Black Friday Camera Deals Came Early: $700 Off the Canon R5, $1,101 Off the Nikon Z8

Key Takeaways

• The B&H holiday sale is live with real cuts: $700 off the Canon EOS R5, $1,101 off the Nikon Z8 kit, and a full-frame Nikon Z5 kit under $1,000.
• Storage is where the quiet steals are: SanDisk’s 960GB CFexpress Type A card is $465 off and the 4TB Extreme SSD is $530 off.
• ON1 Photo RAW 2027 launched November 2 with a one-time license at $99.99; the MAX edition is $149.99 instead of $169.99 for launch.
• Mixbook is running 50% off holiday cards plus 20 free printed envelopes with code SENDCHEER through November 15, 11:59 pm PT.
• Two more major photography brands start sales on November 19 and November 25. This page gets updated through Cyber Monday (November 30).

Black Friday is officially November 27 this year, but camera retailers stopped waiting for the calendar a long time ago. The first wave of genuine photography deals is already live, and some of them are strong enough that waiting three more weeks would be a mistake, especially on items that tend to sell out.

This page tracks only deals worth your money: current prices checked against regular prices, affiliate links clearly disclosed, nothing listed that is a fake discount on an inflated base price. It was last updated on November 4 and gets refreshed through Cyber Monday (November 30) as new sales go live.

The B&H Holiday Sale: Where the Real Discounts Are

B&H kicked off holiday pricing across cameras, lenses, storage and monitors with no announced end date. In a year when the memory shortage is pushing camera prices up, several of these land below their 2025 street prices, which is not something to count on repeating in December.

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Canon EOS R5 (body): $2,599, save $700

With the R5 Mark II now carrying the flagship torch, the original Canon EOS R5 has become the value play for working photographers: 45MP, excellent autofocus, and a body that still outresolves almost everything at this price. B&H stacks an extra 5% off for Payboo card holders.

Nikon Z8 kit: $3,222.95, save $1,101

The biggest single discount in the sale. The Z8 Basic Bundle is Nikon’s Z9 in a smaller body, and a four-figure cut on a current flagship-grade camera this early in the season is unusual. If the Z8 has been on your list, this is the price to act on.

Nikon Z5 kit: $996.95, save $452

Full-frame under $1,000 is the headline here. The Z5 Basic Bundle is the cheapest serious entry into the Z-mount system right now, and an ideal first full-frame body for anyone stepping up from APS-C or a phone.

Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 (Sony E): $699, save $200

The default answer to “which fast zoom should I buy for my Sony” just got $200 cheaper. The 28-75mm f/2.8 G2 covers the range most people actually shoot, and the G2 version fixed the autofocus and corner softness complaints of the original.

Storage deals: the quiet steals

• SanDisk 960GB PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type A: $649.99, save $465. Currently the best web price for Sony shooters who need Type A.
• SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD: $787.46, save $530. Backup drive money per terabyte that looked impossible during the flash shortage.
• Lexar 256GB Silver Plus SDXC 5-pack: $474.95, save $100. One card per camera bag pocket, for event shooters.

Storage is the category the memory shortage hits first, so these three are the deals most likely to vanish or quietly reprice. Buying cards and drives now, before the Black Friday crowds, is the single most defensible early purchase.

Dell UltraSharp U3225QE 32-inch 4K: $799.99, save $300

A 120 Hz 4K IPS Black panel with strong factory color, at a price that undercuts most dedicated photo-editing monitors. The U3225QE is the sensible pick for anyone whose editing display is still a 2018 office leftover.

ON1 Photo RAW 2027: Launch Pricing on a One-Time License

ON1 shipped Photo RAW 2027 on November 2 with a rebuilt RAW engine, improved NoNoise AI, a new TackSharp AI for soft shots, and an AI culling assistant in the MAX edition. The launch deal: Photo RAW 2027 is $99.99 as a one-time purchase, and Photo RAW MAX is $149.99 instead of $169.99. For photographers looking for a life outside the Adobe subscription, a sub-$100 perpetual license from an established developer is one of the stronger offers this season.

One honest caveat: the 2027 engine is brand new, and early adopters of any rebuilt RAW engine should expect point releases. The one-time license means those updates within the 2027 cycle cost nothing extra.

Mixbook: 50% Off Holiday Cards Until November 15

For the photographers who ARE the family photo department: Mixbook is running 50% off holiday cards plus 20 free printed envelopes with code SENDCHEER. The offer runs through November 15, 11:59 pm PT, works in the US, Canada, UK, EU and Australia, and excludes magnets. Card orders pile up fast at the labs from mid-November; ordering this week also means reprints are still possible if a name is misspelled.

Mark These Dates: What Is Coming

• November 19: a major camera-accessory brand starts its sitewide Black Friday sale. Details are under embargo; this page gets them the moment the sale is live.
• November 25: a photography service follows with an affiliate-exclusive discount that will not appear on the brand’s own site.
• November 27: Black Friday proper. Expect the broadest selection, not necessarily better prices than the early deals above.
• November 30: Cyber Monday, historically the last day of the real discounts and the day stock runs thinnest.

How to Shop Camera Deals Without Getting Burned

• Check the discount against street price, not MSRP. A “$500 off” banner against a list price nobody paid is theater. Every deal above was checked against what the item actually sold for in October.
• Do the bundle math. Kit bundles only win if the bundled extras are things worth owning. A $452 saving on the Z5 kit is real; a bundle padded with a no-name tripod is not.
• Early deals rarely get deeper. Retailers price their hero items once and let them run. What changes on Black Friday itself is selection, and what changes after it is availability.
• Memory prices are heading up, not down. With DRAM and NAND supply tight, cards and SSDs are the one category where waiting until December could genuinely cost more.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When is Black Friday 2026?

Black Friday falls on November 27, 2026, the day after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday is November 30. Most photography retailers start their sales one to three weeks earlier and keep them running through Cyber Monday.

Do camera prices drop further on Black Friday itself?

Usually not. Retailers set their hero prices at the start of the holiday window; Black Friday adds more items rather than deeper cuts on existing ones. The bigger risk of waiting is stock: popular bodies and storage deals routinely sell out before the last weekend of November.

What is B&H Payboo?

Payboo is B&H’s store credit card. Its signature benefit is an instant discount equal to the sales tax in most US states, and on select items like the EOS R5 deal above it stacks an extra 5% off. It only makes sense if the balance is paid in full; the interest rate erases the benefit otherwise.

Are these affiliate links?

Yes. PhotoWorkout earns a commission on purchases made through the links above, at no extra cost to the buyer. Deals are picked on merit first: every entry was checked against regular street pricing before it was listed, and plenty of promoted offers did not make the cut.

Bottom Line

The early wave is unusually strong on bodies and storage. The Z8 kit at $1,101 off and the CFexpress and SSD deals are the standouts, and all of them are the kind of offer that disappears without a press release. Bookmark this page: the November 19 and November 25 additions are already confirmed, and everything gets rechecked through Cyber Monday.

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