear related, the 50% Criterion Collection sale is going on right now at Barnes and Noble, and you can save an additional 30% off with the code 30BFRIDAY.
Here's the brief list of >15 deals (we keep adding to it):
- FilmConvert grading plugins (Save up to $100) — $39-199
- WriterDuet screenwriting software (Save $40) — $59
- Sennheiser ew 122-p G3 Wireless Audio with Lav (Save $50) — $580
- Sennheiser AVX Wireless Audio with Lav (Save $150) — $750
- Canon 7D Mark II (Save $500) — $1,300 Body only, $1,650 with 18-135mm Lens
- Canon 5D Mark III (Save $300)— $2,500 Body only
- Nikon D810 (Save $500 & $1,100) — $2,800 Body only, $3,300 with 24-120mm Lens
- Rokinon Cine DS 50mm T1.5 (Save $150) — $400
- Rokinon Cine DS 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm T1.5 (Save $250) — $1,800
- SLR Magic 12mm Cine MFT (Save $170) — $400, SLR Magic 2X Anamorphic (Save $350) — $850
- Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro (Save $400) — $570
- X-Rite ColorChecker Passport (Save $50) — $50
- DJI Inspire 1 Quadcopter (Save $400) — $2,500
- DJI Ronin 3-Axis Gimbal (Save $500) — $2,000
- Sandisk Extreme 90MB/s Class 10 SD Card — 16GB $10, 32GB $15, 64GB $30,128GB $60, 256GB $120
- Apple 5K iMac Mid 2015 — 3.3GHz i5, 1TB HDD, 2GB AMD, 8GB RAM (Save $450) — $1,550
- Digital Bolex (Save $100-200 in-cart)
Black Friday is here! Now through 11/30, get HUGE savings when you shop #d16 exclusively on https://t.co/bmEFBdJ68l! pic.twitter.com/THHVSNemII
— Digital Bolex (@digitalbolex) November 27, 2015
If you've got any hits on some great deals for Black Friday, feel free to share them below. The more we all save on gear the better!
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Good list!
November 27, 2015 at 3:59PM, Edited November 27, 4:00PM
We also have a 50%-off campaign running until Monday. 16 coupons still available, valid for any new Production Minds subscription.
Campaign:
https://twitter.com/ProductionMinds/status/669969376687357952
Instructions to use:
https://www.productionminds.com/landing/black-friday-2015?utm_source=nof...
November 27, 2015 at 5:08PM, Edited November 27, 5:08PM
Seems like a great product you have there. Its expensive for smaller productions companies though. Im just starting up and doing a lot on my own, occasionally 3-4 person projects, I would like to pay 20/30 euro's for a product like this. But 80 is just too much...
Im not a student though. Maybe an idea for another pricing plan?
November 30, 2015 at 2:17AM
The entire Lightwave 3D Production Suite, which includes Lighwave 2015, Chronosculpt and Nevermotion for only $695. Unbelievable for what you get.
https://www.lightwave3d.com/promotions/2015_production_suite/
Modo 40% off https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/modo/
Mari 40% off https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/mari/
Of more specialised use is the highly advanced motion tracking software PFTrack from Pixel farm at 50% off.
http://www.thepixelfarm.co.uk/pftrack/ Amazing for what it is https://vimeo.com/57939161
November 27, 2015 at 5:15PM, Edited November 27, 5:45PM
Triune Store: http://triune-store.myshopify.com/
Huge discounts on digital downloads (music, sfx etc.)
November 28, 2015 at 8:13AM, Edited November 28, 8:13AM
Nice!
November 28, 2015 at 8:25AM
My best BF/CM deals so far have been:
Panasonic GH3 $497 (B&H)
Panasonic DMC-CM1 20 mp smartphone $379 (was $1000 -- B&H)
Canon EOS M3 with Canon electronic viewfinder $447 (B&H)
3DR Solo with gimbal $1099 (B&H)
Go Pro Hero 4 Black $349
Depending on your budget and whether 1080P or 4K is your desired raster, there have been TONS of low-buck options. Just sayin'
Samsung NX1 body $1099
December 3, 2015 at 3:39PM
Not a black friday deal, but Blackmagic Video assist and AtomOS Ninja Blade Complete are still each $495.
December 3, 2015 at 3:52PM, Edited December 3, 3:52PM
great product..
February 22, 2018 at 1:30AM, Edited February 22, 1:30AM