Save $2,000 on the Open Box 500mm lens!New Sony A57 and 70-400mm price drops.

This is the biggest rebate I have ever seen on a Sony Alpha product! You save $2,000(!) on the OPEN BOX 500mm f/4.0 lens for sale at Adorama (Click here). Still a lot of money…but this is really a great lens!

Back to more “accessible” deals:
The A57 just got a new price drop and you can get it with kit lens for $539 at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
The “older” 70-400mm also got a $200 price drop via third party reseller at Amazon (Click here).
Reminder: The Sony Alpha Deals at Amazon will expire tomorrow but trust me, and even greater A77 deal is coming on Sunday. Don’t hurry!

Great price drop on the RX100 in Germany. Still no successor rumors…

This is one of the (very rare) good European deals. You can grab the RX100 for 504 Euro at Amazon Germany (Click here). De facto that this isn’t a third party reseller deal or some unknown ebay seller makes me think that we will soon see price drops in other stores too.

I still have no info about a possible RX200 or RX10 release. There was a rumor from China pointing out a possible RX200 release next week. But it’s hard to believe the rumor is correct.

Thanks Fiebyrd for sending the deal. A live updated Sony deals stream can be seen here: http://www.dealsrunner.com/category/photography/sony

Sigma 35mm in Stock on eBay Europe. First price drop on the brand new Zeiss 50mm SSM.

We still have to wait til July to get the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 lens. But there is already a 220 pound savings at Powerdirect UK. The same lens is priced 1300 pund at Amazon UK. By the way, Amazon UK says they ship on may 30 but that has to be a mistake. Anywya, would be glad if some UK reader can give us some feedback about the store. Thanks!

One more UK lens news: The Sigma 35mm f/1.4 is now shipping to Europe via [shoplink 18624 ebay]eBay UK sellers (Click here)[/shoplink].

20% cash back in bonus dollars at Rakuten (ex Buy.com)! Example: $558 cash back on A99.

US readers can enjoy a terrific deal at Rakuten (Click here). For today only you get a 20% cash back in bonus dollars on all stuff! Basically if you buy the A99 (here for 2789$) you will get back 55,600 Rakuten points worth exactly $558! If my explanation didn’t work out fine read that page at Rakuten to learn all details.

20% cash back…wish there would be something like that in Europe too!

Thanks Joem for finding this!

The Sony Amazon deals overview…

Today Amazon updated the deals page and you can see a nice overview of all current Sony deals. Click on them to open the deals page. Some of them will expire soon on June 1!
Save $930 on the Sony Alpha SLT-A99V Digital SLR Camera, VGC99AM Vertical Grip and HVLF60M Flash
Save up to $100 on Select Sony Handycam Camcorders
Save up to $250 on Select Sony NEX Compact System Cameras
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save $100 on Select Sony Lenses
Save $30 on the Sony HDR-AS15 Action Video Camera
Save up to $130 on Select Sony Cyber-shot Digital Cameras
Save up to $200 on Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Cameras
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha NEX Compact System Camera and Save $100 on the Sony E 55-210mm Lens
Buy a Qualifying Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera and Save $200 on the Sony 18-135mm Zoom Lens
Double VG900 deals: Special kit price with the 28-75mm lens and special kit price with the Sony XLR Audio Adapter.

New Sony NEX (5-6-VG900) and Alpha (A57) deals

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NEX:
Amazon (Click here) launched a new deal page for the NEX-5 and NEX-6 where you save $200 by buying them along the pancake zoom.
And back in Stock is the VG900 with 28-75mm lens and $500 off at Amazon (Click here).
NEX-F3 with 18-55mm lens dropped down to $379 at BHphoto (Click here).

Alpha:
Brand new Sony A57 for $469.00 on [shoplink 18597 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Don’t forget that the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 is finally in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).