We have many interesting deals and here is the roundup of all of them:
Hasselblad E-mount lenses:
You cannot miss the great E-mount lens savings on Hasselblad Sony lens clones sold by BHphoto (Click here):
16-70mm Zeiss lens for $699 at BHphoto (Click here).
Hasselblad 18-200mm E-mount lens sells for $499 only (Click here). $350 less than the Sony version.
Hasselblad 16mm E-mount lens costs $100 less than the Sony version.
Crazy 512GB Lexar card:
If you need the biggest 4K ready SD card on the market than get it at BHphoto (Click here). It just got a $50 price drop!
FocusCamera deals (with free printer):
Sony 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 Micro SDHC 70MB/s Memory Card (4-Pack) only $79.99 at FocusCamera (Click here).
If you purchase any Sony camera on this landing page (Click here) you receive a free Canon printer (here is the printer you get). Some of the cameras have an instant rebate already. The printer will show up when you add to cart.
New Sony RX1RII:
And the brand new Sony RX1RII first day sales are pretty good according to Amazon ranking (Click here). Not bad for such an expensive camera! Preorder the new RX1RII at Amazon US (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
New Sony refurbished stuff with 90 days warranty:
There is a very large Stock of Sony refurbished items sold though their Secondipity partner page on eBay (Click here) and Amazon (Click here).
Lowest A7rII price:
Grey imported (1 year US warranty) Sony A7rII now sells for $2,699 on [shoplink 42156 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
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If only those Hasselblad lenses weren’t so crappy…
Are these not identical to Sony’s ?
when canon posts quarterly results everyone is reporting about it… now nikon reports a 30% loss in revenues and nobody speaks about it.
I did purchase Hasselblad 18-200 for $499.00 from B&H, lens arrived without lens hood, printed manual and warranty card. Lens was updated to version 2.0. I returned it to B&H, now they don’t list lens hood on their web site any more. Looks like these lenses are all open box/store displays that Hasselblad pulled back and B&H is selling at discounted prices.
Lens was in good shape and worked well with a6000.I think $499.00 is a good price even for used/store display lens, but they are listing it as new so I returned it.
Please forgive me if I’m out of order, but I really don’t understand your logic here.
After reading my post again I see where you can be confused 😉
Original listing was for new lens with lens hood, front and rear cover and 2 year warranty. Lens I received was missing lens hood and didn’t have warranty card or any printed material from Hasselblad. It was in Hasselblad box, but wrapped in random sized and shape bubble wrap. I mounted lens on A6000 and hybrid AF was working (it shouldn’t have with original software), lens was already updated to version 2.0. So my conclusion was that this is used lens they shipped by mistake. I called B&H and arranged for return and shipment of the new lens.
Next day I checked listing on B&H again and I noticed that lens hood was removed from box content description. Day after this new review was posted on B&H talking about missing lens hood, so I called B&H again to see what am I going to receive as replacement. He said “this is how Hasselblad ships these lenses” Before I called them I did check Hasselblad site and they list hood and printed materials. I tolled him that I check H. web site and that I believe they are not honest in listing this lens as new item, he offered me to change replacement to refund which I accepted.
If this lens was listed as used or store display with correct description of the content for $499.00 it would be good deal. Lens worked well with A6000 and phase detection AF.
So my “logic” for accepting refund instead of another lens (which I believe is a good deal) is one of the principal and not logic. I felt B&H was not honest in their listing of this lens as new.
Just checked B&H reviews and 2 more reviews are posted with missing lens hood.
Thank you for your explanation. That does make it more clear to me and I agree that a principle is worth sticking to, even though it can be hard.
I absolutely loathe it when companies lie to me, although I’m often astonished at the level of criticism and even vitriol that I sometimes receive when I make such things public.
So you have my sympathy and my applause.
The logic is, I think, “I’d rather have my principles than photos, or a really good value lens”.
See post above by jh, he got printed warranty card with his lens.
And I do understand that what I did is not logical, but I don’t like when companies are “loose” with their products branding and description.
“See post above by jh, he got printed warranty card with his lens”
Yep, but Hasselblad does online product registration through their website with just the serial number. BUT – the Hony lenses aren’t listed there, so you may actually need the card. Good choice.
Wouldn’t know. This was my first “Hony” purchase, and probably last one 😉
The logic is simple: The lens was advertised as new but what was sent and received was obviously not new thus he returned it. A contract is a contract; if it says new it must be new otherwise there is a breach of contract. Simple, isn’t it ?
I ordered my 18-200 as soon as I saw that the special on, as I was about to order the Sony in any case. Lens arrived in factory condition as you would expect. Everything was there and this lens did not look to be used. The hood and printed materials (usual multi language stack) with warranties etc were included as you would expect.
I have been surprised to see all the comments about people receiving used/display copies. This was not what I received, but can only speak for myself. I hope that most other people who ordered this received it new as well. If that is not the case then you should definitely send it back and request a new lens, as that is what you had paid for and should expect.
That is what I expected packaging to look from high end company as Hasselblad, No form fitted foam in my box, just random bubble wrap. And B&H customer service guy tried to convince me otherwise. They lost all my trust in them as reputable store, and they lost a customer. Is that front or rear lens cap in your pictures? My lens had combination of H. front cap and S. rear cap.
The photo shows the rear cap where the lens attaches to the camera. It is a nice machined alloy H cap and not the normal sony one. The front is screw in H one. The firmware was not V2 as it did do an update when I connected it, but I cannot confirm the version before the update as I did not check it.
Thank you!
I did like machined front cap, nice touch with pin hole in the cap.
Only versions are 1.0 and 2.0, There is no need for Hasselblad Lunar users to update this lens to version 2.0, as Lunar (NEX-7) does not have on sensor phase detection. Version 2.0 for Sony 18-200 lens update was for hybrid AF focusing that started with NEX-6
Updated it with A6000.
Yes, and the Sony versions are pretty crappy, too. 😛
The 18-200 has a fairly large range, but its image quality is worse than the kit zoom’s or the much cheaper 55-210. You’re paying a lot for the convenience of having both focal ranges in one lens, and losing sharpness in the process. The 16mm and 16-70 are both halfway decent in the center, but crappy in the corners.
do any of these provide stabilization? (OSS) like the sony versions
Yes. They are exactly same as Sony version, just rebranded.
Zeiss 16-70mm f4.0 is not even rebranded, looks exactly same as Sony version.