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Amazon.com says Merry Christmas with a $139.99 Lightroom 2 Deal

Full disclosure, I’m placing my order as I write this post.  Amazon.com is selling the full version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for just $139.99! I’m not sure how long this deal will last, but a little twitter birdie told me that it may be all weekend. As a dSLR Dad who shoots lots of RAW image files, Lightroom 2 is the perfect tool at managing vast amounts of images, both RAW and JPEG, and intuitively edit single photos or batches of images. It also makes it incredibly easy to create an html or flash slideshow for email or the web. Finally, if you subscribe to Ansel Adam’s view that it’s not a photograph until it is a print, Adobe’s Lightroom 2 has the best print engine in the business (well, at least under $1,000).

You can find Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 on sale this weekend at Amazon.com.  If you have never used Lightroom 2 before, may I recommend you pick up Scott Kelby’s The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers and/or Mikkel Aaland’s Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure: Mastering Adobe’s Next-Generation Tool for Digital Photographers.  Two of my favorite authors that will help you develop a solid workflow with good techniques.

As always, you can learn more at the dSLR Dad Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Resource Guide.

I’ve already compared both Best Buy and Circuit City’s Black Friday deals with B&H Photo Video.  So you already know about their various  Canon, Nikon, and Sony camera specials.  B&H Photo, however has some other deals that a dSLR Dad may be interested in:

• Canon EOS 40D SLR Digital Camera with Canon 28-135mm Lens for $1,006.95.
• Epson Stylus Photo R280 Inkjet Printer for $29.95.  This is a great value on an Epson printer that uses their long-lasting Claria Hi-Definition Inks.  Heck, a full set of ink would cost you $56.  Add some of the excellent Epson Ultra Premium Luster, Exhibition Fiber, or Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk papers and you will produce some fantastic prints.
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Camera Body for $999.99
• Olympus E-520 dSLR Camera with 14-42mm Lens and E510 Gadget Bag for $497.95.
• Free shipping on all Nikon Cameras.
• Up to $125 instant savings on various Canon Lenses and Flashes.
• Four Day Black Friday Special on 4GB and 8GB Sandisk Extreme III Class 6 SDHC Flash Memory.  These are the previous 15MB/s Extreme III cards, but they are still very fast and a great value.
• Samsung SyncMaster 245T 24-inch Widescreen LCD Computer Display for $619.95.

I’ve already compared both Best Buy and Circuit City’s Black Friday deals with Amazon.com.  So you already know about their Canon dSLR, Lenses, and Speedlite savings as well as $75 to $600 off all Nikon dSLR Cameras. Amazon, however has some other deals that a dSLR Dad may be interested in:

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This year’s Black Friday ads are beginning to pop-up around the internets.  The only question that remains for any dSLR Dad:

Will I be able to find a good deal standing in line when it’s dark and freezing cold outside, or should I just order online?

Circuit City is offering Sony DSLR-A350, Nikon D60, and Canon EOS Rebel XS dSLR camera combinations (two each) for sale.  The Olympus E-420 and Canon EOS 40D dSLR Cameras are also discounted.  For comparison, I have included both Amazon.com and B&H Photo Video prices at the time of this publication:

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This year’s Black Friday ads are beginning to pop-up around the internets.  The only question that remains for any dSLR Dad:

Will I be able to find a good deal standing in line when it’s dark and freezing cold outside, or should I just order online?

Best Buy is offering two different Nikon D40 and Canon EOS Rebel XSi dSLR camera combinations for sale.  For comparison, I have included both Amazon.com and B&H Photo Video prices at the time of this publication: (more…)

It is a good time to be a dSLR Dad, especially if you actually have some cash this holiday season.  Amazon.com has the 10.2 Megapixel Nikon D200 dSLR Camera Body available for only $799.98!  For those dSLR Dad’s who were looking at either the Nikon D90 or an older D80, the D200 offers you a lot of value:

• 10.2 Megapixel DX-Format CCD (3,872 x 2,592 pixels).
• 11-area Multi-CAM Autofocus system (convertible to a 7-wide area AF system).
• Fast 5 frames-per-second continuous shooting (22 NEF RAW-file bursts).
• 1005-pixel 3D RGB Color Matrix Metering II system
• dSLR Dad durable Magnesium alloy chassis.
• 2.5 inch LCD.
• Screw motor drive works with all Nikon F-mount lenses.
• i-TTL Creative Lighting System build-in to command Nikon Speedlights wirelessly.

The Nikon D200 dSLR Camera is available now at Amazon.com. If you are not sure what lens to pick up, may I suggest Nikon’s new AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G ED Vibration-Reduction (VR) Zoom Lens or the ever popular and versatile AF-S DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF VR Zoom-Nikkor Lens.

Well, the good part about an economic downturn is you start to see some good values.  Canon is offering up another instant rebate program.  You can save up to $125 on select Canon Lenses with their latest new Canon Instant Savings Rebate.  Even their just released Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens is being offered for $50 off!

The best part about ‘Instant’, no mail-in rebates to forget about mailing in.  The following lenses are offered with an instant rebate: (more…)