An anonymous mailer just sent me the link to the recent Sony A55 deal (Thanks!). There is an $50 instant rebate offer that ends on May 14:

Click those links to check the final price of both body-only and the kit lens option: Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
Also the A33 deal is back (there was already an instant rebate offer a couple of weeks ago). Check out at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
And the NEX deal is still ongoing at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay

I confess I am bit surprised to see those offers. I hope it means that supply problems from Japan are not as worse as expected.

A quick reminder for our readers from US. The two biggest photo online stores will be closed in observance of Passover from Monday, April 18th, through Tuesday April 26th. As I mentioned yesterday I do expect shortages and maybe price increments on some Sony products because of the recent Tsunami-Nuclear disaster.

If you do plan to buy a camera or lens than it might be the right time to start shopping! Here are quick links to tour affiliate stores: [shopcountry 3003].

And here is a quick deal reminder:
1) When you buy a NEX-5 or NEX-3  you get an $150 instant rebate when you buy it with both the 16mm and the 18-55mmm lenses. Check at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
2) You save $230 on the new Sony A55 and 18-250mm Lens Bundle at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
3) You can get discounted used camera kits at BHphoto (Click here).

I will check tomorrow if there are deals in Europe. It take smuch more time to check dozens of online stores for every european country :(

BHphoto sent me an email with their latest NEX deals. If you purchase any NEX camera you SAVE $150 when bundled with either additional NEX lens (SEL-1855 or SEL-16F28) offering. Click here to see the list of all NEX cameras.

UPDATE: I thought this was a new deal but instead it’s the same deal which is ongoing since January. Sorry. But I thought this should be a new deal if BHphoto sends me an email! :)

You can now preorder the Sony PMW-F3L Super 35mm Full-HD Compact Camcorder at BHphoto (Click here). As you know that camera has a PL-mount. The litlle sisther with E-mount, the Sony NEX-FS100U will be in Stock in July at BHphoto (Click here).

The recently announced battery grip for the A33/A55 and the Sony NEX-5 cameras is now available for purchase on eBay. It’s made by the taiwanese company Ownuser (Click here)

Reminder: The grip does offer:
External Shutter release input
External AC power input
Camera shutter release output
tripod mount
use of two Lithium batteries and AA Battery (6A/8A)
IR output (!)

LInks to the original products pages of the company:
The battery grip for the A33/A55: http://www.ownuser.com.tw/mig_sa55.html
The battery grip for the Sony NEX: http://www.ownuser.com.tw/mig_snx5.html

Once you have it and tested it let us know what you think about! Thanks!

A couple of months ago Sony announced that huge CLM-V55 portable monitor. You might be interested to know that finally it is in Stock at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

While I was searching for a new lens on eBay I found a [shoplink 5973 ebay]Japanese store[/shoplink] selling the Voigtländer 25mm f/0.95 along the MicroFourThirds to NEX adapter. The whole set costs you $1,450.00 which is not so expensive. Click the link to see the auction: [shoplink 5973 ebay]Nokton 25mm for NEX[/shoplink]. The lens will vignette quite a bit but if you want a better f/0.95 lens the only option is the $10,495.00 cheap [shoplink 5974 ebay]Leica 50mm f/0.95[/shoplink] :(